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The Business Sustainability Committee invites you to attend a lunchtime presentation from Dr. Lailai Li. Dr. Li will share first hand experiences and findings from the Sustainable and Livable City Initiative of the World Resource Institute (WRI). She will review various challenges in China's fast and continuing urbanization process, and introduce a systematic process for finding solutions for these challenges. She will cover cases in energy, water, transport, and greenhouse gas management from pilot cities Qingdao and Chengdu.
Dr. Li serves as the lead representative for WRI China and is responsible for formulating, leading, and implementing their vision and strategy in China. She manages relationships and guides its work to advance China's environmental and sustainability goals. Her recent research work and research include: economics of climate change in China; China's ecosystem services and management strategy; low-carbon development of small and medium sized cities in China; the regional climate change adaptation knowledge platform in Asia; and the Sustainable Mekong Research Network, among others.
Dr. Li serves as the lead representative for WRI China and is responsible for formulating, leading, and implementing their vision and strategy in China. She manages relationships and guides its work to advance China's environmental and sustainability goals. Her recent research work and research include: economics of climate change in China; China's ecosystem services and management strategy; low-carbon development of small and medium sized cities in China; the regional climate change adaptation knowledge platform in Asia; and the Sustainable Mekong Research Network, among others.
Prior joining WRI, Dr. Li was the Deputy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute and Director of SEI Asia Centre. She also served as a deputy director of China Urban Sustainable Transport Research Centre based in Beijing.
Dr. Li is a widely recognized expert and published author. She received her Post-Doctoral Fellow at Peking University, in Beijing, and received her PhD and MA from the University of Pittsburgh, in the United States.
Mark Hewlett is an associate at Atkins Asia Pacific with 31 years experience in a wide range of public and private sector projects in Europe, the Middle East and Far East, including more than 13 years based in Asia. His specialist expertise is in sustainable design and low carbon solutions for urban/regional planning, urban design and infrastructure development. He currently leads Atkins' sustainability team based in Beijing. He has more than eight years experience managing sustainability assessments of statutory plans and master plans for a wide range of local and regional authorities as well as national government departments and agencies, both in the UK and overseas and covering land use, transport, water resources, energy, ICT, waste and minerals.
Dr. Li is a widely recognized expert and published author. She received her Post-Doctoral Fellow at Peking University, in Beijing, and received her PhD and MA from the University of Pittsburgh, in the United States.
Mark Hewlett is an associate at Atkins Asia Pacific with 31 years experience in a wide range of public and private sector projects in Europe, the Middle East and Far East, including more than 13 years based in Asia. His specialist expertise is in sustainable design and low carbon solutions for urban/regional planning, urban design and infrastructure development. He currently leads Atkins' sustainability team based in Beijing. He has more than eight years experience managing sustainability assessments of statutory plans and master plans for a wide range of local and regional authorities as well as national government departments and agencies, both in the UK and overseas and covering land use, transport, water resources, energy, ICT, waste and minerals.
