Shiyu DENG, Sioux Fanny Melo Leon

During the Seventeenth IAMC Annual Meeting held 4 November – 6 November 2024, the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium granted

Shiyu DENG (University College London)

with the Best In-Person Poster Award

and

Sioux Fanny Melo Leon (Utrecht University)

with the Best Online Poster Award

Two posters received honorable mentions for their outstanding contributions:

Online Poster by Xin Zhao from the Joint Global Change Research Institute, PNNL, titled “Agricultural Labor under Heat Stress: Productivity Shocks and Macroeconomic Consequences”

In-Person Poster by Giacomo Marangoni from TU Delft, titled “Matter Matters: Integrated Assessment of Recycling and Climate Mitigation Policies”

Forestation’s sustainability footprints in China

Shiyu Deng, University College London
AUTHOR(S): Shiyu Deng, University College London; Yang Ou, Peking University; Hao Xu, Peking University; Zhangcai Qin, Sun Yat-Sen University; Zhifu Mi, University College London

As forestation strategies move up the agenda after COP28, it’s pivotal that the dialogue extends beyond land footprints to include a comprehensive analysis of its sustainability footprints. Such scrutiny is vital for Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) deliberations, ensuring that future environmental policies holistically account for the trade-offs of forestation strategies. To this end, we developed an assessment framework for the sustainability footprints of China’s forestation policies by combining the GCAM model with the GLOBIO biodiversity model and the InVEST ecosystem services model. We expanded the assessment framework to consider more ecological dimensions, such as biodiversity and habitat quality.

Please find the poster here.Climate change adaptation from the farmer’s perspective: an exploration of adaptation pathways with a global hydro-economic model of groundwater-fed irrigation (HELGA)

Sioux Fanny, Melo Leon, Utrecht University
AUTHOR(S): Sioux Fanny, Melo Leon, Utrecht University; Stijn, Reinhard, Wageningen University & Research; Marc, Bierkens, UtrechtUniversity, Deltares; Rens, van Beek, Utrecht University

Groundwater fed irrigation is on the rise because of increasing food demand and the falling reliability of surface water resources due to climate change. However, overexploitation of groundwater eventually threatens the viability of agriculture; falling groundwater levels become too deep to sustain the costs of groundwater extraction. We explore whether this economic limit is reached using a newly developed hydro-economic model HELGA: Hydro-Economic Limits as a Global Analysis. We subsequently use HELGA to evaluate adaptation strategies from the farmer’s perspective, assessing the costs and benefits of groundwater extraction for agriculture. under different scenarios that include climate, socio-economy and farmers traits.

Please find the poster here.

Criteria for judging posters:

Effectiveness in communicating research findings, motivation and methods.Scientific merit of the researchEffectiveness of the presenter in communicating the research results, motivation, and methods