China
Research collaborations between IIASA and the People’s Republic of China (China) have been highly productive since China became a member country of IIASA in 2002 through the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
Since 2010, research collaborations between IIASA and China have focused on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, sustainable agriculture, water resources, disaster preparedness, demography, and the transition to a sustainable energy system in China.
Research highlights:
Aging Demographic Data Sheet 2020
The updated Aging Demographic Data Sheet comprehensively presents new measures of aging, developed at IIASA, for all countries in the world and world regions. More
Strengthening air quality management in China
Options Winter 2019/20:The Chinese Government has officially adopted the IIASA Greenhouse Gases – Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies (GAINS) model to strengthen air quality management in the country. More
Integrated solutions for the Indus Basin
New framework helps decision makers find science-based pathways to address water resources and connected sustainability challenges in the Indus River basin. More
A roadmap to make the land sector carbon neutral by 2040
Land is critical to human livelihoods and wellbeing, while actions related to land use also play an important role in the climate system. IIASA researchers contributed to the development of a new roadmap outlining actions on deforestation, restoration, and carbon cuts that could lead to the land sector becoming carbon neutral by 2040 and a net carbon sink by 2050. More
On the blog:
“Ecocivilization”: balancing society and ecology in Chinese coastal fishing communities
New review finds fundamental gaps and new opportunities for world’s agricultural monitoring systems
Scientific exchange:
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PUBLICATIONS
Yi B-W, Zhang S , & Wang Y (2020). Estimating Air Pollution and Health Loss Embodied in Electricity Transfers: An Inter-Provincial Analysis in China. Science of the Total Environment 702: e134705. DOI:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.134705.
Tian Z, Xu H, Sun L, Fan D, Fischer G, Zhong H, Zhang P, Pope E, et al. (2020). Using a cross-scale simulation tool to assess future maize production under multiple climate change scenarios: An application to the Northeast Farming Region of China. Climate Services: e100150. DOI:10.1016/j.cliser.2020.100150. (In Press)
Zheng X, Lu Y, Yuan J, Baninla Y, Zhang S, Stenseth NC, Hessen DO, Tian H, et al. (2020). Drivers of change in China’s energy-related CO₂ emissions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117 (1): e201908513. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1908513117.
Jiang M, Behrens P, Wang T, Tang Z, Yu Y, Chen D, Liu L, Ren Z, et al. (2019). Provincial and sector-level material footprints in China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: no. 201903028. DOI:10.1073/pnas.1903028116.
Tian X, Dai H, Geng Y, Zhang S , Xie Y, Liu X, Lu P, & Bleischwitz R (2019). Toward the 2-degree target: Evaluating co-benefits of road transportation in China. Journal of Transport & Health 15: e100674. DOI:10.1016/j.jth.2019.100674.