Publications

REPORTS
Water Inequity in Global Agricultural Trade
Yue Qin, Weiyi Gu, Amir AghaKouchak, Yong Liu, Kaveh Madani, Jinren Ni (2025)
United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment, and Health (UNU-INWEH), Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada 2025
Journal Articles
The impact of rising temperatures on wastewater treatment plants’ energy use and carbon emissions in China: A climate feedback perspective
Yi Ju, Hanshi Su, Yi Yang*, Weiyi Gu, Jinjie Sun, Beibei Liu* (2025)
Journal of Environmental Management 394, 127438
Journal Articles
The asymmetric impacts of international agricultural trade on water use scarcity, inequality and inequity
Weiyi Gu, Fang Wang, Stefan Siebert, Matti Kummu, Xuhui Wang, Chaopeng Hong, Feng Zhou, Qing Zhu, Yong Liu, Yue Qin* (2024)
Nature Water 2, 324-336. (Featured Cover Article)
Journal Articles
Climate adaptation through crop migration requires a nexus perspective for environmental sustainability in the North China Plain
Weiyi Gu#, Guosong Ma#, Rui Wang, Laura Scherer, Pan He, Longlong Xia, Yuyao Zhu, Jun Bi*, Beibei Liu* (2024)
Nature Food 5, 569-580
Journal Articles
Targeted opportunities to mitigate water scarcity, inequality, and inequity embedded in international food trade for vulnerable countries
Weiyi Gu, Yue Qin* (2024)
Water Research 267, 122568
Journal Articles
Amplified positive effects on air quality, health, and renewable energy under China’s carbon neutral target
Yue Qin#, Mi Zhou#, Yueting Hao, Xin Huang, Dan Tong, Liangdian Huang, Chuan Zhang, Jing Cheng, Weiyi Gu, Licheng Wang, Xiaojia He, Derong Zhou, Qi Chen, Aijun Ding, Tong Zhu (2024)
Nature Geoscience 17, 411-418
Journal Articles
Estimating crop carbon footprint and associated uncertainty at prefecture-level city scale in China
Jie Song, Yize Liu, Minghao Zhuang, Weiyi Gu, Zhenling Cui*, Mingyue Pang*, Yi Yang* (2023)
Resources, Conservation and Recycling 199, 107263
Journal Articles
Prioritizing climate change adaptation needs for hydropower sector in China
Weiyi Gu, Wenfeng He, Hanshi Su, Beibei Liu* (2022)
Environmental Research Letters 17, 034040
Journal Articles
Closing greenhouse gas emission gaps of staple crops in China
Yize Liu, Weiyi Gu, Beibei Liu, Chao Zhang, Chun Wang, Yi Yang*, Minghao Zhuang* (2022)
Environmental Science & Technology 56, 9302-9311
Journal Articles
Towards cost-effective total pollution control in Chinese industries
Jing Yang, Weiyi Gu, Boqun Wu, Beibei Liu*, Bing Zhang (2022)
Journal of Environmental Management 320, 115744
Journal Articles
Cost of raising discharge standards: A plant-by-plant assessment from wastewater treatment sector in China
Hanshi Su#, Hang Yi#, Weiyi Gu, Qi Wang, Bing Zhang, Beibei Liu* (2022)
Journal of Environmental Management 308, 114642
Journal Articles
Promoting potato as staple food can reduce the carbon-land-water impacts of crops in China
Beibei Liu, Weiyi Gu, Yi Yang*, Bufan Lu, Feng Wang, Bing Zhang*, Jun Bi* (2021)
Nature Food 2, 570-577. (Nature Research Highlights)
Journal Articles
Wind disasters adaptation in cities in a changing climate: A systematic review
Yue He, Boqun Wu, Pan He, Weiyi Gu, Beibei Liu* (2021)
PloS ONE 16 (3), e0248503