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Dr. Fan Dai is the Director of the California-China Climate Institute, University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Dai was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown as Special Advisor to chair the state's China Interagency Working Group and served as the liaison on critical economic and environmental initiatives with China. Previously, she served as a senior advisor at the California Environmental Protection Agency and the California Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, where she provided counsel on the state's international policy and global climate partnerships. At the California-China Climate Institute, she led several critical research projects on subnational climate policy and long-term planning for carbon neutrality and executed Governor Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom’s successful trip to China as well as other high-level US-China climate dialogues. Her research expertise includes market mechanisms for climate change mitigation, climate diplomacy and governance.

Dr. Dai graduated from the School of Law, University of California, Berkeley, with a master’s in law, and the State University of New York, College of Environmental Science and Forestry with a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics and Policy.