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China and IIASA Highlights (2008-2014). April 2014. CONTENTS. Summary National Member Organization Some Leading Chinese Personalities Associated with IIASA Research Partners Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights Capacity Building Further Information . SUMMARY (2008-2014).
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China and IIASA Highlights (2008-2014) April 2014
CONTENTS • Summary • National Member Organization • Some Leading Chinese Personalities Associated with IIASA • Research Partners • Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights • Capacity Building • Further Information
NATIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) • Professor Congqiang Liu, Vice President of the NSFC, is the IIASA Council Member for China • China NMO committee : • Prof. JimingHao, Tsinghua University • Prof. Kejun Jiang, Energy Research Institute, NDRC • Prof. Xiubin Li, IGSNRR, Chinese Academy of Sciences • Prof. Jiahua Pan, IUES, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences • Prof. Rusong Wang, RCEES, Chinese Academy of Sciences • Prof. Shouyang Wang, AMSS, Chinese Academy of Sciences • Prof. Yiming Wei, Beijing Institute of Technology • Prof. Dawen Yang, Tsinghua University • Prof. Wei Zhang, Tianjin University • The NMO Secretary for China is Mr. Chuang Zhao, NSFC
SOME LEADING CHINESE PERSONALITIES FROM ACADEMIA AND GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATED WITH IIASA LiangyuHui Siwei Cheng Jing-Yun Fang Dadi Zhou Jie Wang ZhenghuaJiang
COLLABORATING, RESEARCH & FUNDING PARTNERS • 29 institutions in China, including: • Beijing Forestry University • Beijing Normal University • Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS) • Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and many of its institutions • Energy Research Institute, National Development and Reform Commission • Peking University • Shanghai Meteorological Bureau • The State Forestry Administration of the People's Republic of China (SFC) • Tianjin University • Tsinghua University
RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS Selected Highlights: • Planning the Future of China’s Agriculture • Mapping Nitrogen Scarcity • Modeling Green and Blue Water • Cutting Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Simultaneously in China • Greenhouse Gas Emissions 2000-2100 • Global Energy Assessment and China • Projecting Changing Population in China
PLANNING THE FUTURE OF CHINA’S AGRICULTURE Projections for China’s production of maize and rice in 2030 (volume per hectare)
MAPPING NITROGEN SCARCITY Nitrogen Input, Output, Balance
MODELING GREEN AND BLUE WATER World water use in 2000
CUTTING AIR POLLUTION AND GREENHOUSE GASE EMSSIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS 2000-2100 • Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium includes IIASA & Chinese partners: MESSAGE (IIASA) AIM (NIES) GCAM (PNNL) IMAGE (PBL) Source: van Vuuren, D.P., Edmonds, J., Kainuma, M., Riahi, K., Weyant, J. (eds) (2011). Special Issue: The Representative Concentration Pathways in Climatic Change. Climatic Change, 109(1-2). 16
GLOBAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT AND CHINA 17 Source: GEA, 2012: Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future, Cambridge University Press and IIASA
GLOBAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT AND CHINA • 2009 to date: GEA provides critical input to UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy For All Initiative including defining the aspirational yet feasible objectives: • Ensure universal access to modern energy services • Double the global rate of improvements in energy efficiency • Double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix 18 Source: GEA, 2012: Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future, Cambridge University Press and IIASA
CAPACITY BUILDING 47 Chinese students won places on IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) between 2008 and 2013
POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS • Wei Liu (2012 to present): How changing land use affects ecosystem service provision and natural hazard vulnerability in Wolong Nature Reserve in China. (1 journal article) • Xiaojie Chen (2010-2012): Focused on evolutionary dynamics in biological and social systems, especially the emergence and stability of cooperation in social networks, using evolutionary game theory and adaptive dynamics. (16 journal articles).
FURTHER INFORMATION IIASA and China www.iiasa.ac.at/china National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) www.nsfc.gov.cn zhaochuang@nsfc.gov.cn