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Dr Dabo Guan

Senior Lecturer: Environmental Economics & Governance

Telephone number: +44(0) 113 34 37432
Email address: d.guan@leeds.ac.uk
Room: 9.106

Biography

I am currently a Senior Lecturer of Environmental Economics and Governance at Sustainability Research Institute (SRI), University of Leeds. I specialise in international climate change policies for mitigation, climate change adaptation, scenario analysis on environmental impacts, water resources accounting and management, input-output modelling and their applications in both developed and developing countries. I am a Lead Author” for the Working Group III of the 5th Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Chapter 14 on “Regional Development and Cooperation”.

I have authored over 30 publications, including articles published in high-impact, peer-reviewed journals such as Environmental Science and Technology, Geophysical Research Letters, Global Environmental Changes, Energy, Ecological Economics and so on. My co-authored papers have gained awards of Runner up of Leontief Prize 2007 and Top Policy Paper of 2007 by journal of Environmental Science and Technology. My recent two correspondence letters was published in Nature and Science.

Before joining SRI, I was a Senior Research Associate at Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR), Department of Land Economy and a Research Associate at Judge Business School, University of Camrbridge. I worked for World Wide Fund (WWF) as an Economist.

Recent Publications

  • Feng K., K. Hubacek, Y. Siu, and D. Guan (2011) “Assessing Regional Virtual Water Flows and Water Footprints in the Yellow River Basin, China: a consumption based approach”. Applied Geography Volume 32, Page 691-701 (doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2011.08.004)
  • Hubacek K. and D. Guan (2011) “The net effects of green lifestyle” Nature Climate Change, Volume 1 Page 250-251. (doi:10.1038/nclimate1181)
  • Minx J. C., G. Baiocchi, G. P. Peters, C. L. Weber, D. Guan, K. Hubacek (in press) “A Carbonizing Dragon: China’s fast growing CO2 emissions revisited” Environmental Science & Technology
  • Guan D. and T. S. Barker (forthcoming 2011) “Low Carbon Development in the least developed region: A case study of Guangyuan, Sichuan province, southwest China” Natural Hazards
  • Guan D. and K. Hubacek (2011) “Is the concept of a green economy a useful way of framing policy discussions and policymaking to promote sustainable development? Natural Resources Forum, Viewpoint. (doi: 10.1111/j.1477-8947.2011.01347.x)
  • Feng K., K. Hubacek, Y. Siu, and D. Guan (forthcoming 2011) “Assessing regional virtual water flows and water footprints in the Yellow River Basin, China”. Applied Geography
  • Chen Q., C. Kang, Q. Xia, D. Guan (2011) “Primary Exploration on Low-Carbon Technology Roadmap of China's Power Sector”. Energy Volume 36, Issue 3, Page 1500-12 (doi:10.1016/j.energy.2011.01.015)
  • Feng, K., K. Hubacek, Y. L. Siu, J. Minx, A. Chapagain, Y. Yu, D. Guan and J. Barrett  (2011) “Spatially Explicit Analysis of Water Footprints in the UK” Water, Volume 3, Page 47-63 (doi:10.3390/w3010047)
  • Chong W.H.B. and D. Guan (forthcoming 2011) “Comparative analysis of decarbonization transition in China’s mega-cities” Journal of Industrial Ecology
  • Peters G., D. Guan, K. Hubacek, J. Minx and C. Webber (2010) “Effects of China's Economic Growth” Science, Volume 328, Page 825-826 (doi: 10.1126/science.328.5980.824-b)
  • Guan D. and K. Hubacek (2010) “China can offer domestic emission cap-and-trade in post 2012” Environmental Science & Technology, Volume 44, Issue 14, Page 5327 (doi: 10.1021/es101116k)
  • Feng, K., K. Hubacek, D. Guan, M. Contestabile, J. Minx and J. Barrett (2010) “Distributional Effects of Climate Change Taxation: The case of the UK” Environmental Science & Technology Volume 44, Issue 10, Page 3670-3676 (doi: 10.1021/es902974g)
  • Yu, Y., Hubacek, K. Feng and D. Guan (2010) “Assessing Regional Water Footprints for the UK” Ecological Economics, Volume 69, Page 1140-1147 (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.12.008)
  • Wiedmann. T., R. Wood, J. Minx, M. Lenzen, D. Guan and R. Harris (2010) “A Climate Footprint Time Series of the UK – Results from a Multi-Region Input-Output Model” Economic System Research Volume 22, Issue 1 Page 19-42 (doi: 10.1080/09535311003612591)
  • Guan D., G. Peters, C. Weber, and K. Hubacek (2009) “Journey to world top emitter – an analysis of the driving forces of China’s recent emissions surge”. Geophysical Research Letters Volume 36, L04709, (doi: 10.1029/2008GL036540).
  • Guan D. and D. M. Reiner (2009) “Emissions affected by trade among developing countries” Nature, Volume 462, Page 159 (doi:10.1038/462159b).
  • Feng K., K. Hubacek and D. Guan (2009) “Lifestyles, technology and CO2 emissions in China: a regional comparative analysis” Ecological Economics, Volume 69, Page 145-154 (doi:10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.08.007)
  • Minx. J., T. Wiedmann, R. Wood, G. Peter, M. Lenzen, A. Owen, K. Scott, J. Barrett, K. Hubacek, G. Baiocchi, A. Paul, E. Dawkins, J. Briggs, D. Guan, S. Suh and F. Ackermann (2009) “Multi-regional Input-Output Analysis and Carbon Footprinting: An overview of UK applications” Economic System Research Volume 21, Issue 3, Page 187-216 (doi: 10.1080/09535310903541298)
  • Hubacek K., D. Guan, J. Barrett and T. Wiedmann (2009) “Environmental implications of urbanisation and lifestyle change in China: Ecological and Water Footprints” Journal of Cleaner Production Volume 17, Issue 14, Page 1241-1248 (doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.03.011).
  • Guan D., K. Hubacek, C. Weber, G. Peters and D. Reiner (2008) “The drivers of Chinese CO2 emissions from 1980 to 2030” Global Environmental Changes Volume 18, Issue 4, Page 626-634 (doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2008.08.001)
  • Webber C., G. Peters, D. Guan and K. Hubacek (2008) “The contribution of Chinese exports to climate change” Energy Policy Volume 36, Page 3572-3577 (doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2008.06.009)
  • Fraser E., M. Termansen, N. Sun, D. Guan, P. Dodds, K. Feng and Y. Yu (2008) “Quantifying socioeconomic characteristics of drought-sensitive regions: Evidence from Chinese provincial agricultural data” Comptes Rendus Geosciences, Volume 340, Issue 9-10, Page 3572-3577 (doi:10.1016/j.crte.2008.07.004)
  • Guan D. and K. Hubacek (2008) “A new integrated hydro-economic accounting and analytical framework for water resource consumption: A case study for North China” Journal of Environmental Management Volume 88, Issue 4, Page 1300-1313 (doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2007.07.010)
  • Peters G., C. Webber, D. Guan and K. Hubacek (2007) “China’s growing CO2 emissions – A race between lifestyle changes and efficiency gains” Environmental Science and Technology Volume 41, Issue 17, Page 5939-5944. (doi: 10.1021/es070108f S0013-936X(07)00108-3)
  • Hubacek K., D. Guan and A. Barua (2007) “Changing Lifestyles and Consumption Patterns in Developing Countries: A Scenario Analysis in China and India” Futures Volume 39, Issue 9, Page 1084-1096. (doi: 10.1016/j.futures.2007.03.010)
  • Guan D. and K. Hubacek (2007) “Assessment of regional trade and virtual water flows in China” Ecological Economics, Volume 61, Issue 1, Page 159-170 (doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.02.022)

Memberships/Fellowships

  • Senior Member and Director of Studies in Economics of St Edmund’s College, University of Cambridge
  • Associate of Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research and Electricity Policy Research Group, University of Cambridge
  • Research Fellow, AXA Group

Research Interests

Current research students

Soren Lindner
PhD student at University of Cambridge, works on “Role of Carbon Capture-ready Power Plants to Aid in Accelerated Decarbonisation of the Global Economy

Andy Skelton
PhD student at University of Cambridge, works on “Sectoral approaches to climate policy for energy-intensive industries”

Areas for PhD supervision
I welcome queries on doctoral dissertation projects on topics such as:

  • Trade and the environment: theories, methods and applications
  • Water resources accounting and management and quantification of water ecosystem services in developing countries
  • Climate change mitigation: regional, national and subnational cooperation and development
  • Climate change adaptation: methods and applications of quantifications of infrastructure and socioeconomic vulnerability and resilience.