Shulei Cheng is professor of energy economics and environmental policy at the Southwestern University of Finance and Economics. His research interests cover climate change policy, carbon governance, sustainable energy development in cities, and index decomposition method. He has published a range of academic articles in Environmental Science & Technology, Humanities & Social Science Communications, Scientific Data, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Applied Energy, Energy, Resources, Conservation & Recycling, Journal of Environmental Management, Energy Policy, Journal of Cleaner Production, Annals of Operations Research, Scientific Reports, Transformations in Business & Economics, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth.