Wei Liu

Wei Liu is a Senior Sustainability Scientist at the Luohan Academy of the Alibaba Group. He has 15 years of research and practical experience on sustainable development, through internationally funded projects in China, South and Southeast Asia, Southern African, and Europe. He publishes extensively in international peer-reviewed journals on topics related to nature conservation, climate change and sustainability transition.

Jianyu Zhang

Jianyu Zhang is the Senior Advisor, China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED). He is well known for his leadership and contribution to the establishment of China’s Carbon Trading System, the largest in the world. He found the China program of Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) in 1999 and was VP of EDF. He is an executive board director of China Association for International NGO Cooperation (CANGO).  Zhang got his advanced degrees from Tsinghua University (Bachelor), Stanford University (Master), and Carnegie Mellon University (Ph.D.).