Have China's provinces achieved their targets of energy intensity reduction? Reassessment based on nighttime lighting data

Bio: Dr. Jingbo Cui is a tenured Associate Professor of Applied Economics at the Division of Social Sciences, Co-Director at the Environmental Research Center, and Director of Graduate Studies for the International Master of Environmental Policy (iMEP) program at Duke Kunshan University, with a Secondary Faculty Appointment at the Nicholas School of the Environment at Duke University. 

Dr. Cui's research centers on Environmental Economics, Climate Innovation, and the Economics of Climate Change and Policy. His recent research leverages causal inference methods, data science algorithms (e.g., LLMs and NLP), and GIS tools to explore topics such as the drivers and obstacles to global climate innovation, the economic and environmental impacts of China's climate policy, and the identification and quantification of the financial consequences of climate risks in China. 

His scholarly contributions have been published in top-tier academic journals, including PNAS, AER P&P, Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (JAERE), Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (JEEM), American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, and others. He has served as a Co-Editor for Weather, Climate and Society under the American Meteorological Society, an Associate Editor for Environment and Development Economics, and a member of the editorial councils at JAERE and JEEM.

His research projects on China's Climate Policy and Climate Innovation have been funded by the NSFC of China. Nature Climate Change Highlight reports and world-leading media, including the Financial Times, Nature News in Focus, BBC Worklife, the South Chian Morning Post, and others, have covered his research and perspectives on climate policy and energy transition.