Joanna Lewis
Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service
Joanna Lewis is an associate professor in the Science, Technology and International Affairs Program in the School of Foreign Service. She joined the Georgetown faculty in 2008. She is a member of the faculty advisory committees for the Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues and the Georgetown Environment Initiative, and serves as convener of the Georgetown U.S.-China Climate Research Dialogue.
Lewis's major international activities include:
- P.I. of a National Science Foundation-funded project on International Partnerships and Technological Leapfrogging in China's Clean Energy Sector
- Faculty research affiliate in the China Energy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory.
- Author of Green Innovation in China: China's Wind Power Industry and the Global Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy (2013) and lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s Fifth Assessment Report
Participating in:
September 15, 2022
News: Risks of Decoupling from China on Low-Carbon Technologies
October 26, 2021
News: COP26 and China’s Global Climate Agenda
October 26, 2021
News: COP26 and China’s Global Climate Agenda
In this China Global podcast interview, Bonnie Glaser speaks with Joanna Lewis about China’s prospects at COP26 and the country’s broader climate agenda.
May 6, 2021
News: Assessing China’s Energy and Climate Goals
April 22, 2021
News: Does the U.S.-China Climate Statement Mean Real Cooperation Ahead?
This article written by Joanna Lewis was featured in the Washington Post. This work is partially based on research from the initiative’s U.S.-China Research Group on Climate Change.
February 23, 2021
News: The U.S. Is Back in Paris. Will It Regain Its Role as Climate Leader?
In this podcast interview by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, U.S.-China Research Group on Climate Change convener Joanna Lewis discusses rejoining the Paris Climate agreement, the global hierarchy of climate leadership, and how U.S.-China…
September 29, 2020
News: China Announced New Climate Goals. But it Can’t Quit Coal Just Yet.
April 4, 2023
Book Launch: Cooperating for the Climate Event
Join us for a discussion of the timely new book Cooperating for the Climate: Learning from International Partnerships in China's Clean Energy Sector (2023). Drawing on decades of work in clean energy technology and climate policy and hundreds of…
October 20, 2021
U.S.-China Engagement on Climate Change: Opportunities, Obstacles, and Best Practice Event
In recent years, both China and the United States have witnessed devastating climate events, from raging fires in the American West and hurricanes in the American South, to record flooding and typhoons in China. As the largest economies in the world…
January 8, 2018
Understanding the Chinese Carbon Market Proposal Event
On Monday, January 8, 2018, Duke University's Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and Georgetown University's Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues held a lunchtime talk on "Understanding the Chinese Carbon Market…
Professor Joanna Lewis, Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service | November 23, 2016
It is in the U.S. Interest to Continue Cooperating with China on Clean Energy and Climate Change Response
The United States and China have been cooperating on climate change and clean energy for several decades. Since 2009 this cooperation has been greatly enhanced and expanded, resulting in thousands of people from both countries working together to do…
September 15, 2022
Risks of Decoupling from China on Low-Carbon Technologies Publication
This paper, co-authored by Joanna Lewis, convenor of the U.S.-China Research Group on Climate Change, was published in Science and counters common assumptions that collaboration with China presents substantial national security and economic risks…
May 6, 2021
Assessing China’s Energy and Climate Goals Publication
This report written by Joanna Lewis and Laura Edwards for the Center for American Progress analyzes China’s latest energy and climate goals.
April 22, 2021
Does the U.S.-China Climate Statement Mean Real Cooperation Ahead? Publication
This article written by Joanna Lewis was featured in the Washington Post. This work is partially based on research from the initiative’s U.S.-China Research Group on Climate Change.
February 1, 2021
The Biden Administration Can Mobilize Greater Climate Action With China Publication
This blog post written by Joanna Lewis, Nate Hultman, and Han Chen was featured on the U.S. International Climate Agenda Blog. This work is partially based on research from the initiative’s U.S.-China Research Group on Climate Change.
September 18, 2020
A Renewed Agenda for Green Technology and Development Publication
This report written by Joanna Lewis was featured on the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft website.
September 1, 2020
Toward a New Era of U.S. Engagement with China on Climate Change Publication
This article, written by Joanna Lewis, was published by the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. This work is partially based on research from the initiative’s U.S.-China Research Group on Climate Change.
June 7, 2019
China’s Capabilities and Ambitions in Clean Energy Technologies Publication
This testimony was published by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission following Joanna Lewis’s presentation at the commission’s hearing on “Technology, Trade, and Military-Civil Fusion: China’s Pursuit of Artificial Intelligence, New…
May 23, 2019
Clean Energy in Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for the United States Publication
This testimony was published by the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations following Joanna Lewis’s presentation before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, the Pacific, and International Cybersecurity…
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Georgetown Unit
The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service was founded in 1919 as the first school of international affairs in the United States. It offers a range of undergraduate and graduate programs in Washington, D.C., and through Georgetown's campus in…
Main Campus Georgetown Unit
The Main Campus is the administrative center of Georgetown University and home to six of its schools: the College of Arts & Sciences, the Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, the McDonough School of Business, the McCourt School of Public…
Science, Technology and International Affairs Program Georgetown Unit
The Science, Technology and International Affairs program aims to equip students with the tools needed to understand the complex problems at the intersection of scientific and technical issues and international affairs. The major combines work in the…
U.S.-China Engagement on Climate Change: Opportunities, Obstacles, and Best Practice Video
In recent years, both China and the United States have witnessed devastating climate events, from raging fires in the American West and hurricanes in the American South, to record flooding and typhoons in China. As the largest economies in the world…
Research Dialogue on Climate Change Video
In the years to come, Georgetown’s Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues will address opportunities for climate change cooperation through research, publications and events that engage faculty, students, and leading stakeholders in both…