IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program: Climate Change Impacts on Power Plant Emissions, Air Quality and Health in India

作为国际应用系统分析研究所（IIASA）青年夏季科学家计划（YSSP）的参与者，拟议的工作将通过量化印度预期更热的夏季条件下未来发电厂的排放量来加强最近的研究。这项工作的总体目标是确定2030年印度最容易受到空气污染相关健康风险影响的人口。拟议的研究将通过以创造性的方式将能源使用，空气质量和健康影响数据联系起来来推进知识。预期成果包括对空气污染水平加剧导致的不良健康后果的相对风险进行估计，这将有助于为未来的能源、气候和卫生政策提供信息。YSSP的参与者将与国际应用系统分析研究所的研究人员合作，传播研究成果，以改善气候，能源和健康干预战略。风险估计也将放在空气污染政策的大背景下，以估计平衡经济需求和健康问题的最佳排放情景。这项研究的预期结果对社会产生了更广泛的影响：风险估计将为目前尚未解决的能源使用后果提供信息。随着城市扩张的继续，研究结果将通过强调空气污染风险来改善能源使用和健康干预规划。除了开展这项有针对性的政策应用研究外，YSSP的参与者将在从IIASA返回后与大学社区进行接触，以进一步扩大项目的覆盖范围。 YSSP的参与者计划与他的顾问合作，制作一个教学模块，展示能源生产、气候、空气质量和人类健康如何与全球环境变化的健康影响评估课程联系在一起。 YSSP参与者也是国家科学基金会综合研究生教育和研究培训计划的成员，该计划促进跨学科的可持续性和脆弱性研究（人类与全球环境，变迁）。IIASA的青年科学家暑期项目将使他能够开展跨学科工作，并利用通过IGERT经验获得的沟通和领导技能。

The proposed work as an International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Young Summer Scientist Program (YSSP) participant would augment recent studies by quantifying future power plant emissions from anticipated hotter summer conditions in India. The overarching goal of this work is to determine populations in India most exposed to air pollution-related health risks in 2030. The proposed research will advance knowledge by linking energy use, air quality, and health impact data in a creative way. Expected results include estimations of relative risk of adverse health outcomes due to exacerbated air pollution levels, which will help inform future energy, climate, and health policies. The YSSP participant will work with researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis to disseminate research results with the aim of improving climate, energy, and health intervention strategies. Risk estimates will also be placed in the larger context of air pollution policy to estimate an optimal emissions scenario balancing economic needs and health concerns. The expected results from this research have clear benefits as broader impacts to society: risk estimates will inform currently unaddressed consequences of energy use. As urban expansion continues, the results will improve energy use and health intervention planning by highlighting air pollution risks. In addition to conducting this research with targeted policy applications, the YSSP participant will engage with the university community after his return from IIASA to further the reach of the project. The YSSP participant plans to work with his advisor on a teaching module demonstrating how energy production, climate, air quality, and human health are linked for a course on Health Impact Assessment of Global Environmental Change. The YSSP participant is also a member of a National Science Foundation Integrated Graduate Education and Research Traineeship program which promotes sustainability and vulnerability research across disciplines (Humans and the Global Environment, CHANGE). The Young Scientists Summer Program at IIASA will allow him to undertake interdisciplinary work and capitalize on the communication and leadership skills gained through the IGERT experience.