Yang Li is Research Director at iGDP, working on energy economics and low-carbon policy.

Previously, Ms. Yang worked at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) as a consulting expert and researched the Chinese environmental taxation system as part of a project supported by the National Social Science Foundation. She also has experience researching China’s water environment protection price and taxation policy as part of a project on national water pollution control and treatment technology. She received her Ph.D. in Population, Resources, and Environmental Economics from Renmin University in 2014.