Wenjia Cai

Biography

Wenjia Cai is professor of global change economics in Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University, China. Her research group is particularly focusing on the health and economic impacts of climate action. She has published research papers in Nature, The Lancet, The Lancet Public Health, The Lancet Planetary Health and etc. She is the director of The Lancet Countdown Regional Centre for Asia and leads the China Lancet Countdown report on health and climate change. She also serves as the member of Global Air Pollution and Health - Technical Advisory Group of the World Health Organization, and Member of Executive Editorial Board of Environmental Research Letters.