Research Areas

Synergistic Technologies of Pollution Control and Carbon Reduction

Synergistic Mechanisms and Process Regulation for Pollution and Carbon Reduction
Includes: Principles of synergistic carbon and pollution reduction in industrial processes.
Development of High-Efficiency, Low-Carbon Environmental Functional Materials
Includes: High-performance adsorption/catalytic materials, low-carbon membrane materials, etc.
Waste Resource Recovery and Energy Utilization Technologies
Includes: Zero-discharge and resource recovery of high-salinity industrial wastewater, synergistic treatment of solid waste, and energy recovery.
Multi-Media Environmental Pollution Synergistic Control Technologies
Includes: Technical pathways for integrated water-soil-air pollution control and carbon benefit assessment.

Low-Carbon Energy and Materials Innovation
Includes: Advanced photovoltaic materials and devices, low-carbon semiconductor materials, and green synthesis processes.
Resource Cycling and Carbon Utilization Technologies
Includes: Low-carbon seawater desalination and high-performance membrane materials, air water harvesting (AWH) and hygroscopic material innovation, CO2 resource utilization, and carbon cycle optimization.

Climate Change Mitigation Mechanisms and Carbon Neutrality Pathways in Social Systems
Includes: Modeling and policy simulation of complex energy-economy-environment-society systems, transformation of green production structures under climate risks, green technology innovation and green industrial policies, and carbon neutrality pathway design with multi-scenario analysis.
Spatiotemporal Carbon Data Infrastructure Development
Includes: Development of a China-specific refined emission factor database with dynamic update methodologies, standards for carbon footprint accounting at product, enterprise, and project levels, and multi-source carbon data integration and database construction.
Multi-Scale Carbon Metabolism Simulation and Regulation
Includes: Development and application of carbon metabolism models at city, urban cluster, and national scales, material flow-energy flow analysis for industrial and urban systems, and life cycle assessment (LCA).
Low-Carbon Synergistic Management of Water-Energy-Food-Transportation Coupled Systems
Includes: Modeling, synergistic optimization, and scenario analysis of water-energy-food coupled systems, as well as system resilience assessment.

Mechanisms and Technologies for Ecosystem Carbon Sequestration and Restoration
Includes: Restoration of coastal wetlands and mechanisms for enhancing carbon sequestration, low-carbon restoration of contaminated farmland, and carbon sink enhancement.
Monitoring and Accounting of Ecosystem Carbon Sinks
Includes: Carbon sink accounting and optimization management for farmland ecosystems, remote sensing monitoring and assessment of vegetation productivity, development and application of terrestrial carbon cycle models, and interactions between global change and terrestrial ecosystem carbon cycles.
Ecosystem Services Assessment and Carbon Offset Accounting
Includes: Direct carbon sequestration accounting for ecosystems, carbon offset accounting based on three-dimensional spatial patterns, and indirect carbon offset mechanisms and accounting methods based on multiple ecosystem services.

Smart Carbon Management and Decision Support Systems
Includes: Regional smart carbon management and monitoring decision support systems, AI-driven ecological smart monitoring, and low-carbon environmental management.
Smart Low-Carbon Management and Control Technologies in Key Fields
Includes: Optimization of low-carbon transportation systems, smart water management, and building energy management.
Regional Planning Based on Nature-Based Solutions (NbS)
Includes: Optimization and assessment of NbS spatial patterns, NbS decision support tools, and ecological spatial planning.
AI-Empowered Innovations in Environmental Management
Includes: AI-driven ecological monitoring, air pollution prediction, and low-carbon pathway optimization.

Synergistic Effects and Regulation Mechanisms of Carbon, Pollution, and Health
Includes: Interconnected effects of carbon emissions, environmental pollution, and public health, along with synergistic regulation pathways.
Low-Carbon Healthy Lifestyles and Behavioral Guidance
Includes: Design of carbon-inclusive mechanisms, health evaluation systems, and behavioral studies promoting green lifestyles.
Urban Thermal Environment and Comfort Enhancement
Includes: Mitigation of urban heat island effects, low-carbon cooling technologies, and climate-adaptive urban planning.

Green Production and Industrial Structure Transformation
Includes: Transformation of green production structures under climate risks, green technology innovation, and green industrial policies.
Green Financial Markets and Innovative Tools
Includes: Innovation in carbon financial tools for green development, ESG ratings and low-carbon investment decision-making, transition finance, and climate investment and financing mechanisms.
Global Climate Governance and Market Alignment
Includes: Research on international climate policies and carbon market mechanisms.