Danielle Neighbour

Commentaries by Danielle Neighbour

Danielle Neighbour

Schwarzman Fellow

Danielle Neighbour is a Schwarzman Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars’ Kissinger Institute and China Environment Forum, where she researches wastewater treatment, water recycling, and environmental policy. She holds a Master’s of Global Affairs from Tsinghua University’s Schwarzman Scholars program in Beijing, China, as well as a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Arkansas.

Capless Trade: Avoiding Stumbling Blocks in China’s National Carbon Market
Jun 20, 2019
As the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, China has announced a national carbon market and begun piloting regional carbon markets in seven of its largest cities.
China Environment Protection Sustainable Development Carbon Reduction
Weathering the Storm: Wastewater Resiliency in the US and China
May 31, 2019
Chinese cities can learn from New York City’s wastewater resiliency plan to prevent flooding in treatment plants, as well as the city’s steps to address wastewater pollution.
Sustainable Development
Trade War, Water War: The Untold Truths of the Trump-Xi Tariffs
Feb 01, 2019
The US-China trade war is shifting the way water is spent between the two nations. As trade talks resume, the United States and China should take the world’s most precious resource into consideration- or else risk detrimental shortages.
Trade War
Wastewater Can Save China’s Cities - and the Environment
Jan 09, 2019
China produces approximately 30 million tonnes of organic sludge annually - only approximately one-fifth of which is properly treated. A deadly combination of pollution and scarcity now threatens the future of China’s cities. New wastewater technologies being explored and piloted in both the United States and China can serve as a much-needed point of collaboration and exchange between the two nations.
Environmental Protection