Co-hosted by Yale Club of Beijing and Yale Center Beijing

Event Time

Thursday, April 9, 2026

Registration & Light Dinner
18:30-19:00
Presentation and Q&A
19:00-20:30

Location

Yale Center Beijing 
36th Floor Tower B of IFC Building 8 Jianguomenwai Avenue Chaoyang District, Beijing (Yong'anli Subway Station, Exit C) 

Registration and Fees

Please click “HERE” to register. Please send an email to yalecenterbeijing@yale.edu if there are any problems. 

Ticket : RMB 30 for students and Yale alumni; RMB 60 for regular admission (The ticket covers a light meal).

*The registration fee is non-refundable. Unless due to a force majeure reason, Yale Center Beijing will not refund any part of the registration fee if a participant fails to attend the event.

Walk-ins will not be accepted.

The event will be in English, with AI-enabled captions translated into Chinese in real time. 

Note: Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis.

The Event

On April 9, Luke Sanford, Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy and Governance at the Yale School of the Environment, will deliver a public lecture titled “Promises and Pitfalls of Nature-Based Carbon Credits.” In this talk, he will discuss nature-based carbon credits as a climate solution, exploring their potential benefits, recent criticisms, and proposed solutions to addressing these challenges.

The Speaker

Luke Sanford
Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy and Governance, Yale School of the Environment

Luke Sanford received his PhD in Political Science and International Affairs in 2021 from the University of California San Diego. His research focuses on environmental policymaking–especially how political institutions mediate the relationship between the environmental preferences of constituents and the incentives and actions of policymakers. In his work, Sanford develops methods for using new sources of digital data, including text and satellite images, to measure individual and group preferences, and to observe outcomes on the ground. These tools enable him to understand preferences for different policies, and evaluate the effects of those policies.