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
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
06 November 2023
IIASA analysis underpins the IEA World Energy Outlook, revealing rapid energy transition benefits
Events
Focus
04 October 2023
ENGAGE Summary for Policymakers
03 October 2023
Stakeholder engagement in climate change solutions
Publications
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. Cui, X., Bo, Y., Adalibieke, W., Winiwarter, W. , Zhang, X., Davidson, E.A., Sun, Z., Tian, H., Smith, P., & Zhou, F. (2024). The global potential for mitigating nitrous oxide emissions from croplands. One Earth 7 (3) 401-420. 10.1016/j.oneear.2024.01.005. Suchowska-Kisielewicz, M., Greinert, A., Winiwarter, W. , Kaltenegger, K. , Jędrczak, A., Myszograj, S., Płuciennik-Koropczuk, E., Skiba, M., & Bazan-Krzywoszańska, A. (2024). The fate of nitrogen in the urban area – The case of Zielona Góra, Poland. Science of the Total Environment 915 e169930. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.169930. United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) (2024). Global Waste Management Outlook 2024: Beyond an age of waste – Turning rubbish into a resource. UNEP , Nairobi, Kenya. 10.59117/20.500.11822/44939. Woo, J.-H., Kim, Y. , Choi, K.-C., Lee, Y.-M., Jang, Y., Kim, J., Klimont, Z. , Kim, D.-G., Lee, J.-B., Jin, H., Hu, H., & Ahn, Y.-H. (2024). Development of a greenhouse gas - air pollution interactions and synergies model for Korea (GAINS-Korea). Scientific Reports 14 (1) e3372. 10.1038/s41598-024-53632-w.
Policy applications
22 February 2023
Centre for Integrated Assessment Modelling (CIAM)
22 February 2023
GAINS analyses for the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference - COP15 in Copenhagen
22 February 2023