Chunyu Pan

PhD Candidate 2024-

Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia
2310-2424 Main Mall
Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4
Email: chunyu.pan@ubc.ca

Research Interests

My research interests are the global carbon market, forestry and bamboo carbon offset projects, and their relationships with climate change. I graduated with a BSc in Science, majoring in Environmental Sciences, from UBC. I started to work with Dr. Guangyu Wang in my fourth year of my bachelor’s. We worked on the potential linkage of global carbon markets, particularly with the China National ETS, based on experts’ insights and experience. We also investigated the barriers and challenges to developing carbon forestry projects through a systematic review and sought solutions aligned with globally recognized offset standards. My current research focuses on the additionality and effectiveness of forestry carbon offset projects, with a particular focus on applying this knowledge to China. Additionally, I will investigate a valid, credible, and internationally recognized carbon accounting methodology for bamboo forest carbon offset projects.

Publications

  1. Pan, C., Zhou, G., Innes, J. L., Niles, J., Berninger, F., & Wang, G. (2026). Avoiding over-crediting of forestry carbon offsets under the new global carbon market. Journal of Forestry Research, 37(1):10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-025-01940-w
  2. Pan, C., Shrestha, A., Li, C., Ying, M., Duan, J., He, M., Zhu, W., Chai, Q., Innes, J. L., Kozak, R., Zhou, G., & Wang, G. (2025). Integrating bamboo forests into the carbon markets: Insights from China. Journal of Environmental Management, 393, 127203. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.127203
  3. Pan, C., Wang, G., Xu, L., Li, C., Shrestha, A., Ying, M., Lu, W., Innes, J. L., Kozak, R., & Zhou, G. (2025). Bamboo forests in Anji, China: An emerging nature-based solution to tackle climate change. Advances in Bamboo Science (Online), 10, 100126. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bamboo.2025.100126
  4. Pan, C., Li, C., An, A., Deng, G., Lin, J. K., He, J., Li, J. F., Zhu, X., Zhou, G., Shrestha, A. K., Kozak, R., & Wang, G. (2023). Canada’s green gold: Unveiling challenges, opportunities, and pathways for sustainable forestry offsets. Forests, 14(11), 2206. https://doi.org/10.3390/f14112206
  5. Pan, C., Zhou, G., Shrestha, A. K., Chen, J., Kozak, R., Li, N., Li, J., He, Y., Sheng, C., & Wang, G. (2023). Bamboo as a nature-based solution (NbS) for climate change mitigation: Biomass, products, and carbon credits. Climate (Basel), 11(9), 175. https://doi.org/10.3390/cli11090175
  6. Pan, C., Shrestha, A., Innes, J. L., Zhou, G., Li, N., Li, J., He, Y., Sheng, C., Niles, J., & Wang, G. (2022). Key challenges and approaches to addressing barriers in forest carbon offset projects. Journal of Forestry Research, 33(4), 1109-1122. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-022-01488-z
  7. Pan, C., Shrestha, A. K., Wang, G., Innes, J. L., Wang, K. X., Li, N., Li, J., He, Y., Sheng, C., & Niles, J. (2021). A linkage framework for the china national emission trading system (CETS): Insight from key global carbon markets. Sustainability, 13(13), 7459. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13137459

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