Jon Barnett

Jon Barnett is a political geographer whose research investigates social impacts and responses to environmental change. He has over twenty years of experience conducting field-based research on social vulnerability and adaptation to climate change in Australia, China, Timor-Leste, and Pacific Island Countries. Jon's research has helped explain the impacts of climate change on cultures, food security, inequality, instability, migration, and water security, and how adaptation can promote social justice and peace.

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.

Digital Economy and Carbon Neutrality

With a gross domestic product share of 38.6% in 2020, the country’s digital economy is considered to play a key role in achieving this carbon neutrality target. This initiative is supportive of ADB’s recent announcement of an increased ambition of $100 billion in climate finance by 2019-2030, as well as UNFCCC COP26's call on scaling up the investments in climate change adaptation and achieving carbon neutrality.