Adriana Gomez Sanabria
Senior Research Scholar
Pollution Management Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
Biography
Adriana Gomez Sanabria joined IIASA in June 2015 and is currently a senior research scholar in the Pollution Management Research Group of the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program.She holds a PhD in Natural Sciences and a master’s degree in forestry from the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU), Austria, as well as bachelor’s and master’s degrees in environmental and health engineering from La Salle University, Colombia.
Her research focuses on assessing the environmental co-benefits of implementing circular waste and wastewater management systems at global, regional, and national levels. She develops and applies the GAINS model to evaluate the impact of policy interventions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air pollutants, and water contamination arising from the waste and wastewater sectors.
Specific relevant expertise:
- Global, regional, and national assessments of air pollutants and GHG emissions from the solid waste and wastewater sectors
- Assessment of co-benefits from global adoption of circular waste management systems to mitigate GHGs and air pollutants
- GHG mitigation potentials in the solid waste and wastewater sector in the context of the 1.5°C targets.
Last update: 14 MAY 2025
Publications
Purohit, P. , Schöpp, W. , Srivastava, P., Wagner, F. , Klimont, Z. , Kiesewetter, G. , Dey, S., Nygard, J., Tiwari, A., Sharma, M., Amann, M. , Gomez Sanabria, A. , Dedring, S., Joshi, P., Lal, H., Ghosh, S., Sander, R. , & Nguyen, B. (2026). Cost-effective mitigation strategies for air quality management in Uttar Pradesh, India. Journal of Environmental Management 405 e129784. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2026.129784.
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2025). Global Methane Status Report. UNEP , Paris, France. 10.59117/20.500.11822/48921.
Ghanimeh, S., Sangor, F.I., Alahmad, J.K., Gomez Sanabria, A. , AlMomani, F., Halwani, H.A., Purohit, S., & Chakrabortty, R. (2025). Harnessing Waste for Emission Cuts: the Anaerobic Digestion Potential in Qatar. Earth Systems and Environment 10.1007/s41748-025-00698-9.
World Bank (2025). Towards Clean Air in Nepal: Benefits, Pollution Sources, and Solutions. The World Bank , Washington D.C..
World Bank (2025). Accelerating Access to Clean Air for a Livable Planet. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank , Washington, DC.