Advisory Committee
Mr. Fulai Sheng
Head of Research and Partnership Unit, UN Environment
Published:30/03/2020

Head of Research and Partnership Unit, UN Environment


Sheng Fulai is an economist at UN Environment’s Economics and Trade Branch. His areas of expertise include integrated policymaking, international payments for ecosystem services, and integrated economic and environmental accounting.

Sheng holds a Masters degree in economics from the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. Over the last twenty years, he has served the Chinese Ministry of Finance, the World Bank, the World Wide Fund for Nature, and Conservation International.

His major publications include: Real Value for Nature – An Overview of Global Efforts to Achieve True Measures of Economic Progress; Comparative Assessment of Development Options; Macroeconomic Policies, Poverty and the Environment (co-author); Rights, Wants and Needs: Economic Instruments and Biodiversity Conservation.