Zheng Wan, Ph.D., Shanghai Pujiang Scholar, professor at the International Shipping Department of Shanghai Maritime University.
Shipping is the backbone of global trade; it is also a sector heavily reliant on fossil fuel. Ship-source greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions could increase by up to 250% from 2012 levels by 2050. Unchecked, such emissions are projected to account for 17% of global GHG emissions by 2050. As such, Dr. Wan’s main research interests include international shipping management and public policy on decarbonizing the international shipping industry. Dr. Wan is a principal investigator for several national and provincial-level projects. He has also been supported by the Yong Elite Scientists Sponsorship Program by the China Association for Science and Technology. Dr. Wan’s team has been invited to write several policy articles on greening the shipping industry for Nature, a world’s leading multidisciplinary science journal. (See Nature, 530. 275–277; Nature, 540. 27–29; Nature 560, 161-163.) Important views on green shipping and international maritime governance have been widely cited.
Some of Dr. Wan’s recent publications include:
Wan, Z , el Makhloufi, A., Chen, Y., & Tang, J. (2018). Decarbonizing the international shipping industry: Solutions and policy recommendations. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 126, 428-435.
Wan, Z., Zhang, T., Sha, M., Guo, W., Jin, Y., Guo, J., & Liu, Y. (2021). Evaluation of emission reduction strategies for berthing containerships: a case study of the Shekou Container Terminal. Journal of Cleaner Production, 126820.
Wan, Z., Ji, S., Liu, Y., Zhang, Q., Chen, J., & Wang, Q. (2020). Shipping emission inventories in China's Bohai Bay, Yangtze River Delta, and Pearl River Delta in 2018. Marine pollution bulletin, 151, 110882.
Wan, Z., Zhou, X., Zhang, Q., & Chen, J. (2019). Do ship emission control areas in China reduce sulfur dioxide concentrations in local air? A study on causal effect using the difference-in-difference model. Marine pollution bulletin, 149, 110506.
Wan, Z., Zhang, Q., Xu, Z., Chen, J., & Wang, Q. (2019). Impact of emission control areas on atmospheric pollutant emissions from major ocean-going ships entering the Shanghai Port, China. Marine pollution bulletin, 142, 525-532.
Wan, Z., Nie, A., Chen, J., Ge, J., Zhang, C., & Zhang, Q. (2021). Key barriers to the commercial use of the Northern Sea Route: View from China with a fuzzy DEMATEL approach. Ocean & Coastal Management, 208, 105630.
Wan, Z., Chen, J., & Sperling, D. (2018). Institutional barriers to the development of a comprehensive ballast-water management scheme in China: Perspective from a multi-stream policy model. Marine Policy, 91, 142-149.