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News
20 March 2025
Solutions to urgent environmental protection challenges in Vietnam
Zbigniew Klimont, who leads the Pollution Management Research Group in the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program, was invited to share the group's expertise in assisting cities to mitigate air pollution at a recent conference co-organized by the Hanoi People's Committee and the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (VAST) - the IIASA National Member Organization for Vietnam and its scholarly community.
26 February 2025
China Scholarship Council awardees hosted at AFE
AFE is committed to support IIASA's mission of fostering cross-border scientific cooperation and mutual understanding to tackle global challenges internationally. Over the years, AFE has hosted students and postdoctoral researchers, strengthening scientific ties and enabling connections in their early career stages, leading to long-term collaborations.
We are pleased to introduce our new Guest Researchers from China – recipients of China Scholarship Council (CSC) awards – who have joined the EPIC team for a one-year training program.
16 January 2025
IIASA sets example for thriving scientific collaboration in challenging times
A new article emphasizes the need for “safe zones” for researchers amid escalating geopolitical tensions. It uses the history of IIASA – established as a neutral ground during the Cold War – as a prime example.
Events
CMCC, Milan, Italy
Kick-Off meeting of The Horizon Europe project NEWPATHWAYS
Peking, Seoul, Hanoi
IIASA delegation visits IIASA members in Asia
Beijing, China
International Symposium on Polycrises and Systemic risks
Focus
27 June 2024
JustTrans4All
The IIASA Just Transitions to Net‑Zero Carbon Emissions for All (JustTrans4All) project contributes to novel analyses of transition pathways that are cognizant of diverse justice considerations. The project aims to help shape policies that make people’s lives better without harming the planet, following the UN 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement.
27 June 2024
Strengthening the case for nature‑based solutions
IIASA researchers conducted several case studies and published two policy briefs informing policymakers about policy and financing barriers limiting the uptake of nature‑based solutions (NBS) compared to conventional grey infrastructure, as well as possible ways of overcoming them.
Projects
Resilience and Malleability of Social Metabolism (REMASS)
Pollution Management and Environmental Health (PMEH)
Publications
Tiwari, S. , Patrizio, P., Leduc, S., Stratton, A., & Kraxner, F. (2025). Fuel from air: A techno-economic assessment of e-fuels for low-carbon aviation in China. Energy Conversion and Management 333 e119796. 10.1016/j.enconman.2025.119796. Huang, Y., Dieckmann, U. , & Heino, M. (2025). Socio-economic status and occupational mobility of China’s Fishery Population: A quantitative analysis based on social-survey data. Fisheries Research 285 e107362. 10.1016/j.fishres.2025.107362. Wang, S., Ding, X., Chen, J., Zhong, H., Liu, J., & Su, W. (2025). Virtual water-embodied carbon nexus in the new energy system: A case study of solar photovoltaic in China. Energy 323 e135815. 10.1016/j.energy.2025.135815. Xu, J., Ren, C., Zhang, X. , Wang, C., Wang, S., Ma, B., He, Y., Hu, L., Liu, X., Zhang, F., Lu, L., Li, S., Zhang, J., Zhu, Y.-G., Vitousek, P., & Gu, B. (2025). Soil health contributes to variations in crop production and nitrogen use efficiency. Nature Food 10.1038/s43016-025-01155-6. Deng, Z., Zhu, B. , Davis, S.J., Ciais, P., Guan, D., Gong, P., & Liu, Z. (2025). Global carbon emissions and decarbonization in 2024. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment 6 (4) 231-233. 10.1038/s43017-025-00658-x. Chen, B., Gu, B., Zhang, X. , Cheng, L., Wang, C., Dong, H., Ros, G.H., de Vries, W., & Wang, M. (2025). Drivers of livestock manure nitrogen recycling on county scale in China. Journal of Environmental Management 380 e125075. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2025.125075. Ren, M., Zhu, B., Huang, C. , Wang, J., & Dai, H. (2025). Multidimensional sustainability implications of alternative iron and steel industry decarbonization strategies in China. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 215 e108136. 10.1016/j.resconrec.2025.108136. Ren, Y., Zhu, H., Jiang, M., Cao, Y., Li, C., Yu, Y., Chen, D., Xu, M., Guo, B., & Zhu, B. (2025). Filling the Gaps: Tracing 12 Types of Non-commodity Plastics in China’s Plastic Socioeconomic Metabolism. Environmental Science & Technology 59 (10) 5001-5011. 10.1021/acs.est.5c01174. Wang, D., Chen, Z., Sahu, R.K. , Kahil, T. , Tang, T. , Shan, Y., Zhang, W., Ye, W., Wu, G., Li, H., & Hubacek, K. (2025). Impacts of water conservation, wastewater treatment, and reuse on water quantity and quality stress mitigation in China. Journal of Industrial Ecology 10.1111/jiec.70006. (In Press) Sun, X., Giljum, S., Maus, V. , Schomberg, A., Zhang, S., & You, F. (2025). Robust Assessments of Lithium Mining Impacts Embodied in Global Supply Chain Require Spatially Explicit Analyses. Environmental Science & Technology 10.1021/acs.est.4c12749.