Joanna Lewis

Joanna Lewis is an assistant professor of Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) at Georgetown University. 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 and solar photovoltaic industry development, the security implications of climate change impacts for China, and the future of the bilateral relationship between the U.S. and China on energy and climate change.

In the News:

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

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Contact Info:

Georgetown School of Foreign Service
jil9@georgetown.edu
(202) 687-7284

About

Expert Blog Posts

China’s Massive Traffic Jam Shows the Importance of its Rail Expansion

ChinaFAQs Expert Ed Steinfeld on China’s Technological Development and the West in the Wall Street Journal

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions: China Closes Highly Polluting Plants

China Tops U.S. in Energy Use to Become World's Top Energy Consumer

Climate Change Messengers in China: Al Gore Brings His Lecture to Beijing

Experts In the News

Deborah Seligsohn comments on former Chinese climate negotiator’s blunt challenge to industrialized nations in “China Sustains Blunt ‘You First’ Message on CO2”, New York Times Dot Earth blog, September 2, 2010

Alex Wang on why China and the U.S. should take lessons from and make investments in each other in “Why Greening China is a National Priority”, Earth911.com, August 30, 2010

Kenneth Lieberthal on Chinese investment in the U.S. in “American job creation 101: stop fretting over Chinese investment”, August 26, 2010, CNNmoney.com

Mark Levine on the trend of China’s energy use in “Will China Overwhelm Us With Greenhouse-Gas Emissions?”, Bay Citizen, August 18, 2010

Ed Steinfeld on China’s Technological Development and the West in “‘Playing Our Game’: Ed Steinfeld on China”, Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2010

Experts

Experts

Name: Nathaniel Aden , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Name: Rob Bradley
Name: Edward Cunningham , Harvard University
Name: Erica Downs , The Brookings Institution
Name: Meredydd Evans , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Name: Barbara Finamore , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Sarah Forbes , World Resources Institute
Name: David Fridley , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Kelly Sims Gallagher , Tufts University
Name: Banning Garrett , Atlantic Council
Name: Stephen Hammer , Columbia University
Name: Mikkal Herberg , Pacific Council on International Policy
Name: Isabel Hilton , Chinadialogue
Name: Trevor Houser , Peterson Institute for International Economics
Name: S.T. Hsieh , Tulane University
Name: Angel Hsu , Yale University
Name: Daniel Kammen , University of California, Berkeley
Name: Robert Kapp , Robert A. Kapp and Associates
Name: Albert Keidel , Atlantic Council of the United States
Name: Mark Levine , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Name: Joanna Lewis , Georgetown School of Foreign Service
Name: Kenneth Lieberthal , The Brookings Institution
Name: Denise Mauzerall , Princeton University
Name: Irving Mintzer , Potomac Energy Fund
Name: Kevin Mo , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Chris Nielsen , Harvard University
Name: Rose Niu , World Wildlife Fund
Name: Stephanie Ohshita , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Lynn Price , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: David Pumphrey , Center for Strategic and International Studies
Name: JingJing Qian , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Rod Quinn , Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Name: Deborah Seligsohn , World Resources Institute
Name: Monisha Shah , National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Name: Bo Shen , Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Name: Taiya Smith , Carnegie Endowment
Name: Edward Steinfeld , MIT
Name: Jennifer Turner , Woodrow Wilson Center
Name: Alex Wang , Natural Resources Defense Council
Name: Julian Wong , Center for American Progress
Name: Zhang Xiaoquan , The Nature Conservancy
Name: Nan Zhou , Lawrence Berkeley National Lab

Data Sources

BP Statistical Review of World Energy
Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center (ORNL)
China Energy Databook (LBNL)
Climate Analysis Indicator Tool (CAIT)
Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research (EDGAR)
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
International Energy Agency (IEA)
The World Bank
UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)