I. Basic Information
Dr. He Jingjing gained her Master and PhD degrees from University of Bristol in 2004 and 2011. She was a visiting PhD at Cambridge University from 2009 to 2010. From 2011 to 2013, she worked as postdoc researcher at CASS Institute of Law. She was a visiting scholar at the University of Helsinki in 2013 and at University of Turin in 2015, and an Edwards Fellow at Columbia Law School from 2016 to 2017. She is currently an associate research fellow at the Department of International Economic Law, CASS Institute of International Law. Dr. He Jingjing also works as Assistant Chief ofTribunal of Financial Street at Xicheng of the People’s Court of Xicheng District of Beijing Municipality. She is the Deputy General Secretary of the “Belt and Road” Research Base of the Supreme People’s Court of PRC,a member of User Council of Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), an associate professor at the University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and a part-time editor of Journal of People Rule of Law. Her research areas include international arbitration and mediation, international economic law, international environmental law and environmental law.
II. Introductions to Major Academic Works
From Kyoto Protocol to Paris Agreement: the Start of a New Climate Governance Age
The successful completion of the COP21 UN Climate Change Conference marked the start of a new climate governance age. Given the limits of Kyoto Protocol, its successor, Paris Agreement,represents historical progress and necessity. Paris Agreement and Kyoto Protocol are different in many fundamental ways, ranging from governance mechanism,legal form,key principles,compliance mechanism to market mechanism. The flexibility of Paris Agreement in terms of Intended Nationally Determined Contributions helps to attract worldwide participation and contributes to narrowing the gaps between developed and developing countries. However, the lack of a strong compliance mechanism increases the risks of treaty non-compliance. How to build a transparent compliance framework in order to realize the twin goals of flexibility and effectiveness, and how to reduce the compliance costs to enhance compliance willingness are among the key challenges to be addressed in the Post-Paris-Climate-Agreement age.
III. Research Activities and Academic Achievements
1. One joint paper entitled “China’s Regional Emissions” (with Y. Huang) is published by Nature Climate Change, Vol.1, October 2011;
2. One joint paper entitled “The Role of Climate Finance in the Age of Green Economy” (with Y. Huang) is published by The World Financial Review, November-December, 2012;
3. One joint paper entitled “The Decarbonisation of China's Agriculture” (with Y. Huang) is under review by Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology and also included as a UNU_WIDER working paper WP2012/074, August 2012,
4. http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-074/;
5. One joint paper entitled “Has the Clean Development Mechanism Assisted Sustainable Development?” (with Y. Huang and F. Tarp), is published by Natural Resources Forum--A United Nations Sustainable Development Journal, Volume 38, Issue 4, Pages 248-260, November 2014;
6. One joint paper entitled “Is the Clean Development Mechanism Effective for Emission Reductions?” (with Y. Huang and F. Tarp) is published by Greenhouse Gases: Science and Technology, Volume 4, Issue 6, Pages 750-760, December 2014. Also included as UNU-WIDER working paper WP2012/073, August 2012,
7. http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2012/en_GB/wp2012-073/;
8. One joint UNU-WIDER Environment & Climate Change project commissioned paper “Foreign Aid for Climate Change Related Capacity Building” (with Z. Chen) is published as UNU-WIDER working paper WP2013/046, April 2013,
9. http://www.wider.unu.edu/publications/working-papers/2013/en_GB/wp2013-046/;
10. One paper entitled “On China’s Path towards Carbon Tax Legislation：A Legal Perspective” is published in Chinese Review of International Law (Chinese academic journal), Vol.8, May 2013;
11. One paper entitled “Legal thoughts on establishing China’s carbon emission trading law” is published by Journal of China’s Soft Sciences (Chinese academic journal), September 2013;
12. One paper entitled “On the legislation of China’s low carbon agriculture—a comparative approach” is published by Journal of China’s Soft Sciences (Chinese academic journal), December 2014. This paper won the third prize in the Ninth China Law Society Forum entitled “Deepening of Legal Reform and Rule of Law”, organized by China Law Society in 2014;
13. One Paper entitled “The Human Rights Dimension of Climate Change” is published by Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 5, 2015;
14. One paper entitled “From Kyoto Protocol to Paris Climate Change Agreement: the Start of an Era of Global Climate Governance” is published by Chinese Review of International Law (Chinese academic journal), May 2016;
15. One paper entitled “The Human Rights Dimension of Paris Agreement” is published by Journal of Human Rights in December 2017;
16. One paper entitled “The Dispute Resolution Mechanism for the Belt and Road Initiative” is published by Chinese Social Sciences Paper in December 2018;
17. One book entitled The Role of Public brokerage in Managing Interorganisational Network is published by VDM Publishing House, Germany in January 2011;
18. One book entitled On the Legislation of China’s Low Carbon Development in the Framework of International Climate Change Law is published by the China Social Sciences Press, China, December 2014;
19. Translated Books include Research on the Laws of Contemporary China Volume 1 1949-1978, Research on the Laws of Contemporary China Volume 2 1978-1992, and Research on the Laws of Contemporary China Volume 3 1992-2009, published by Paths International Ltd & China Social Sciences Press in August 2018;
20. Book Chapter entitled “Foreign aid for climate change capacity building”was published in Jan 2018 in the book Aid Effectiveness for Environmental Sustainability by Palgrave Macmillan;
21. Presented joint paper “The Decarbonisation of PRC’s Agriculture” at the 2nd 2013 Asian Development Review Conference organized by the Asian Development Bank, August 2013, Manila, Philippines;
22. Joint paper “Is the Clean Development Mechanism Effective for Emission Reductions?” (with Y. Huang & F. Tarp) was presented at XXXIV Annual Meeting of the Finnish Economic Association, February 2012, Vaasa, Finland;
23. Presented a conference paper entitled “Exploring Public Brokerage Effects in the Context of Public-led Networks” at UK Social Network Conference, July 2007 (Queen Mary, University of London);
24. Attended the UNU-WIDER Conference on Climate Change and Development Policy in September 2012, Helsinki, Finland;
25. Attended the National Climate Change Legislation and Policy Seminar organized by the Law Faculty of University of Helsinki, in May 2013, Helsinki, Finland;
26. Presented a paper entitled “China’ s legislation on Low Carbon Agriculture” at the 5th China Postdoc Forum of Law, Beijing, in October 2014;
27. Presented a paper entitled “Post-Kyoto International Climate Change Agreement” at the 11th International Forum of International Law, Beijing, in November 2014;
28. Attended the UNFCCC Climate Change Conference in Paris, December 2014.
