Yun(Leo) Li
Energy Transition Analyst - Climate Economics Finance @ World Resources Institute
About
I am an open-minded and hardworking person with experience in researching, consulting, and product management. I have always been curious, I like learning new things. I enjoy walking around the city, playing sports, traveling, and hanging out with friends in my spare time. I like to spend time with my family and friends when I'm not in the office.
United States
Philadelphia
Financial Services
Strategy, Leadership, Microsoft Excel, Analytical Skills, Presentation Skills
Experience

Energy Transition Analyst - Climate Economics Finance
Washington, DC
• Conducted market analysis across Hungary, Nigeria, and Vietnam evaluating power market structures, regulatory frameworks, distributed solar policy incentives, and tariff mechanisms to assess rooftop solar investment viability in emerging markets • Developed financial models for renewable energy certificate markets (I-REC, TIGRs), conducting scenario analysis under varying policy, price, and installation capacity assumptions

Consultant
New York, New York, United States
• Analyzed the global cement market situation (scale, energy consumption, technology, and industrial process) • Compared 5 carbon accounting frameworks (GHG Protocol, ISO, IPCC, EU, China) to seek arbitrage, hedge, and investment opportunities in carbon trading and portfolio construction

Data Integration Analyst
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Developed improved Scope 3 emissions methodology, increasing reporting accuracy and reducing audit cycle time • Formulated transition risk assessment method to evaluate exposure to current and future decarbonization policies, carbon pricing • Led cross-functional coordination with 400+ plant teams to clean, validate, and standardize data

Associate
Data product manager • Organized data mining and collecting team to deliver millions of data to many financial institutions • Lead the team to build the ESG rating methodology of bond issuers • Developed climate transition grading system for issuing a Climate Change Bond Composite Index Securities Investment Fund, organized people to collect and deliver data • Helped the client calculate and build methodology of portfolio emission

Senior Analyst
Shanghai, China
Climate model product manager • Formulated scope 1&2&3 corporate carbon estimation models, covered A+H share markets • Established climate risk models: physical risk model of water stress, drought, etc., transition risk model; and implied temperature rise model based on IEA and NGFS

Research Assistant
Beijing, China
• Calculated cities’ carbon emission from gridded cells, compared results with different databases • Uncertainty analysis between the city boundary and gridded cell, and all sector datasets • Operated GAINs model to generate China’s air pollution situation

Junior Researcher - Institution of China Sustainable Urbanization, Tsinghua University
• Strategic consulting for several city-level governments on carbon neutrality development • Did scenario planning and analysis, wrote policy recommendations • Studied private economy at the city, province, and country levels, participated in building the evaluation index • Researched health city development in China, helped build the Tsinghua Urban Health Index

Consultant
Chengdu, Sichuan, China
• Tender writing for Hohhot Xinhua Plaza project, including project context analysis, thematic analysis, overall positioning, construction schedule, etc. • Analysis of the background of the traffic and business structure around Chengdu Administrative College, summarizing the advantages and disadvantages of the development • Research and comparative analysis of office buildings and commercial complexes in Qionglai City and its surrounding counties (Ya'an City, Dayi County, Chongzhou City, Pujiang County)

Research Assistant
• Built an HIA of city fitting with china’s situation based on available data and existing HIA of city index systems • Used standardized comprehensive scoring method for sorting on the basis of official statistical yearbooks • Assisted in holding 2018 Conference of Urban Development and Planning – Health City Forum • Did field investigation of 4 streets and referred to street designs in Shanghai and abroad to offer design suggestions • Attended government reporting meetings and in-depth study of several domestic and foreign cases

Consultant
Beijing Tsinghua Tongheng Urban Planning & Design Institute
• Conducted field investigate of Chengdu Wenjiang District’s policy, economics, population and industry information • Assisted project manager in formulating development strategy, and reported to local government formally • Sorted out health industry data and arranged health industry information and policy in China

Planning Analyst
Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu Design Institute Co. Ltd.
• Understood procedures, contents, and requirements of the overall plan for a city in realistic • Tendered the Big Dipper layout for land use and regional node layout
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