Zhaosu Meng is an Associate Professor at the School of Economics, Ocean University of China. She received her Ph.D. in Marine Science from the University of New South Wales, Australia. With an interdisciplinary background spanning economics, management, and marine science, her research focuses on climate economics, marine economics, and financial markets. Meng has led several major research projects, including those funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China and the Shandong Province Social Science Youth Fund. She has participated in over ten national-level research initiatives, including key projects from the National Natural Science Foundation and the National Key R&D Program. Her work has been published in leading journals such as Ocean & Coastal Management and Frontiers in Environmental Science, and she has contributed to six books in her field.
How blue carbon financing may support the protection and restoration of blue carbon ecosystems