Hanling Yang
Senior Director, Energy Transition-Asia
Work
Areas of expertise:
Environmental law, land use, and climate change.
Description
Hanling Yang is a senior director of Energy Transition-Asia at the Environmental Defense Fund. She is responsible for developing and overseeing the implementation of EDF’s strategies and campaigns in key countries in the Asia-Pacific region to facilitate an equitable transition away from fossil fuel dependence, with a focus on halting the rise of fossil fuel emissions on a path consistent with a 2050 zero-carbon future.
Background
Before joining EDF, Hanling was an associate director of the U.S.-Asia Partnership for Environmental Law at Vermont Law School, working collaboratively with government institutions, non-government organizations and legal professionals to advance environmental governance in China. Hanling also worked at the China-US Center for Sustainable Development in Portland Oregon managing a decade-long sustainable land use and urban planning training program and green community projects.
Education
Hanling holds a J.D. from Lewis and Clark Law School and a B.A. in English from Wuhan University, China.
Languages
Mandarin, English
Latest pieces
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Challenge, opportunity as China begins to tackle fossil fuel methane emissions
Energy Exchange, March 8, 2019 -
China’s critical role in stabilizing world climate
YouTube , April 8, 2015 -
China's critical role in stabilizing world climate
Source, March 24, 2015