Joanna Lewis

Joanna Lewis is an assistant professor of Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) at Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. Her research focuses on renewable energy industry and policy development, mechanisms for low-carbon technology transfer in the developing world, and expanding options for multilateral engagement in a post-2012 international climate change agreement. Most of Professor Lewis’ research is based in China. Current projects include studies of China’s wind power industry development, the security implications of climate change impacts for China, and the future of the bilateral relationship between the United States and China on energy and climate change.

In the News:

• Joanna Lewis on expectations for the U.S. and China at Cancun in “China Feels Heat of Climate Change Rifts”, News Daily, November 21, 2010
• Joanna Lewis argues that the U.S. and China should work in a “mutually beneficial” way in clean energy industry development in “U.S., China Should Team Up on Clean Energy”, Market Watch, October 25, 2010
• Joanna Lewis and Kenneth Lieberthal on the upcoming UNFCCC meeting in Cancun in “Climate Change: U.S. and China—Faraway, So Close”, Time.com, September 29, 2010
• Joanna Lewis and Julian Wong in “China’s lead on green energy technology”, Minnesota Public Radio, February 8, 2010

Additional Information:

• Joanna Lewis’s homepage

Publications:

• “The evolving role of carbon finance in promoting renewable energy development in China,” Energy Policy, June 2010
• Climate Change and Security: Examining China’s Challenges in a Warming World
• China’s Strategic Priorities in International Climate Change Negotiations
• Fostering a renewable energy technology industry: An international comparison of wind industry policy support mechanisms
• China’s Energy Policies and Their Environmental Impacts