**Taoyuan Wei**

Dr. Taoyuan Wei, Senior Researcher at CICERO Center for International Climate Research, has been responsible for macroeconomic modeling and analysis in interdisciplinary research projects related to energy, climate change, and the environment. He is a leading energy economist on the rebound effects of energy efficiency improvement, one of the key measures commonly suggested for climate change mitigation and adaptation. His Ph.D. dissertation was on accounting for income arising from nonrenewable resources. He has also worked on input-output surveys, accounting, and analysis at the National Bureau of Statistics of China. So far, Dr. Wei has published nearly 60 peer-reviewed articles in international journals.

#### **Qin Zhu**

Dr. Qin Zhu is a professor of economic demography at the School of Social Development and Public Policy, Fudan University, China. His areas of expertise cover demography, social policy, and low-carbon economics. In recent years, His research interests focus on population aging, the energy and environmental effects of demographic change, and population big data. He has published more than 60 papers and 2 monographs, the latest of which is titled "Population Aging and Carbon Emissions: Impacts of Labor Supply and Consumption Pattern". His research has been awarded the first prize for outstanding achievements in population science in China.
