A5010265830- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Atmospheric and Environmental Gas Dynamics
- Global Energy Security and Policy
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Complex Systems and Decision Making
- Recycling and Waste Management Techniques
- Russia and Soviet political economy
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
- Nuclear reactor physics and engineering
- Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
- Market Dynamics and Volatility
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Mining and Resource Management
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2020-2025
Joint Global Change Research Institute
2020-2025
University of Maryland, College Park
2021-2025
Government of the United States of America
2023
BackgroundOver 3 million people die every year from diseases caused by exposure to outdoor PM2·5 air pollution, and more than a quarter of these premature deaths occur in China. In addition clean-air policies that target pollution emissions, climate aimed at reducing fossil-fuel CO2 emissions (eg, avoid 1·5°C warming) might also greatly improve quality public health. However, no comprehensive accounting health outcomes has been done under different energy pathways local management decisions...
Abstract The role of individual and collective human action is increasingly recognized as a prominent arguably paramount determinant in shaping the behavior, trajectory, vulnerability multisector systems. This influence operates at multiple scales: from short‐term (hourly to daily) long‐term (annually centennial) timescales, local global, pushing systems toward either desirable or undesirable outcomes. However, effort represent models has been fragmented across philosophical, methodological,...
Abstract Future water scarcity is a global concern with impacts across the energy, water, and land (EWL) sectors. Countries in Latin America Caribbean (LAC) are significant producers of agricultural goods, so disruptions resulting from LAC have importance. Understanding where could occur what exacerbate it critical for strategic resource management planning, both regionally globally. Assessing future challenging given complex interactions among EWL sectors multiple uncertainties acting...
Russia's invasion of Ukraine fuelled an energy crisis, which considerably impacted Europe given its heavy reliance on Russian natural gas imports. This study uses ensemble four global integrated assessment models, are further soft-linked to two sectoral and explores the synergies trade-offs among three approaches living without in Europe: (a) replacing with other imports, (b) boosting domestic production, (c) reducing demand accelerating efficiency. We find that substituting from trade...
Import restrictions on deforestation-linked commodities have been enacted with the goal of reducing global deforestation and emissions. However, limited market share importers imposing such potential for emissions leakage could reduce their effectiveness. Moreover, they result in negative economic implications producers consumers. We quantify future oil palm soybean import restrictions. Current EU are likely to minimal impact due EU's otherwise small declining soy demand. If extended beyond...
Abstract The Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region plays key roles in both meeting global agricultural demands maintaining carbon sinks due to its abundant land water resources. In this study we use Global Change Analysis Model evaluate opportunities challenges posed by two global‐scale drivers: market integration (i.e., reduction of trade barriers) land‐based climate mitigation policy. We their potential individual combined impacts on production revenues across LAC's economies...
Abstract This study seeks to understand how Argentina's energy, water, and land (EWL) systems will co‐evolve under a representative array of human earth system influences, including socioeconomic change, climate policy. To capture sub‐national EWL dynamics in the context global we couple Global Change Analysis Model with suite consistent, gridded sectoral downscaling models explore multiple stakeholder‐engaged scenarios. Across scenarios, Argentina has economic opportunity use its vast...
Abstract Integrated energy-water-land (EWL) planning promotes synergies and avoids conflicts in ways that sector-specific approaches cannot. Many important decisions influence emerging EWL nexus issues are implemented at regional (e.g., large river basin, electricity grid) sub-regional small irrigation district) scales. However, actual implementation of integrated these scales has been limited. Simply collecting visualizing data interconnections across multiple sectors sub-regions a single...
India is a rapidly developing economy with interrelated air quality, sustainable development, and climate change mitigation goals. There are unique challenges to achieving each of these goals as well potential tradeoffs among them. This study examines the implications possible future energy, climate, pollution control policies measures in through 2050. We take scenario approach using GCAM global energy-climate-land model combined Hector simple TM5-FASST quality source-receptor examine...
The goal of this study is to analyze decarbonization pathways for Taiwan, in line with the goals Paris Agreement: achieving a 2 °C increase by 2100, aiming 1.5 °C. We use GCAM, an integrated assessment model, order evaluate different implications region. find that, if Taiwan wants be consistent Paris' goals, it needs aggressive electrification end-use sectors, rapid scale-up renewable energies, as well increased efficiencies buildings, transportation and industry. Transportation industry...
Zhao et al., (2021). plutus: An R package to calculate electricity investments and stranded assets from the Global Change Analysis Model (GCAM). Journal of Open Source Software, 6(65), 3212, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.03212
<title>Abstract</title> Import restrictions on deforestation-linked commodities have been enacted, aiming to reduce global deforestation and emissions. However, limited market share held by importers imposing such the potential for emissions leakage could their effectiveness. Moreover, they result in negative economic implications producers consumers. We quantify future of oil palm soybean import restrictions. Current EU will likely minimal impact due EU’s otherwise small diminishing soy...
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fuelled an energy crisis, considerably impacting Europe given its heavy reliance on Russian natural gas. Based four global integrated assessment models that are further soft-linked to two sectoral models, our study explores the trade-offs among three approaches living without gas in Europe: replacing with other imports, boosting domestic production, and accelerating efficiency. We find substituting from trade partners would miss opportunity accelerate...
The role of individual and collective human action is increasingly recognized as a prominent arguably paramount determinant in shaping the behavior, trajectory, vulnerability multisector systems. This influence operates at multiple scales: from short-term (hourly to daily) long-term (annually centennial) timescales, local global, pushing systems towards either desirable or undesirable outcomes. However, effort represent models has been fragmented across philosophical, methodological,...
Khan et al., (2022). rmap: An R package to plot and compare tabular data on customizable maps across scenarios time. Journal of Open Source Software, 7(77), 4015, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.04015
&lt;p&gt;Limiting end-of-century temperature rise to 1.5-2 degrees C will require achieving net-zero CO&lt;sub&gt;2&lt;/sub&gt; emissions globally by 2050. Toward this goal, the Government of Colombia (GoC) is crafting a portfolio actions (i.e., mid-century strategy) that not only substantially reduce but also perform well across range societal objectives, despite many uncertainties which those be exposed. In collaboration with diverse array stakeholders, here we seek...