Experts & Staff

Deborah Seligsohn is a consultant based in Beijing, serving as WRI’s Principal Advisor on climate and energy issues in China. Her focus is on deepening research collaboration and the development of useful policy tools to address climate change. She comes to WRI from the U.S. State Department, where she had over 20 years’ experience working on energy and environment issues in China, India, Nepal and New Zealand. Her most recent position was as Environment, Science, Technology and Health Counselor on Beijing. She has a master’s degree from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy, and her BA is from Harvard University in East Asian Studies. She speaks fluent Chinese and some Hindi.