Project description
Bridging gaps in climate change and nitrogen pollution mitigation
Climate change and reactive nitrogen emissions threaten our future. Current approaches focus on mitigating either greenhouse gases or nitrogen pollutants separately, leading to high costs and limited effectiveness. With the support of the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions programme, the SynCAN project will address this by analysing interactions between these pollutants, identifying cost-effective mitigation options, and assessing systemic changes needed for coordinated efforts. Specifically, the project bridges natural and environmental sciences, economics, and management. Its interdisciplinary approach seeks synergies and cost savings, crucial for tackling today’s interconnected climate and environmental challenges. Funding SynCAN is essential for developing efficient solutions to safeguard our planet’s future.
Objective
"Climate change and environmental degradation caused by greenhouse gases (GHGs) and reactive nitrogen (Nr) emissions threaten our future. Two urgent, interconnected goals in Europe and globally are reducing GHG emissions to address climate change and curbing Nr pollutants for food security and ecosystem protection. However, most current studies identify technologies and pathways for ""GHG reduction"" or ""Nr mitigation"" separately, and the policies focus on mitigating either GHGs or Nr in isolation, Such narrow approaches face high costs and social barriers, conflicting with the multidimensional needs of integrated environmental policies and cost-effective solutions. Coordinated efforts to simultaneously address GHGs and Nr (GHG-Nr) could promote synergies and cost savings through shared implementation costs while driving effective, efficient reductions. To enable synergistic and cost-effective mitigation policies, SynCAN will: (1) analyze interactions and drivers of GHG-Nr emissions in Europe; (2) identify feasible sectoral mitigation options and cost-effective pathways of coordinated GHG-Nr emissions, targeting efficiency gains and cost savings; and (3) Assess the systemic changes and national gaps associated with coordinated GHG-Nr mitigation efforts in Europe. To achieve this, SynCAN will employ interdisciplinary and intersectoral approaches that bridge natural science, environmental science, economics, and management. To ensure successful implementation, I will conduct this research at IIASA under the guidance of Prof. Wilfried Winiwarter, a leading scholar. This project will strengthen my academic profile to become a tenured scholar and obtain advanced funding, allowing me to establish my own research group. Funding SynCAN is crucial to develop solutions that address today's urgent, interlinked climate and environmental challenges efficiently and effectively."
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- medical and health sciences health sciences nutrition
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences environmental sciences pollution
- natural sciences earth and related environmental sciences atmospheric sciences climatology climatic changes
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HORIZON.1.2 - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA)
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HORIZON-TMA-MSCA-PF-EF - HORIZON TMA MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships - European Fellowships
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2361 Laxenburg
Austria
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