Publications

Book Publications:

The following three books have been published since the inception of this project.

  1. A book entitled “Global Carbon Market Progress Hotspots and Countermeasures” was published in 2019 by China Forestry Press. The book is in Mandarin and focuses on the progress, hot spots, and countermeasures of the global carbon market. The book is divided into six chapters, including an overview of the development of the global carbon market, experience sharing of the global carbon market, international carbon market linkage, and countermeasures of the industry under the conditions of the carbon market. The book systematically analyzes the current situation, progress, linking, emission reduction, and other related issues of the global carbon market and is accompanied by several successful cases worldwide. For more details about the book (in Mandarin), please click here.
  2. A book entitled “Status and Development Trends of the World’s Carbon Markets” was published in 2016 in collaboration with the China Green Carbon Foundation. This book synthesized information on global carbon market status and development trends through an extensive literature review. To read the full book, please click here.
  3. A book was published in Chinese entitled “Status and Development Trends of the World’s Carbon Markets.” This book builds upon the previous book and adds more information about the global carbon market with an emphasis on CETS. For the full book in Mandarin, please click here.

Peer-reviewed publications

The following peer-reviewed papers have been published:

  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. Alamerew, A. N., Zhu, Z., Kozak, R., Nelson, H., Shrestha, A. K., He, M., & Wang, G. (2026). Transforming economic and environmental sustainability through bamboo: A systematic review. Advances in Bamboo Science (Online), 14, 100219. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bamboo.2025.100219
  3. 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
  4. Alamerew, A. N., Zhu, Z., Kozak, R., Shrestha, A. K., Agdew, S., & Wang, G. (2025). Exploring the shift to bamboo alternatives: A case study on wood and plastic replacement in Ethiopia. Journal of Cleaner Production, 486, 144507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.144507
  5. Cheng, X., Wang, G., Zhou, Y., Pan, C., Wang, Z., Zhou, G., & Shi, Y. (2025). Biofertilizer outcompete chemical fertilizer in enhancing carbon sequestration in moso bamboo (phyllostachys edulis (carriere) J. houzeau) forests. Industrial Crops and Products, 232, 121244. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2025.121244
  6. Alamerew, A. N., Kozak, R., Shrestha, A. K., Zhu, Z., & Wang, G. (2024). A way for livelihood improvement: Systematic review on bamboo forest research. Trees, Forests and People (Online), 16, 100571. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tfp.2024.100571
  7. Cai, Y., Li, C., Pan, C., Wang, G., Xu, J., Cui, W., Zhou, Y., & Zhou, G. (2025). Quantifying the impact of single-tree morphological characteristics on the vertical gradient cooling effect and human thermal comfort during summer. Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 107, 128789. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ufug.2025.128789
  8. Huang, Y., Cai, Y., Jiao, J., Pan, C., Wang, G., Li, C., Jia, Z., Chen, Z., Zhou, Y., & Zhou, G. (2025). The impact of meteorological factors and canopy structure on PM2.5 dynamics under different urban functional zones in a subtropical city. Forests, 16(3), 479. https://doi.org/10.3390/f16030479
  9. 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
  10. Yang, L., Zhou, J., Pan, C., Tu, Q., Wang, G., & Duan, J. (2024). Environmental, energy, and economic assessment of Jatropha curcas L. biodiesel production in China. Journal of Cleaner Production, 470, 143286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143286
  11. Weng, Z., Lu, S., Cheng, X., Pan, C., Wang, G., Dong, D., Li, Z., Zhao, Z., Gu, L., Dong, L., Niu, Z., Li, C., Xu, L., Zhou, Y., & Zhou, G. (2024). Greenhouse gas emissions and carbon and water footprints during processing of lei bamboo shoots. Journal of Cleaner Production, 469, 143110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.143110
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Shrestha, A., Eshpeter, S., Li, N., Li, J., Nile, J. O., & Wang, G. (2022). Inclusion of forestry offsets in emission trading schemes: Insights from global experts. Journal of Forestry Research, 33(1), 279-287. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11676-021-01329-5
  16. 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
  17. Sheng, C., Wang, G., Geng, Y., & Chen, L. (2020). The correlation analysis of futures pricing mechanism in China’s carbon financial market. Sustainability, 12(18), 7317. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12187317
  18. Sheng, C., Zhang, D., Wang, G., & Huang, Y. (2021). Research on risk mechanism of China’s carbon financial market development from the perspective of ecological civilization. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 381, 112990. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cam.2020.112990
  19. Riehl, B., Wang, G., Eshpeter, S., Zhang, H., Innes, J. L., Li, N., Li, J., & Niles, J. O. (2016). Lessons learned in mandatory carbon market development. International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 10(3-4), 227-268. https://doi.org/10.1561/101.00000087

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