COMMITTED is an international project funded by the European Commission’s Directorate on Climate (DG CLIMA). The project aims to enhance sharing of good practices on greenhouse gas emissions modelling between EU and Asian countries. The Consortium comprises major global integrated assessment modelling teams as well as institutions from major Asian economies.
The webinar was delivered as part of the COMMITTED project.
During the webinar, a study was presented that introduces REMIND-Material, an integrated REMIND–MFA modeling framework, showing that combining low-carbon feedstocks and green hydrogen with circular economy strategies—particularly recycling—can substantially and cost-effectively decarbonize the chemical and plastics sectors under 1.5°C and 2°C climate targets by reducing virgin production and emissions through strong supply- and demand-side synergies.
Speaker:
Qianzhi Zhang is a researcher at the Institute of Energy, Environment, and Economy, Tsinghua University, and a guest researcher at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). His main research interests focus on Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs), chemical industry transition, and the global hydrogen supply chain
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