Peer reviewed papers

• Dimitrova, A.K., Marois, G. , Kiesewetter, G. , K.C., S., Rafaj, P. & Tonne, C. (2021). Health impacts of fine particles under climate change mitigation, air quality control, and demographic change in India. Environmental Research Letters (In Press)


• Hamilton, I., Kennard, H., McGushin, A., Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Kiesewetter, G. , Lott, M., Milner, J., Purohit, P. , Rafaj, P. , Sharma, R. et al. (2021). The public health implications of the Paris Agreement: a modelling study. The Lancet Planetary Health 5 (2), e74-e83.


• Rafaj, P. , Kiesewetter, G. , Krey, V. , Schöpp, W. , Bertram, C., Drouet, L., Fricko, O. , Shinichiro, F., Harmsen, M., Hilaire, J. et al. (2021). Air quality and health implications of 1.5–2°C climate pathways under considerations of ageing population: A multi-model scenario analysis. Environmental Research Letters (In Press)


• Amann, M. , Kiesewetter, G. , Schöpp, W. , Klimont, Z. , Winiwarter, W. , Cofala, J., Rafaj, P. , Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Gomez-Sanabria, A. , Heyes, C. et al. (2020). Reducing global air pollution: the scope for further policy interventions. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 378 (2183), e20190331.


• Gomez Sanabria, A. , Zusman, E., Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Klimont, Z. , Lee, S.-Y., Akahoshi, K., Farzaneh, H. & Chairunnisa, (2020). Sustainable wastewater management in Indonesia's fish processing industry: Bringing governance into scenario analysis. Journal of Environmental Management 275, e111241.


• Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Gomez-Sanabria, A. , Klimont, Z. , Rafaj, P. & Schöpp, W. (2020). Technical potentials and costs for reducing global anthropogenic methane emissions in the 2050 timeframe –results from the GAINS model. Environmental Research Communications 2 (2), e025004.


• Kanaya, Y., Yamaji, K., Miyakawa, T., Taketani, F., Zhu, C., Choi, Y., Komazaki, Y., Ikeda, K., Kondo, Y. & Klimont, Z. (2020). Rapid reduction in black carbon emissions from China: evidence from 2009–2019 observations on Fukue Island, Japan. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 20 (11), 6339-6356.


• Huneeus, N., Denier van der Gon, H., Castesana, P., Menares, C., Granier, C., Granier, L., Alonso, M., de Fatima Andrade, M., Dawidowski, L., Gallardo, L. et al. (2020). Evaluation of anthropogenic air pollutant emission inventories for South America at national and city scale. Atmospheric Environment 235, e117606.


• Majumdar, D., Purohit, P. , Bhanarkar, A.D., Rao, P.S., Rafaj, P. , Amann, M. , Sander, R. , Pakrashi, A. & Srivastava, A. (2020). Managing future air quality in megacities: Emission inventory and scenario analysis for the Kolkata Metropolitan City, India. Atmospheric Environment 22, e117135. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2019.117135.


• Ou, J., Huang, Z., Klimont, Z. , Jia, G., Zhang, S., Li, C., Meng, J., Mi, Z., Zheng, H., Shan, Y. et al. (2020). Role of export industries on ozone pollution and its precursors in China. Nature Communications 11 (1), e5492. 10.1038/s41467-020-19035-x.


• Peng, W., Dai, H., Guo, H., Purohit, P. , Urpelainen, J., Wagner, F. , Wu, Y. & Zhang, H. (2020). The Critical Role of Policy Enforcement in Achieving Health, Air Quality, and Climate Benefits from India’s Clean Electricity Transition.The Critical Role of Policy Enforcement in Achieving Health, Air Quality, and Climate Benefits from India’s Clean Electricity Transition. Environmental Science & Technology 54 (19), 11720-11731. 10.1021/acs.est.0c01622.


• Purohit, P. , Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Dulac, J., Shah, N., Wei, M., Rafaj, P. & Schöpp, W. (2020). Electricity savings and greenhouse gas emission reductions from global phase-down of hydrofluorocarbons. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 20 (19), 11305-11327. 10.5194/acp-20-11305-2020


• Wang, X., Purohit, P. , Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Zhang, S. & Fang, H. (2020). Co-benefits of Energy-Efficient Air Conditioners in the Residential Building Sector of China. Environmental Science & Technology 54 (20), 13217-13227. 10.1021/acs.est.0c01629.


• Watts, N., Amann, M. , Arnell, N., Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Beagley, J., Belesova, K., Boykoff, M., Byass, P., Cai, W., Campbell-Lendrum, D. et al. (2020). The 2020 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: responding to converging crises. The Lancet 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32290-X.


• Aas, W., Mortier, A., Bowersox, V., Cherian, R., Faluvegi, G., Fagerli, H., Hand, J., Klimont, Z. , Galy-Lacaux, C., Lehmann, C.M.B. et al. (2019). Global and regional trends of atmospheric sulfur. Scientific Reports 9 (1), e953. 10.1038/s41598-018-37304-0.


• Amann, M. , Jiming, H., Borken-Kleefeld, J. , Cofala, J., Gomez Sanabria, A. , Heyes, C. , Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Kiesewetter, G. , Klimont, Z. , Nguyen, B. et al. (2019). Scenarios and Solutions. In: Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based solutions. pp. 61-100 Bangkok, Thailand: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 978-92-807-3725-7


• Amann, M. , Klimont, Z. , An Ha, T., Rafaj, P. , Kiesewetter, G. , Gomez Sanabria, A. , Nguyen, B. , Thi Thu, T.N., Thuy, K., Schöpp, W. et al. (2019). Future air quality in Ha Noi and northern Vietnam. IIASA Research Report. Laxenburg, Austria: RR-19-003


• Dobricic, S., Pozzoli, L., Vignati, E., Van Dingenen, R., Wilson, J., Russo, S. & Klimont, Z. (2019). Nonlinear impacts of future anthropogenic aerosol emissions on Arctic warming. Environmental Research Letters 14 (3), e034009. 10.1088/1748-9326/aaf8ee.


• Harmsen, J.H.M., van Vuuren, D.P., Nayak, D.R., Hof, A.F., Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Lucas, P.L., Nielsen, J.B., Smith, P. & Stehfest, E. (2019). Long-term marginal abatement cost curves of non-CO2 greenhouse gases. Environmental Science & Policy 99, 136-149. 10.1016/j.envsci.2019.05.013.


• Harmsen, M., Fricko, O. , Hilaire, J., van Vuuren, D.P., Drouet, L., Durand-Lasserve, O., Fujimori, S., Keramidas, K., Klimont, Z. , Luderer, G. et al. (2019). Taking some heat off the NDCs? The limited potential of additional short-lived climate forcers’ mitigation. Climatic Change 10.1007/s10584-019-02436-3.


• Harmsen, M.J.H.M., van Vuuren, D.P., Nayak, D.R., Hof, A.F., Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Lucas, P.L., Nielsen, J.B., Smith, P. & Stehfest, E. (2019). Data for long-term marginal abatement cost curves of non-CO2 greenhouse gases. Data in Brief 25, e104334. 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104334.


• Li, N., Chen, W., Rafaj, P. , Kiesewetter, G. , Schöpp, W. , Wang, H., Zhang, H., Krey, V. & Riahi, K. (2019). Air Quality Improvement Co-benefits of Low-Carbon Pathways toward Well Below the 2 °C Climate Target in China. Environmental Science & Technology 53 (10), 5576-5584. 10.1021/acs.est.8b06948.


• Liu, J., Kiesewetter, G. , Klimont, Z. , Cofala, J., Heyes, C., Schöpp, W., Zhu, T., Cao, G., Gomez Sanabria, A. , Sander, R. et al. (2019). Mitigation pathways of air pollution from residential emissions in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in China. Environment International 125, 236-244. 10.1016/j.envint.2018.09.059.


• Purohit, P. , Amann, M. , Kiesewetter, G. , Chaturvedi, V., Rafaj, P. , Dholakia, H.H., Nagar Koti, P., Klimont, Z. , Borken-Kleefeld, J. , Gómez-Sanabria, A. et al. (2019). Pathways to Achieve National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in India. International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)


• Purohit, P. , Amann, M. , Kiesewetter, G. , Rafaj, P. , Chaturvedi, V., Dholakia, H.H., Koti, P.N., Klimont, Z. , Borken-Kleefeld, J. , Gomez Sanabria, A. et al. (2019). Mitigation pathways towards national ambient air quality standards in India. Environment International 133, e105147. 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105147.


• Watts, N., Amann, M. , Arnell, N., Ayeb-Karlsson, S., Belesova, K., Boykoff, M., Byass, P., Cai, W., Campbell-Lendrum, D., Capstick, S. et al. (2019). The 2019 report of The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate. The Lancet 394 (10211), 1836-1878. 10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32596-6.


• Åström, S., Kiesewetter, G. , Schöpp, W. , Sander, R. & Andersson, S. (2019). Investment perspectives on costs for air pollution control affect the optimal use of emission control measures. Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy 21 (3), 695-705. 10.1007/s10098-018-1658-4.


• Amann, M. , Anderl, M., Borken-Kleefeld, J. , Cofala, J., Heyes, C. , Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Kiesewetter, G. , Klimont, Z. , Moosmann, L., Rafaj, P. et al. (2018). Progress towards the achievement of the EU's air quality and emissions objectives. IIASA , Laxenburg, Austria


• Baumgardner, D., de Fatima Andrade, M., Klimont, Z. , Kuylenstierna, J., Carvalho, S.M., Borgford-Parnell, N., Mayol-Bracero, O.L., Melamed, M., Seguel, R., Andrade, M. et al. (2018). Short-lived climate pollutants: Drivers, regional emissions and measurements. In: Integrated Assessment of Short-lived Climate Pollutants in Latin America and the Caribbean: Improving air quality while contributing to climate change mitigation. pp. 18-53 Paris: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). ISBN 978-92-807-3549-9


• Bhanarkar, A.D., Purohit, P. , Rafaj, P. , Amann, M. , Bertok, I., Cofala, J., Rao, P.S., Vardhan, B.H., Kiesewetter, G. , Sander, R. et al. (2018). Managing future air quality in megacities: Co-benefit assessment for Delhi. Atmospheric Environment 186, 158-177. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.05.026.


• Cofala, J., Amann, M. , Borken-Kleefeld, J. , Gomez Sanabria, A. , Heyes, C. , Kiesewetter, G. , Sander, R. , Schöpp, W. , Holland, M., Fagerli, H. et al. (2018). Final Report The potential for cost-effective air emission reductions from international shipping through designation of further Emission Control Areas in EU waters with focus on the Mediterranean Sea. IIASA Research Report. Laxenburg, Austria: RR-18-002


• Gomez Sanabria, A. , Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Rafaj, P. & Schöpp, W. (2018). Carbon in global waste and wastewater flows – its potential as energy source under alternative future waste management regimes. Advances in Geosciences 45, 105-113. 10.5194/adgeo-45-105-2018.


• Karambelas, A., Holloway, T., Kiesewetter, G. & Heyes, C. (2018). Constraining the uncertainty in emissions over India with a regional air quality model evaluation. Atmospheric Environment 174, 194-203. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.11.052.


• Karambelas, A., Holloway, T., Kinney, P.L., Fiore, A.M., DeFries, R., Kiesewetter, G. & Heyes, C. (2018). Urban versus rural health impacts attributable to PM2.5 and O3 in northern India. Environmental Research Letters 13 (6), 064010. 10.1088/1748-9326/aac24d.


• Klimont, Z. , Kuylenstierna, J., Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Purohit, P. , Carvalho, S., Borgford-Parnell, N., Vallack, H., Shindell, D., van Dingenen, R. & Henze, D. (2018). Measures on short-lived climate pollutants, the potential reduction in emissions, and benefits for near-term climate and air quality. In: Integrated Assessment of Short-lived Climate Pollutants in Latin America and the Caribbean: Improving air quality while contributing to climate change mitigation. pp. 96-151 Paris: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC). ISBN 978-92-807-3549-9


• Li, M., Klimont, Z. , Zhang, Q., Martin, R.V., Zheng, B., Heyes, C. , Cofala, J., Zhang, Y. & He, K. (2018). Comparison and evaluation of anthropogenic emissions of SO2 and NO2 over China. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 18, 3343-3456. 10.5194/acp-18-3433-2018.


• Matsumoto, N., Borken-Kleefeld, J. , Klimont, Z. , Kiesewetter, G. , Rafaj, P. , Amann, M. & Zusman, E. (2018). Assessment of the Impacts of Regulations for In-use Heavy-duty Diesel Vehicles and the Timing of Policy Implementation Using the GAINS Model: Case of the Tokyo Metropolitan Region. In: Asian Co-benefits Partnership, Quantifying Co-benefits in Asia: Methods and Applications. pp. 33-50 Tokyo, Japan: Ministry of the Environment, Japan..


• Mohankumar Sajeev, E.P., Winiwarter, W. & Amon, B. (2018). Greenhouse Gas and Ammonia Emissions from Different Stages of Liquid Manure Management Chains: Abatement Options and Emission Interactions. Journal of Environmental Quality 47 (1), 30-41. 10.2134/jeq2017.05.0199.


• Purohit, Pallav , Höglund-Isaksson, L. & Wagner, F. (2018). Impacts of the Kigali Amendment to phase-down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) in Asia. IIASA Report. Laxenburg, Austria


• Rafaj, P. & Amann, M. (2018). Decomposing Air Pollutant Emissions in Asia: Determinants and Projections. Energies 11 (5), e1299. 10.3390/en11051299.


• Rafaj, P. , Kiesewetter, G. , Gül, T., Schöpp, W. , Cofala, J., Klimont, Z. , Purohit, P. , Heyes, C. , Amann, M. , Borken-Kleefeld, J. et al. (2018). Outlook for clean air in the context of sustainable development goals. Global Environmental Change 53, 1-11. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2018.08.008.


• Winiwarter, W. , Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Klimont, Z. , Schöpp, W. & Amann, M. (2018). Technical opportunities to reduce global anthropogenic emissions of nitrous oxide. Environmental Research Letters 13 (1), 014011. 10.1088/1748-9326/aa9ec9.


• Amann, M. , Purohit, P. , Bhanarkar, A.D., Bertok, I., Borken-Kleefeld, J. , Cofala, J., Heyes, C. , Kiesewetter, G. , Klimont, Z. , Liu, J. et al. (2017). Managing future air quality in megacities: A case study for Delhi. Atmospheric Environment 161, 99-111. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.04.041.


• Höglund-Isaksson, L. (2017). Bottom-up simulations of methane and ethane emissions from global oil and gas systems 1980 to 2012. Environmental Research Letters 12 (2), e024007. 10.1088/1748-9326/aa583e.


• Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Purohit, P. , Amann, M. , Bertok, I., Rafaj, P. , Schöpp, W. & Borken-Kleefeld, J. (2017). Cost estimates of the Kigali Amendment to phase-down hydrofluorocarbons. Environmental Science & Policy 75, 138-147. 10.1016/j.envsci.2017.05.006.


• Jonson, J.E., Borken-Kleefeld, J. , Simpson, D., Nyiri, A., Posch, M. & Heyes, C. (2017). Impact of excess NOx emissions from diesel cars on air quality, public health and eutrophication in Europe. Environmental Research Letters 12 (9), e094017. 10.1088/1748-9326/aa8850.


• Klimont, Z. , Kupiainen, K., Heyes, C. , Purohit, P. , Cofala, J., Rafaj, P. , Borken-Kleefeld, J. & Schöpp, W. (2017). Global anthropogenic emissions of particulate matter including black carbon. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17 (14), 8681-8723. 10.5194/acp-17-8681-2017.


• Klimont, Z. , Shindell, D., Borgford-Parnell, N., Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Kallbekken, S., Kuylenstierna, J., Molina, L., Srivastava, L., Tao, S. & Venkataraman, C. (2017). Bridging the gap – The role of short-lived climate pollutants. In: The Emissions Gap Report 2017-A UN Environment Synthesis Report. pp. 48-57 Nairobi: United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). ISBN 978-92-807-3673-1


• Philip, S., Martin, R., Snider, G., Weagle, C., van Donkelaar, A., Brauer, M., Henze, D., Klimont, Z. , Venkataraman, C., Guttikunda, S. et al. (2017). Anthropogenic fugitive, combustion and industrial dust is a significant, underrepresented fine particulate matter source in global atmospheric models. Environmental Research Letters 12 (4), 044018. 10.1088/1748-9326/aa65a4.


• Purohit, P. & Höglund-Isaksson, L. (2017). Global emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases 2005-2050 with abatement potentials and costs. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17, 2795-2816. 10.5194/acp-17-2795-2017


• Rao, S., Klimont, Z. , Smith, S.J., Van Dingenen, R., Dentener, F., Bouwman, L., Riahi, K. , Amann, M. , Bodirsky, B.L., van Vuuren, D.P. et al. (2017). Future air pollution in the Shared Socio-economic Pathways. Global Environmental Change 42, 346-358. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.05.012.


• Shindell, D., Borgford-Parnell, N., Brauer, M., Haines, A., Kuylenstierna, J.C.I., Leonard, S.A., Ramanathan, V., Ravishankara, A., Amann, M. & Srivastava, L. (2017). A climate policy pathway for near- and long-term benefits. Science 356 (6337), 493-494. 10.1126/science.aak9521.


• Winiger, P., Andersson, A., Eckhardt, S., Stohl, A., Semiletov, I.P., Dudarev, O.V., Charkin, A., Shakhova, N., Klimont, Z. , Heyes, C. et al. (2017). Siberian Arctic black carbon sources constrained by model and observation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114 (7), E1054-E1061. 10.1073/pnas.1613401114.


• Zhao, Z.Q., Bai, Z., Winiwarter, W. , Kiesewetter, G. , Heyes, C. & Ma, L. (2017). Mitigating ammonia emission from agriculture reduces PM2.5 pollution in the Hai River Basin in China. Science of the Total Environment 609, 1152-1160. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.07.240.