Field of Expertise

Climate change policy

Expertise

Angel Hsu is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Yale-NUS College and Founder/Director of the Data-Driven EnviroPolicy Lab, an interdisciplinary research group that innovates and applies quantitative approaches to pressing environmental issues. Her research explores the intersection of science and policy and the use of data-driven approaches to understand environmental sustainability, particularly in the areas of climate change and energy, urbanisation and air quality. As a climate scientist, she is a contributing and lead author to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as well as the UN Environment Programme’s (UNEP) Emissions Gap Report on city, region, and corporate climate mitigation contributions. She has also provided expert testimony to the US-China Economic Security and Review Commission and is a member of the National Committee on US-China Relations. In addition to publishing in academic journals, Dr. Hsu has been committed to public outreach and was a TED 2018 Age of Amazement Speaker and recognized as an inaugural Grist 50 leader. She is the Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Fourth Industrial Revolution and Global Public Goods. She holds a PhD in Environmental Policy from Yale University.