Lena Höglund Isaksson

Senior Research Scholar Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases

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Lena Hoglund-Isaksson joined IIASA’s Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases (AIR) Program (formerly Mitigation of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases Program) in January 2004. She has developed the methane module in the GAINS model and is coordinating various policy applications involving anthropogenic non-CO2 greenhouse gases. These include contributions of non-CO2 emissions and mitigation scenarios to EU’s energy and climate policy (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016) and various global assessments of mitigation potentials for methane and non-CO2 greenhouse gases used to identify cost-effective mitigation strategies and/or used as input to climate models, e.g., ECLIPSE (2014), UNEP (2011) assessment of short-lived climate forcers and the Arctic Council's AMAP Expert Group on Methane assessment report (2015).

Dr. Hoglund-Isaksson earned her PhD in environmental economics in 2000, from Gothenburg University, Sweden. Her other research interests include theoretical and empirical aspects of environmental policy instruments, in particular refund schemes. Her previous positions include a post-doc at the University of Vienna (2002) and research assistant at University of Gothenburg (1993-2000). She has held short-term employment contracts with the World Bank (1995) and Sida (1993), as well as carrying out consultancy work for OECD and IAEA. She has taught microeconomics at the Universities of Vienna and Gothenburg, and environmental economics at Skovde University College.

Last update: 17-NOV-2016

Gomez Sanabria A , Zusman E, Höglund Isaksson L , Klimont Z , Lee S-Y, Akahoshi K, Farzaneh H, & Chairunnisa (2020). Sustainable wastewater management in Indonesia's fish processing industry: Bringing governance into scenario analysis. Journal of Environmental Management: e111241. DOI:10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111241. (In Press)

Anderson SO, Bandarra E, Bhushan C, Borgford-Parnell N, Chen Z, Christensen J, Devotta S, Lal Dhasan M, et al. (2020). Cooling Emissions and Policy Synthesis Report: Benefits of cooling efficiency and the Kigali Amendment. United Nations Environment Programme - International Energy Agency

Höglund-Isaksson L , Gomez-Sanabria A , Klimont Z , Rafaj P , & Schöpp W (2020). Technical potentials and costs for reducing global anthropogenic methane emissions in the 2050 timeframe –results from the GAINS model. Environmental Research Communications 2 (2): e025004. DOI:10.1088/2515-7620/ab7457.

Petrescu AMR, Peters GP, Janssens-Maenhout G, Ciais P, Tubiello FN, Grassi G, Nabuurs GJ, Leip A, et al. (2020). European anthropogenic AFOLU greenhouse gas emissions: a review and benchmark data. Earth System Science Data 12 (2): 961-1001. DOI:10.5194/essd-12-961-2020.

Saunois M, Stavert AR, Poulter B, Bousquet P, Canadell JG, Jackson RB, Raymond PA, Dlugokencky EJ, et al. (2020). The Global Methane Budget 2000–2017. Earth System Science Data 12 (3): 1561-1623. DOI:10.5194/essd-12-1561-2020.

Harmsen JHM, van Vuuren DP, Nayak DR, Hof AF, Höglund Isaksson L , Lucas PL, Nielsen JB, Smith P, et al. (2019). Long-term marginal abatement cost curves of non-CO2 greenhouse gases. Environmental Science & Policy 99: 136-149. DOI:10.1016/j.envsci.2019.05.013.

Harmsen MJHM, van Vuuren DP, Nayak DR, Hof AF, Höglund Isaksson L , Lucas PL, Nielsen JB, Smith P, et al. (2019). Data for long-term marginal abatement cost curves of non-CO2 greenhouse gases. Data in Brief 25: e104334. DOI:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104334.

Ermoliev Y, Ermolieva T, Höglund Isaksson L , Winiwarter W , Gorbachuk VM, & Knopov PS (2019). Robust decision support system for the integrated Tisza river basin nutrients management under climatic change and extreme precipitation events. In: Proceedings of the 5th International scientific conference on Computational Intelligence, 15-20 April, 2019. pp. 51-52 Uzgorod, Ukraine: Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine.

Amann M, Klimont Z , An Ha T, Rafaj P , Kiesewetter G, Gomez Sanabria A , Nguyen B, Thi Thu TN, et al. (2019). Future air quality in Ha Noi and northern Vietnam. IIASA Research Report. Laxenburg, Austria: RR-19-003

Christensen TR, Arora VK, Gauss M, Höglund Isaksson L , & Parmentier F-JW (2019). Tracing the climate signal: mitigation of anthropogenic methane emissions can outweigh a large Arctic natural emission increase. Scientific Reports 9 (1): e1146. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-37719-9.

Amann M, Jiming H, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J, Gomez Sanabria A , Heyes C , Höglund Isaksson L , Kiesewetter G, et al. (2019). Scenarios and Solutions. In: Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based solutions. pp. 61-100 Bangkok, Thailand: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 978-92-807-3725-7

Qin Y, Höglund Isaksson L , Byers E , Feng K, Wagner F , Peng W, & Mauzerall DL (2018). Air Quality-Carbon-Water Synergies and Trade-offs in China’s Natural Gas Industry. Nature Sustainability 1 (9): 505-511. DOI:10.1038/s41893-018-0136-7.

Rogelj J , Shindell D, Jiang K, Fifita S, Forster P, Ginzburg V, Handa C, Kheshgi H, et al. (2018). Chapter 2: Mitigation pathways compatible with 1.5°C in the context of sustainable development. In: Global Warming of 1.5 °C an IPCC special report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Gomez Sanabria A , Höglund Isaksson L , Rafaj P , & Schöpp W (2018). Carbon in global waste and wastewater flows – its potential as energy source under alternative future waste management regimes. Advances in Geosciences 45: 105-113. DOI:10.5194/adgeo-45-105-2018.

Amann M, Anderl M, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J, Heyes C , Höglund Isaksson L , Kiesewetter G, Klimont Z , et al. (2018). Progress towards the achievement of the EU's air quality and emissions objectives. IIASA

Purohit Pallav , Höglund Isaksson L , & Wagner F (2018). Impacts of the Kigali Amendment to phase-down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in Asia. IIASA Report. Laxenburg, Austria

Dalsøren SB, Myhre G, Hodnebrog Ø, Myhre CL, Stohl A, Pisso I, Schwietzke S, Höglund Isaksson L , et al. (2018). Discrepancy between simulated and observed ethane and propane levels explained by underestimated fossil fuel emissions. Nature Geoscience 11 (3): 178-184. DOI:10.1038/s41561-018-0073-0.

Winiwarter W , Höglund Isaksson L , Klimont Z , Schöpp W, & Amann M (2018). Technical opportunities to reduce global anthropogenic emissions of nitrous oxide. Environmental Research Letters 13 (1): 014011. DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/aa9ec9.

Baumgardner D, de Fatima Andrade M, Klimont Z , Kuylenstierna J, Carvalho SM, Borgford-Parnell N, Mayol-Bracero OL, Melamed M, et al. (2018). Short-lived climate pollutants: Drivers, regional emissions and measurements. In: Integrated Assessment of Short-lived Climate Pollutants in Latin America and the Caribbean: Improving air quality while contributing to climate change mitigation. pp. 18-53 Paris: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). ISBN 978-92-807-3549-9

Klimont Z , Kuylenstierna J, Höglund Isaksson L , Purohit P , Carvalho S, Borgford-Parnell N, Vallack H, Shindell D, et al. (2018). Measures on short-lived climate pollutants, the potential reduction in emissions, and benefits for near-term climate and air quality. In: Integrated Assessment of Short-lived Climate Pollutants in Latin America and the Caribbean: Improving air quality while contributing to climate change mitigation. pp. 96-151 Paris: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). ISBN 978-92-807-3549-9

Höglund Isaksson L (2017). Bottom-up simulations of methane and ethane emissions from global oil and gas systems 1980 to 2012. Environmental Research Letters 12 (2): e024007. DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/aa583e.

Klimont Z , Shindell D, Borgford-Parnell N, Höglund Isaksson L , Kallbekken S, Kuylenstierna J, Molina L, Srivastava L, et al. (2017). Bridging the gap – The role of short-lived climate pollutants. In: The Emissions Gap Report 2017-A UN Environment Synthesis Report. pp. 48-57 Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 978-92-807-3673-1

Höglund Isaksson L , Purohit P , Amann M, Bertok I, Rafaj P , Schöpp W, & Borken-Kleefeld J (2017). Cost estimates of the Kigali Amendment to phase-down hydrofluorocarbons. Environmental Science & Policy 75: 138-147. DOI:10.1016/j.envsci.2017.05.006.

Saunois M, Bousquet P, Poulter B, Peregon A, Ciais P, Canadell JG, Dlugokencky EJ, Etiope G, et al. (2017). Variability and quasi-decadal changes in the methane budget over the period 2000-2012. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Discussions 17 (18): 11135-11161. DOI:10.5194/acp-2017-296.

Purohit P & Höglund Isaksson L (2017). Global emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases 2005-2050 with abatement potentials and costs. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17: 2795-2816. DOI:10.5194/acp-17-2795-2017.

Gambhir A, Napp T, Hawkes A, Höglund Isaksson L , Winiwarter W , Purohit P , Wagner F , Bernie D, et al. (2017). The Contribution of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Mitigation to Achieving Long-Term Temperature Goals. Energies 10 (5): e602. DOI:10.3390/en10050602.

Purohit P , Höglund Isaksson L , Bertok I, Chaturvedi V, & Sharma M (2016). Scenario Analysis for HFC Emissions in India: Mitigation potential and costs. CEEW-IIASA Report

Capros P, De Vita A, Tasios N, Siskos P, Kannavou M, Petropoulos A, Evangelopoulou S, Zampara M, et al. (2016). EU Reference Scenario 2016 - Energy, transport and GHG emissions Trends to 2050. European Commission Directorate - General for Energy, Directorate - General for Climate Action and Directorate - General for Mobility and Transport

Höglund Isaksson L , Winiwarter W , Purohit P , & Gomez-Sanabria A (2016). Non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions in the EU-28 from 2005 to 2050: GAINS model methodology. IIASA Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria

Klimont Z , Höglund-Isaksson L , Heyes C , Purohit P , Schöpp W, Rafaj P , Kiesewetter G, Borken J , et al. (2016). SLCP assessment for the Latin America and Caribbean. Final Report (Version 1.0). IIASA Report. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria.

Höglund Isaksson L (2016). Source attribution of methane emissions from global oil and gas production: results of bottom-up simulations over three decades. In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17–22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.

Höglund-Isaksson L (2016). Methane and ethane from global oil and gas production: bottom-up simulations over three decades. In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17–22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.

Purohit P & Höglund-Isaksson L (2016). Global emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases until 2050: technical mitigation potentials and cost. In: European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2016, 17–22 April 2016, Vienna, Austria.

Saunois M, Bousquet P, Poulter B, Peregon A, Ciais P, Canadell JG, Dlugokencky EJ, Etiope G, et al. (2016). The Global Methane Budget: 2000-2012. Earth System Science Data Discussions 8 (2): 697-751. DOI:10.5194/essd-2016-25.

Gambhir A, Napp T, Hawkes A, Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Winiwarter W , Purohit P , Wagner F , Bernie D, et al. (2015). The contribution of non-CO2 greenhouse gas mitigation to achieving long-term temperature goals. AVOID 2 WPC2b Report. Grantham Institute, Imperial College London, UK /IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria / Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University, USA / Met Office Hadley Centre, UK

Amann M, Bertok I, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J, Heyes C , Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Kiesewetter G, Klimont Z , et al. (2015). Adjusted historic emission data, projections, and optimized emission reduction targets for 2030 - a comparison with COM data 2013. Part A:Results for EU-28. TSAP Report #16A, V1.1, DG-Environment of the European Commission, Belgium

Amann M, Bertok I, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J, Heyes C , Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Kiesewetter G, Klimont Z , et al. (2015). Adjusted historic emission data, projections, and optimized emission reduction targets for 2030-a comparison with COM data 2013. Part B: Results for Member States. TSAP Report #16B, V1.1, DG-Environment of the European Commission, Belgium

Höglund Isaksson L , Thomson A, Kupiainen K, Rao S, & Janssens-Maenhout G (2015). Anthropogenic methane sources, emissions and future projections. In: AMAP Assessment 2015: Methane as an Arctic climate forcer. pp. 39-60 Oslo, Norway: Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP). ISBN 978-82-7971-091-2

Amann M, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J , Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Kiesewetter G, Klimont Z , Rafaj P , Schoepp W, et al. (2014). Updates to the GAINS model databases after the bilateral consultations with national experts in 2014. [[TSAP Report #14]] V1.0 (Editor: M. Amann), DG-Environment of the European Commission, Belgium (September 2014)

Amann M, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J, Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Klimont Z , Rafaj P , & Winiwarter W (2014). Summary of the bilateral consultations with national experts on the GAINS input data. [[TSAP Report #13]], V2.1, DG-Environment of the European Commission, Belgium (September 2014)

Amann M, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J, Hettelingh J-P, Heyes C , Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Holland M, Kiesewetter G, et al. (2014). The final policy scenarios of the EU Clean Air Policy Package. XO-14-072

Capros P, De Vita A, Höglund Isaksson L , Winiwarter W , Purohit P , Bottcher H, Frank S , Havlik P, et al. (2013). EU Energy, Transport and GHG Emissions Trends to 2050 - Reference Scenario 2013. Publications Office of the European Union: European Commission. ISBN 978-92-79-33728-4 DOI:10.2833/17897.

Höglund Isaksson L , Winiwarter W , & Purohit P (2013). Non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions, mitigation potentials and costs in the EU-28 from 2005 to 2050. IIASA Research Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: GAINS Model Methodology

van Dingenen R, Dentener F, Janssens-Maenhout G, Muntean M, Klimont Z , & Hoeglund-Isaksson L (2013). Smart Air Quality Policies for a Better Climate: A Regional Analysis. Abstract, Goldschmidt 2013, 25-30 August 2013, Florence, Italy

Nguyen B, Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Wagner F , & Schoepp W (2013). Mitigation Efforts Calculator (MEC). Information Systems Frontiers 15 (2): 223-233. DOI:10.1007/s10796-012-9362-0.

Höglund-Isaksson L (2012). Global anthropogenic methane emissions 2005-2030: Technical mitigation potentials and costs. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 12 (19): 9079-9096. DOI:10.5194/acp-12-9079-2012.

Amann M, Bertok I, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J, Heyes C , Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Klimont Z , Rafaj P , et al. (2012). Environmental improvements of the 2012 revision of the Gothenburg Protocol. [[CIAM Report 1/2012]], Version 1.1, CIAM & IIASA (September 2012)

Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Winiwarter W , Purohit P , Rafaj P , Schoepp W, & Klimont Z (2012). EU low carbon roadmap 2050: Potentials and costs for mitigation of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions. Energy Strategy Reviews 1 (2): 97-108. DOI:10.1016/j.esr.2012.05.004.

Wagner F , Amann M, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J, Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Purohit P , Rafaj P , Schoepp W, et al. (2012). Sectoral marginal abatement cost curves: Implications for mitigation pledges and air pollution co-benefits for Annex I countries. Sustainability Science 7 (2): 169-184. DOI:10.1007/s11625-012-0167-3.

Shindell DT, Kuylenstierna JCI, Vignati E, van Dingenen R, Amann M, Klimont Z , Kupiainen K, & Hoeglund-Isaksson L (2012). Simultaneously mitigating near-term climate change and improving human health and food security. Science 335 (6065): 183-189. DOI:10.1126/science.1210026.

Amann M, Bertok I, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J, Heyes C , Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Klimont Z , Nguyen B, et al. (2011). Cost-effective control of air quality and greenhouse gases in Europe: Modeling and policy applications. Environmental Modelling & Software DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.07.012.

Amann M, Bertok I, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J, Heyes C , Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Klimont Z , Rafaj P , et al. (2011). An Updated Set of Scenarios of Cost-effective Emission Reductions for the Revision of the Gothenburg Protocol. [[CIAM 4/2011]], Version 1.0. CIAM, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria (26 August 2011)

Amann M, Bertok I, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J, Heyes C , Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Klimont Z , Rafaj P , et al. (2011). Cost-effective emission reductions to improve air quality in Europe in 2020: Analysis of policy options for the EU for the revision of the Gothenburg Protocol. Final Report submitted to the European Commission, DG Environment (July 2011)

Amann M, Bertok I, Borken-Kleefeld J , Cofala J, Heyes C , Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Klimont Z , Rafaj P , et al. (2011). Cost-effective Emission Reductions to Improve Air Quality in Europe in 2020: Background paper. [[CIAM-Report]], Version 2.1. CIAM, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria (31 March 2011)

Nguyen B, Hoeglund-Isaksson L , & Wagner F (2010). Mitigation Efforts Calculator (MEC): An online calculator for interactive comparison of mitigation efforts between UNFCCC Annex 1 countries. DOI:10.1145/1967486.1967566. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Information Integration and Web-based Applications & Services (iiWAS2010).

Purohit P , Amann M, Mathur R, Gupta I, Marwah S, Verma V, Bertok I, Borken-Kleefeld J , et al. (2010). GAINS ASIA: Scenarios for cost-effective control of air pollution and greenhouse gases in India. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria (November 2010)

Winiwarter W , Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Schoepp W, Tohka A, Wagner F , & Amann M (2010). Emission mitigation potentials and costs for non-CO2 greenhouse gases in Annex-I countries according to the GAINS model. Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences: 235-243. DOI:10.1080/19438151003774430.

Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Winiwarter W , Wagner F , & Amann M (2010). Potentials and Costs for Mitigation of Non-CO2 Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the European Union Until 2030: Results. Report to the European Commission, DG Climate Action (26 May 2010)

Höglund Isaksson L & Sterner T (2010). Innovation effects of the Swedish NOx charge. In: OECD Joint Meetings of Tax and Environment Experts, February 2010, Paris.

Cofala J, Amann M, Asman WAH, Bertok I, Heyes C , Hoeglund-Isaksson L , Klimont Z , Schoepp W, et al. (2010). Integrated assessment of air pollution and greenhouse gases mitigation in Europe. Archives of Environmental Protection 36 (1): 29-39.