Peer-reviewed papers

This page presents a compilation of key selected peer-review documentation that have been produced over time in the context of the GAINS model. These papers cover a range of topics related to emissions, abatement technologies, methodologies, and estimates generated by the GAINS model. The list below is up-to-date as of November 20, 2023.

Davidson, E. A. & Winiwarter, W. (2023). Urgent abatement of industrial sources of nitrous oxide. Nature Climate Change 13, 599–601 (2023) (In Press). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-023-01723-3

Harmsen, M., C. Tabak, L. Höglund-Isaksson, F. Humpenöder, P. Purohit, and D. van Vuuren, 2023. Uncertainty in non-CO2 greenhouse gas mitigation contributes to ambiguity in global climate policy feasibility. Nature Communications 14, 2949 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38577-4

Liu, Z., Rieder, H.E., Schmidt, C., Mayer, M., Guo, Y., Winiwarter, W., & Zhang, L. (2023). Optimal reactive nitrogen control pathways identified for cost-effective PM2.5 mitigation in Europe. Nature Communications 14 (1) e4246. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39900-9

Mohajeri, N., Hsu, S.-C., Milner, J., Taylor, J., Kiesewetter, G., Gudmundsson, A., Kennard, H., Hamilton, I., et al. (2023). Urban–rural disparity in global estimation of PM2·5 household air pollution and its attributable health burden. The Lancet Planetary Health 7 (8) 660-672. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(23)00133-X

Ru, M., Shindell, D., Spadaro, J., Lamarque, J.-F., Challapalli, A., Wagner, F., & Kiesewetter, G. (2023). New concentration-response functions for seven morbidity endpoints associated with short-term PM2.5 exposure and their implications for health impact assessment. Environment International 179 e108122. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2023.108122

Rychła, A., Amon, B., Hassouna, M., van der Weerden, T.J., & Winiwarter, W. (2023). Costs and effects of measures to reduce ammonia emissions from dairy cattle and pig production: A comparison of country-specific estimations and model calculations. Journal of Environmental Management 344 e118678. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118678

Turner, M.C., Andersen, Z.J., Neira, M., Krzyzanowski, M., Malmqvist, E., Ortiz, A.G., Kiesewetter, G., Katsouyanni, K., et al. (2023). Clean Air in Europe for All: Taking Stock of the Proposed Revision to the Ambient Air Quality Directives. A Joint ERS, HEI, and ISEE Workshop Report. European Respiratory Journal 62 e2301380. https://doi.org/10.1183/13993003.01380-2023

[Contributing author from GAINS: L. Höglund-Isaksson] Chapter 12: Cross-sectoral perspectives. IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Working Group III, Climate change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change.

Cai, W., Zhang, C., Zhang, S., Bai, Y., Callaghan, M., Chang, N., Chen, B., Chen, H., et al. (2022). The 2022 China report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: leveraging climate actions for healthy ageing. The Lancet Public Health 7 (12) e1073-e1090. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00224-9

Del Grosso, S.J., Ogle, S.M., Nevison, C., Gurung, R., Parton, W.J., Wagner-Riddle, C., Smith, W., Winiwarter, W., et al. (2022). A gap in nitrous oxide emission reporting complicates long-term climate mitigation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (31) e2200354119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2200354119

Gomez-Sanabria, A. et al., 2022. Potential for future reductions of global GHG and air pollutants from circular waste management systems. Nature Communications 13 (106). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27624-7

Pallav Purohit, Nathan Borgford-Parnell, Zbigniew Klimont, Lena Höglund-Isaksson (2022). Achieving Paris climate goals calls for increasing ambition of the Kigali Amendment. Nature Climate Change 12, 339–342. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01310-y

Purohit, P., L. Höglund-Isaksson, N. Borgford-Parnell, Z. Klimont, C. J. Smith, 2022. The key role of propane in a sustainable cooling sector. PNAS 119 (34):e2206131119. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2206131119

Romanello, M., Di Napoli, C., Drummond, P., Green, C., Kennard, H., Lampard, P., Scamman, D., Arnell, N., et al. (2022). The 2022 report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: health at the mercy of fossil fuels. The Lancet 400 (10363) 1619-1654. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(22)01540-9

Shindell, D., L. Höglund-Isaksson, A.R. Ravishankara, B. Poulter, M. Saunois, S. Ragnauth, et al., 2022. Global Methane Assessment: 2030 Baseline Report. Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). https://www.unep.org/resources/report/global-methane-assessment-2030-baseline-report

van Daalen, K., Romanello, M., Rocklöv, J., Semenza, J., Tonne, C., Markandya, A., Dasandi, N., Jankin, S., et al. (2022). The 2022 Europe report of the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: towards a climate resilient future. The Lancet Public Health 7 (11) 942-965. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(22)00197-9

Villarroel-Schneider, J., Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Mainali, B., Martí-Herrero, J., Cardozo, E., Malmquist, A., & Martin, A. (2022). Energy self-sufficiency and greenhouse gas emission reductions in Latin American dairy farms through massive implementation of biogas-based solutions. Energy Conversion and Management 261 e115670. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2022.115670

Yu, S., J. Behrendt, M. Zhu, X. Cheng, W. Li, B. Liu, J. Williams, H. Zhang, R. Cui, M. Evans, N.Hultman, H. McJeon, S. J. Smith, Q. Chai, M. Chen, F. Guo, L. Höglund Isaksson, N. Khanna,J. Lin, and Y. Wu., 2022. “Roadmap for U.S.-China Methane Collaboration: Methane Emissions,Mitigation Potential, and Policies.” Center for Global Sustainability, University of Maryland & Energy Foundation China.

[Co-author from GAINS: Höglund-Isaksson, L.] United Nations Environment Programme, (2021). Global Methane Assessment: Benefits and Costs of Mitigating Methane Emissions. United Nations Environment Programme, Nairobi.

[Contributing author from GAINS: Höglund-Isaksson, L.] Chapter 6: The role of anthropogenic methane emissions in bridging the emissions gap in UNEP Emissions Gap Report 2021: The Heat is On. United Nations Environment Programme, 2021. ISBN: 978-92-807-3890-2. Emissions Gap Report 2021 | UNEP - UN Environment Programme

[Lead and Contributing authors from GAINS: Z. Klimont and P. Purohit] Short-Lived Climate Forcers. IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Working Group I, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Chapter06.pdf

David, L.M., Barth, M., Höglund-Isaksson, L. , Purohit, P. , Velders, G.J.M., Glaser, S., & Ravishankara, A.R. (2021). Trifluoroacetic acid deposition from emissions of HFO-1234yf in India, China, and the Middle East. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 21 (19), 14833-14849. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-21-14833-2021

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). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/abe5d5

Gu, B., Zhang, L., Van Dingenen, R., Vieno, M., Van Grinsven, H.J.M., Zhang, X., Zhang, S., Chen, Y., et al. (2021). Abating ammonia is more cost-effective than nitrogen oxides for mitigating PM 2.5 air pollution. Science 374 (6568) 758-762. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.abf8623

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30249-7

Xu, R., Tian, H., Pan, N., Thompson, R.L., Canadell, J.G., Davidson, E.A., Nevison, C., Winiwarter, W., et al. (2021). Magnitude and Uncertainty of Nitrous Oxide Emissions From North America Based on Bottom‐Up and Top‐Down Approaches: Informing Future Research and National Inventories. Geophysical Research Letters 48 (23) e2021GL095264. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL095264

Zhen Z., B. Poulter, S. Knox, A. Stavert, G. McNicol, E. Fluet-Chouinard, A. Feinberg, Y. Zhao, P. Bousquet, J. G. Canadell, A. Ganesan, G. Hugelius, G. Hurtt, R. B. Jackson, P. K. Patra, M. Saunois, L. Höglund-Isaksson, C. Huang, A. Chatterjee and X. Li (2021). Anthropogenic emission is the main contributor to the rise of atmospheric methane during 1993–2017. National Science Review 9 (5). https://doi.org/10.1093/nsr/nwab200

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. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2019.0331

Anderson SO, Bandarra E, Bhushan C, Borgford-Parnell N, Chen Z, Christensen J, Devotta S, Lal Dhasan M, et al. (2020). Cooling Emissions and Policy Synthesis Report: Benefits of cooling efficiency and the Kigali Amendment. United Nations Environment Programme - International Energy Agency.

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.111241

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. https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ab7457

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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2020.117606

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. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-20-6339-2020

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. https://doi.org/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, 5492. https://doi.org/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. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.0c01622

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

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 16 (4) (In Press). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abdf0b

Saunois et al., 2020. The Global Methane Budget 2000-2017. Earth Systems Science Data 12 (3), 1561–1623. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-12-1561-2020

Tian, H., Xu, R., Canadell, J.G., Thompson, R., Winiwater, W., et al., (2020). A comprehensive quantification of global nitrous oxide sources and sinks. Nature 586, 248-256. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2780-0

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. https://doi.org/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 397 (10269). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(20)32290-X

[Contributing authors from GAINS: L. Höglund-Isaksson and Pallav Purohit] Rogelj, J., D. Shindell, K. Jiang, S. Fifita, P. Forster, V. Ginzburg, C. Handa, H. Kheshgi, S. Kobayashi, E. Kriegler, L. Mundaca, R. Séférian, and M.V. Vilariño, 2018: Mitigation Pathways Compatible with 1.5°C in the Context of Sustainable Development. In: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and related global greenhouse gas emission pathways, in the context of strengthening the global response to the threat of climate change, sustainable development, and efforts to eradicate poverty. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2019.

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

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.

Christensen, T. R., V. K. Arora, M. Gauss, L. Höglund-Isaksson, F-J. W. Parmentier, 2019. Tracing the climate signal: mitigation of anthropogenic methane emissions can outweigh a large Arctic natural emission increase. Scientific Reports 9(1) DOI: .

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.

https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/15561/7/2019_air-pollution-asia-pacific-full-report.pdf.

Lead and Contributing authors from GAINS: several e.g., Z. Klimont, P. Purohit] UNEP (2019). Air Pollution in Asia and the Pacific: Science-based Solutions

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.

Mathijs Harmsen; Detlef P. van Vuuren; Dali R. Nayak; Andries F Hof; Lena Höglund- Isaksson; Paul L. Lucas; Pete Smith; Elke Stehfest; Jens B. Nielsen, 2019. Data for long-term marginal abatement cost curves of non-CO2 greenhouse gases. Data in Brief 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104334

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.

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

Dalsøren SB, Myhre G, Hodnebrog Ø, Myhre CL, Stohl A, Pisso I, Schwietzke S, Höglund-Isaksson L, et al. (2018). Discrepancy between simulated and observed ethane and propane levels explained by underestimated fossil fuel emissions. Nature Geoscience 11 (3): 178-184. DOI:10.1038/s41561-018- 0073-0.

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

Qin, Y., L. Höglund-Isaksson, E. Byers, K. Feng, F. Wagner, W. Peng, D.L. Mauzerall, 2018. Air quality-carbon-water synergies and trade-offs in China’s natural gas industry. Nature Sustainability doi.org/10.1038/s41893-018-0136-7.

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.

Purohit and L. Höglund-Isaksson, 2017. Global emissions of fluorinated greenhouse gases 2005-2050 with abatement potentials and costs. Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics 17:2795-2816.

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