The PM Group focusses on solving immediate and near-term environmental (health and ecosystems impacts from pollution), climate (non-CO2 greenhouse gases), and social (widening inequality gaps) problems in a cost-effective way, providing support to policymaking at local and regional scales.
The PM Group addresses sustainability challenges in the near and long term through an improved understanding of the multiple benefits of policies and their distribution across society. The group has a strong focus on the development of new approaches for multi-sectoral policy interventions to manage pollution across different media (air, water, and soil) at various scales to address near-term concerns and enable long-term transformations and their public support towards a sustainable future. In particular, the group endeavors to enhance the systems perspective approach to address and explore issues such as the interactions and environmental impacts of pollution; assessment of sources of non-CO2 greenhouse gases; mitigation opportunities; approaches to address nutrient and material cycling; options for more equitable solutions; and improved methods for estimating the health and economic benefits of policy interventions.
Models, tools, datasets
Projects
Staff
News
15 April 2024
Collaborating to devise a strategy for organic waste management in Uganda
08 February 2024
IIASA research informs the European Commission's recommendation for 90% greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2040
15 November 2023
IIASA researchers again ranked among the world's most cited
Events
Focus
30 March 2024
Transforming waste into a valuable resource
As the world marks the International Day of Zero Waste, Adriana Gómez-Sanabria highlights that the path to zero waste will require a shift in society’s current consumption and production patterns. Originally conceived to shield humanity and the environment from the fallout of our actions, waste management systems must now evolve into engines of sustainability.
04 October 2023
ENGAGE Summary for Policymakers
Publications
Chandra, N., Patra, P.K., Fujita, R., Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Umezawa, T., Goto, D., Morimoto, S., Vaughn, B.H., & Röckmann, T. (2024). Methane emissions decreased in fossil fuel exploitation and sustainably increased in microbial source sectors during 1990–2020. Communications Earth & Environment 5 (1) e147. 10.1038/s43247-024-01286-x. Kim, E., Kim, B.-U., Kim, H.C., Liu, Y., Kang, Y.H., Jacob, D.J., Kim, Y.P., Woo, J.-H., Kim, J., Wang, S., Yoo, C., Bae, C., Kim, Y. , & Kim, S. (2024). North Korean CO emissions reconstruction using DMZ ground observations, TROPOMI space-borne data, and the CMAQ air quality model. Science of the Total Environment 921 e171059. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.171059. Wamelink, G.W.W., Goedhart, P.W., Roelofsen, H.D., Bobbink, R., Posch, M. , van Dobben, H.F., Biurrun, I., Bonari, G., Dengler, J., Dítě, D., Garbolino, E., Jansen, J., Jašková, A.K., Lenoir, J., & Peterka, T. (2024). A novel method to estimate the response of habitat types to nitrogen deposition. Environmental Pollution e123844. 10.1016/j.envpol.2024.123844. (In Press) Brito, T., Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Rafaj, P. , Sander, R. , & Klimont, Z. (2024). Analysis of trade-offs from the use of hydrogen blended with natural gas in the European Union. DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-10187. In: EGU General Assembly 2024, 14-19 April 2024, Vienna. Purohit, P. , Amann, M., Kiesewetter, G. , Schöpp, W., Wagner, F. , Klimont, Z. , Heyes, C. , Gomez Sanabria, A. , Srivastava, P., & Borken-Kleefeld, J. (2024). Cost-effective emission reductions to improve air quality in South Asia. DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-7641. In: EGU General Assembly 2024, 14-19 April 2024, Vienna.
Policy applications
02 February 2023