Achievement: Dr.Li from Business School Published A High-level Paper in the International Authorative Journal

Recently, Dr. Li Wenxiang published a paper entitled “Assessing the transition to low-carbon urban transport: A global comparison” in an international journal Resources, Conservation & Recycling (IF=10.204). Business School, USST was the first unit of the paper; Dr.Li Wenxiang was the first author, Dr.Bao Lei and Prof. Li Ye were the corresponding authors.
The transition toward low-carbon urban transport is essential for achieving the global goal of “carbon neutrality”. However, a global comparison of urban transport CO2 emissions is still insufficient due to the lack of comprehensive, comparable, and consistent data on transport at the city level. To assess the transition to low-carbon urban transport globally, this study measures the total CO2 emissions, CO2 emissions per capita, and CO2 emissions per GDP of urban transport in 180 global cities using a unified method based on extensive data collected in 44 countries across 6 continents from 1960 to 2012. Then, the regional disparity and historical trend of the three indicators are analyzed to characterize the transition to low-carbon urban transport. Finally, the transition progress of low-carbon urban transport in the 180 cities is assessed with a multiphase framework that consists of pre-development phase, take-off phase, acceleration phase, and stabilization phase. The results show that the changing patterns of urban transport CO2 emissions vary across continents. There is a common trend that the peak times of CO2 emissions per GDP, CO2 emissions per capita, and total CO2 emissions usually occur in sequence. Historically, cities in North America began the low-carbon transition earliest, followed by cities in Oceania, Europe, and Asia. Currently, the transition progresses in most developing cities are relatively slow and are still at the take-off phase of transition. Overall, this study can help cities better manage the transition to low-carbon urban transport for the goal of “carbon neutrality”.
Dr. Li Wenxiang has published 12 high-level academic papers in journals such as Transportation Research Part D、Journal of Transport Geography、Climate Policy including 8 SCI/SSCI papers  since he entered USST in March of 2020.