Yazhen Wu
Research Scholar
Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group
Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program
Biography
Yazhen Wu joined the Integrated Biosphere Futures Research Group of the IIASA Biodiversity and Natural Resources Program in April 2023. Her work and research experience focus on the co-benefits and trade-offs of global and regional climate change mitigation pathways, especially the economic and ecosystem impacts of land-based mitigation strategies in the context of deep decarbonization targets.One of her current research topics centers on understanding the interactions between climate policies and enhanced ecosystem conservation targets. She contributes to developing the Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM) and coupling it with the Global Forest Model (G4M) to assess the feasibility and cross-system impacts of land-based mitigation options. She also has experience working with computable general equilibrium (CGE) models, atmospheric chemical transport models (CTM), and health impact assessment models. In addition, she has been applying integrated assessment methods to investigate the intertwined challenges in energy-land-environment systems.
Last update: 17 OCT 2023
Publications
Ren, M., Huang, C., Wu, Y., Deppermann, A., Frank, S. , Havlik, P. , Zhu, Y., Fang, C., Ma, X., Liu, Y., Zhao, H., Chang, J., Ma, L., Bai, Z., Xu, S., & Dai, H. (2023). Enhanced food system efficiency is the key to China’s 2060 carbon neutrality target. Nature Food 4 552-564. 10.1038/s43016-023-00790-1.
Wu, Y., Deppermann, A., Havlik, P. , Frank, S. , Ren, M., Zhao, H., Ma, L., Fang, C., Chen, Q., & Dai, H. (2023). Global land-use and sustainability implications of enhanced bioenergy import of China. Applied Energy 336 e120769. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2023.120769.
IBF-IIASA (2023). Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM) Documentation 2023 - Version 1.0. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis , Laxenburg, Austria.
Wu, Y. (2021). Global Land Use Change and Food Security Implications of China’s Bioenergy Development under 2060 Carbon Neutrality Target. IIASA YSSP Report. Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA