Muhammad Awais
Research Scholar
Integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
Biography
Muhammad Awais is a research scholar in the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program. He is also affiliated with the Institute of Integrated Energy Systems as a research analyst, leading the development of the Canadian Integrated Assessment Model (MESSAGEix-Canada).Awais has played a key role in multiple projects (NAVIGATE, ISWEL, COMMITTED, ECEMF) focused on developing integrated multi-sectoral scenarios across global, regional, and national scales. His research interests include understanding optimal pathways for the energy, water, and land sectors, with a particular focus on climate action and its associated impacts. His work emphasizes the development of MESSAGEix Integrated Assessment Model, which informs the “what-if?” questions about the future pathways of climate change and sustainable development.
In addition to his research, Awais actively participates in multiple stakeholder events, where he presents and trains stakeholders and policymakers, helping them understand complex models and transforming them into actionable, impactful policies.
Awais obtained a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Victoria, Canada, with a focus on climate adaptation scenarios in the energy, water, and land domains. He also holds a master’s degree in Hydro Science & Engineering from the Technical University Dresden, Germany, and a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the National University of Computer & Emerging Sciences, Pakistan.
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Last update: 10 OCT 2024
Publications
Falchetta, G. , Awais, M. , Giordano, V., Ireland, G., Semeria, F., Tuninetti, M., Vinca, A. , & Zulu, A. (2023). Soft-linking climate-land-water-energy assessment and
planning models for sustainable development in rural Africa:
preliminary results from the LEAP-RE RE4AFAGRI project. In: EGU General Assembly 2023, 23-28 April 2023, Vienna.
Vinca, A. , Falchetta, G. , Ireland, G., Tuninetti, M., Awais, M. , Byers, E. , Semeria, F., & Giordano, V. (2023). The benefits of rural electrification to improve water access and irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa, a water-energy-land assessment framework applied to Zambia. In: EGU General Assembly 2023, 23-28 April 2023, Vienna.
Awais, M. , Vinca, A. , Parkinson, S., McPherson, M., Byers, E. , Willaarts, B. , Muhamma, A., & Riahi, K. (2022). Replenishing the Indus Delta through multi-sector transformation. Frontiers in Environmental Science 10 e958101. 10.3389/fenvs.2022.958101.
Vinca, A. , Awais, M. , Riahi, K. , Byers, E. , Fricko, O. , Frank, S. , Satoh, Y., & Krey, V. (2022). Including water, energy and land climate impacts and adaptation strategies in IAM scenarios. In: IAMC 2022, December 2022.