Emily Yeh

Emily Yeh is a Professor of Geography at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research focuses on the political ecology of environmental governance, development, and climate change in China and the Tibetan Plateau, with particular attention to land use policies, agrarian transitions, and indigenous politics.

• Political Ecology of Development
• Environmental Policy in China
• Climate Justice and Global South
• Cross-Species and Non-Human Agency
• State-Society Relations in Tibet
• Sustainable Mountain Systems

Recent publications examine climate engineering ethics, green energy transitions in Asia, and the contradictions of state-led conservation. Her work integrates interdisciplinary methods and critiques of neoliberal environmentalism.

Key article trends include:

• 2025: Global weather modification politics
• 2024: Green energy conflicts in Asia
• 2023: Natural infrastructure in China
• 2022: Climate-military research ethics