Director of AI and New Frontier Group
Research Topics & Areas of Expertise
- Artificial intelligence (AI) for sustainability decision support
- Machine learning for disaster forecasting, risk assessment, and resilience planning
- Geographic information system (GIS) spatial analysis
- Remote-sensing data analytics for environmental monitoring and disaster-impact assessment
- Natural language processing (NLP) for causal mapping, knowledge extraction, and systems analysis
- Network analysis, systems thinking, and integrated systems modelling
- AI-enabled knowledge systems, interactive analytics, and decision-support tools
- Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators, interlinkages, and integrated assessment
- Climate-policy assessment, green-economy transitions, and environmental governance
- Energy-system scenario modelling and low-carbon transition pathways
- Water–food–energy nexus analysis and integrated resource planning
- Climate change, disaster risk reduction, and urban resilience
- Data integration, environmental information systems, and policy-relevant sustainability science
Education
i) Ph.D in Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Japan;
ii) Master Degree in Environmental Science, College of Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China;
iii) Bachelor Degree in Applied Mathematics, Department of Applied Mathematics and Physics, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, China
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Commissioned Report
Implementing the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) receives the highest political support in Tanzania. The country’s Second Five-Year Development Plans (FYDP II) for the period of 2016/17-2020/21 is the main policy instrument in Tanzania for implementing the SDGs. Being a least developed country with limited capacities and...
Presentation
Technical workshop on analytical tools for capacity building on quantitative methods for SDG interactions and integration in national development strategies and integrated planning, organised by UNDESA, 18-19 December 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
With limited capacities and financial resources, least developed countries such as Lao PDR, Ethiopia and Tanzania faces tremendous challenges in filling the development gaps and achieving the broad scope of SDGs with 169 targets and more than 230 indicators. Priority setting is therefore indispensable which can help use limited resources...
Presentation
This presentation provides insights on how to leverage the potential of the industry sector in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh. Taking an SDG interlinkages perspective, the presentation demonstrates the crucial role of the industry sector in the SDGs, identifies some of the critical challenges (such as in the labour...
Commissioned Report
Achieving sustainable consumption and production in Viet Nam through an SDG interlinkage perspective
Embracing the interlinkages between sustainable consumption and production (SCP) and other SDGs in the national action plan for achieving SCP is indispensable from both scientific and practical perspectives. In this paper, a systems approach is proposed for achieving SCP through the interlinkages between SCP and other SDGs in Viet Nam. The IGES SDG...
Fact Sheet
The infographic on Industry Transition is part of the IGES Infographics Series on the interactions between Climate Action and other Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The six transformative action areas for the infographics series were: Climate Finance and Carbon Pricing; Energy Transition; Industry Transition; Nature-based Solutions...
Presentation
Workshop on Cambodia’s environmental challenges and the SDGs, Co-organized by the Korea Environment Institute (KEI) and the Royal Academy of Cambodia (RAC), 19 September 2019, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
An integrated approach for balancing the benefits from the three dimensions, social, economic and environmental, is fundamental to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The importance of environmental SDGs has been reflected in framework of the SDGs which refers to a total of 86 out of 169 targets. Though still being classified as a...
Presentation
ISAP 2019 P3: Integrating Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Asia
This a framing presentation on Climate Actions and Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) at ISAP 2019 Plenary Session 3 "Integrating Climate Change and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Asia", focusing on the synergies and trade-offs from an interlinkage perspective. Achieving SDG 13 and other goals related to climate actions, particularly...
Data or Tool
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the targets interact with each other in an indivisible way. On the one hand, achieving one goal or target may contribute to achieving other goals or targets. For example, enhanced food security (Goal 2) will reinforce poverty eradication (Goal 1). On the other hand, the pursuit of one target may conflict...
Peer-reviewed Article
In APN Science Bulletin
The Ganges basin provides essential water for drinking, irrigation, industrial use and power generation. Global climate change will affect the water availability in the basin and inevitably intensify the competition for water among major users, particularly from thermal power generation. Knowledge on the spatial distribution of water supply-demand...
Book Chapter
In Inclusive Green Economy: Policies and Practice
This chapter aims to enable its readers to: i) Appreciate the need for a clear and comprehensive macroeconomic framework for research and policy analysis to support an inclusive green economy; ii) Understand the concept of multiple capital stocks – including human, physical, natural, social, institutional – and their utility in advancing the...
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