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TIE-SEI Interns_Catherine Mengyun Yang

Catherine Mengyun Yang

School: Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

Department: Development Economics/International Environmental Policy

 

TIE Affiliation

Environmental Research Fellowship

TIE-SEI Internship

Research

The overarching research project is to use SEI’s Long-range Energy Alternatives Planning (LEAP) Modeling Framework to support developing countries in their energy and climate mitigation planning activities. This includes developing analyses to support their submissions on greenhouse gas mitigation to the UN Climate Convention (UNFCCC) and to the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). The country focus will be China. We will work with the UN Global Support Program, UNEP, and local agencies to train users of the model and to work collaboratively with local practitioners to refine the analyses to make it as useful as possible to the needs of the country.

Biography

Catherine is currently studying development economics and international environmental policy at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. She has a great passion for clean energy and is curious about how to make clean energy economically viable and scalable. She is also doing a consulting project with Harvard Law and International Development Society. Prior to Fletcher, she interned at United Nations Information Center, Mass Health Policy Commission, and UNICEF with extensive research and data analysis experience. She is born and grew up in Shanghai, China. Catherine holds a BA in International Studies from Johns Hopkins University.