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The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) is China’s National Member Organization (NMO).
Main areas of collaborations:
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Sustainable agriculture and food security
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Projecting changing population and human capital in China
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Terrestrial carbon management in China
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Tackling climate change and sustainable energy sources
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Applying network analysis to study urban metabolism in Chinese cities
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Developing strategies to clean up China’s air
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News
24 November 2022
2022 TWAS-Lenovo Science Award awarded to Fu Bojie
IIASA congratulates Fu Bojie on receiving this year’s TWAS – Lenovo Science Award, in recognition of his seminal contribution to the understanding of interactions between human beings and the environment, and their implications for sustainability.
16 September 2022
Expand your horizons with a postdoctoral fellowship at IIASA
IIASA offers a range of postdoctoral opportunities for early career researchers. The institute is currently accepting applications for two of its postdoctoral offerings: the IIASA Postdoctoral Fellowship and the Peking University (PKU)–IIASA Postdoctoral Program.
14 February 2022
Pursuing carbon neutrality and water security in China
China has promised to become carbon neutral before 2060 and has coupled this ambitious target with stringent limitations on industrial water use by 2030. An international team of IIASA researchers and Chinese colleagues explored the effects of simultaneously pursuing these goals.
Focus
28 November 2022
Analyzing urban metabolism in Beijing
Options Magazine, Winter 2022: A new comprehensive study on the urban metabolism of Beijing clarifies the impact of buildings, infrastructure, and goods on the city and its residents.
07 November 2022
Promising climate progress
Policy Brief #34, October 2022. Recent net-zero pledges could take the world a long way towards meeting the Paris climate goals, but an ambition gap remains.
04 July 2022
Estimating global urbanization trends over the 21st century
Qingxu Huang shares insights from a recent article published in Nature Scientific Data on updating global urbanization projections under future scenarios of socioeconomic and climate change. The study was conducted in collaboration with Raya Muttarak from the IIASA Population and Just Societies Program.
Publications
Heilig, G.K. (1997). Anthropogenic Factors in Land-Use Change in China. IIASA Research Report (Reprint). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RR-97-008. Reprinted from Population and Development Review, 23(1):139-168 [March 1997].
Zhao, D., Hubacek, K., Feng, K., Sun, L., & Liu, J. (2019). Explaining virtual water trade: A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China. Water Research 153 304-314. 10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.025.
Heilig, G.K. (2003). Sustainable Regional and Rural Development in China: Where do we stand? IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-03-026
Liu, S., Li, X., & Zhang, M. (2003). Scenario Analysis on Urbanization and Rural-Urban Migration in China. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-03-036
Heilig, G.K. (1996). Anthropogenic Driving Forces of Land-Use Change in China. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-96-011
Northway, S., Bull, G.Q., Shvidenko, A., & Bailey, L. (2009). Recent Developments in Forest Products Trade between Russia and China: Potential Production, Processing, Consumption and Trade Scenarios. Forest Trends Association, Washington, DC, USA (March 2009)