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:
Accurately modeling emissions reductions in China’s steel industry
Options Summer 2020: An analysis of China’s iron and steel industry highlighted that the tradeoffs and co-benefits of energy and resource efficiency, climate, and air quality must be taken into account when designing plans and policies to achieve multiple targets. More
Exploring the impacts of climate change on hydropower production
A new study by researchers from IIASA and China investigated the impacts of different levels of global warming on hydropower potential and found that this type of electricity generation benefits more from a 1.5°C than a 2°C climate scenario. More
Planning for future water security in China
China’s fast economic growth and accompanying rise in food demand is driving an increase in water use for agriculture and industry, thus threatening the country’s water security. The findings of a new study underscore the value and potential of technological adoptions to help design targets and incentives for water scarcity mitigation measures. More
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
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
Liu X, Tian Z, Sun L, Liu J, Wu W, Xu H, Sun L, & Wang C (2020). Mitigating heat-related mortality risk in Shanghai, China: system dynamics modeling simulations. Environmental Geochemistry and Health DOI:10.1007/s10653-020-00556-9. (In Press)
Antsygina E, Heininen L, & Komendantova N (2020). A Comparative Study on the Cooperation in the Arctic Ocean and the South China Sea. In: The Arctic: Current Issues and Challenges. Eds. Pokrovsky, O.S., Kirpotin, N.K. & Malov, A.I., Nova Publishers. ISBN 978-1-53617-306-2 (In Press)
Luo Y, Pang L, Guo C, Zhang L, Wang Y, & Zheng X (2020). Urbanicity and autism of children in China. Psychiatry Research 286: e112867. DOI:10.1016/j.psychres.2020.112867.
Zhou F, Bo Y, Ciais P, Dumas P, Tang Q, Wang X, Liu J, Zheng C, et al. (2020). Deceleration of China’s human water use and its key drivers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences DOI:10.1073/pnas.1909902117.
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.