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Hugo Valin is affiliated with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis in Austria. The primary field of study for this researcher is Environmental Science, with a focus on several subfields including Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics, Global and Planetary Change, and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

The scientist's research topics mainly cover:

  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
  • Environmental Impact and Sustainability
  • Climate Change Policy and Economics
  • Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
  • Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Agricultural Economics and Policy

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Hugo Valin are:

  • "Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy," 2020, published in Nature
  • "Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system," 2020, published in Nature Food
  • "Can N2O emissions offset the benefits from soil organic carbon storage?", 2020, published in Global Change Biology
  • "Articulating the effect of food systems innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals," 2020, published in The Lancet Planetary Health
  • "China's future food demand and its implications for trade and environment," 2021, published in Nature Sustainability

Frequent co-authors collaborating with this researcher include:

  • Peter Havlík
  • David Leclère
  • Stefan Frank
  • Tomoko Hasegawa
  • Michael Obersteiner

Publications by Hugo Valin have appeared regularly in several venues, with multiple articles in:

  • Nature Food
  • IIASA PURE (International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis)
  • OECD food, agriculture and fisheries working papers
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Environmental Research Letters

Within book publications, Hugo Valin contributed to a work published by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis titled A Concerted Approach to Biodiversity, Water, Food, and Trade in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Biomass use, production, feed efficiencies, and greenhouse gas emissions from global livestock systems

    Mario T. Herrero;Petr Havlík;Hugo Valin;An Maria Omer Notenbaert

  • A low energy demand scenario for meeting the 1.5 °c target and sustainable development goals without negative emission technologies

    Arnulf Grubler;Charlie Wilson;Charlie Wilson;Nuno Bento;Nuno Bento;Benigna Boza-Kiss

  • Land-use futures in the shared socio-economic pathways

    Alexander Popp;Katherine Calvin;Shinichiro Fujimori;Petr Havlik

  • The marker quantification of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathway 2: A middle-of-the-road scenario for the 21st century

    Oliver Fricko;Petr Havlik;Joeri Rogelj;Zbigniew Klimont

  • Greenhouse gas mitigation potentials in the livestock sector

    Mario Herrero;Benjamin Henderson;Petr Havlík;Philip K. Thornton;Philip K. Thornton

  • Climate change effects on agriculture: Economic responses to biophysical shocks

    Gerald C. Nelson;Hugo Valin;Ronald D. Sands;Petr Havlík

  • Bending the curve of terrestrial biodiversity needs an integrated strategy

    David Leclère;Michael Obersteiner;Michael Obersteiner;Mike Barrett;Stuart H.M. Butchart;Stuart H.M. Butchart

  • Climate change mitigation through livestock system transitions

    Petr Havlík;Hugo Valin;Mario T. Herrero;Mario T. Herrero;Michael Obersteiner

  • The future of food demand: understanding differences in global economic models

    Hugo Valin;Ronald D. Sands;Dominique van der Mensbrugghe;Gerald C. Nelson;Gerald C. Nelson

  • Risk of increased food insecurity under stringent global climate change mitigation policy

    Tomoko Hasegawa;Tomoko Hasegawa;Shinichiro Fujimori;Shinichiro Fujimori;Shinichiro Fujimori;Petr Havlík;Hugo Valin

  • Innovation can accelerate the transition towards a sustainable food system

    Mario Herrero;Philip K. Thornton;Daniel Mason-D’Croz;Jeda Palmer

  • Impacts of population growth, economic development, and technical change on global food production and consumption

    Uwe A. Schneider;Petr Havlik;Erwin Schmid;Hugo Valin

  • Land-use change trajectories up to 2050: insights from a global agro-economic model comparison

    Christoph Schmitz;Hans van Meijl;G. Page Kyle;Gerald C. Nelson;Gerald C. Nelson

  • The potential of future foods for sustainable and healthy diets

    Alejandro Parodi;Adrian Leip;I.J.M. de Boer;P.M. Slegers

  • Can N2O emissions offset the benefits from soil organic carbon storage

    Bertrand Guenet;Benoit Gabrielle;Claire Chenu;Dominique Arrouays

  • Agriculture and climate change in global scenarios: why don't the models agree

    Gerald C. Nelson;Gerald C. Nelson;Dominique van der Mensbrugghe;Helal Ahammad;Elodie Blanc

  • Cattle ranching intensification in Brazil can reduce global greenhouse gas emissions by sparing land from deforestation

    Avery S. Cohn;Aline Mosnier;Petr Havlík;Hugo Valin

  • Why do global long-term scenarios for agriculture differ? An overview of the AgMIP Global Economic Model Intercomparison

    M von Lampe;D Willenbockel;H Ahammad;E Blanc

  • Articulating the effect of food systems innovation on the Sustainable Development Goals

    Mario Herrero;Philip K. Thornton;Daniel Mason-D'Croz;Jeda Palmer

  • China’s future food demand and its implications for trade and environment

    Hao Zhao;Hao Zhao;Jinfeng Chang;Jinfeng Chang;Petr Havlík;Michiel van Dijk;Michiel van Dijk

  • Assessing the land resource-food price nexus of the Sustainable Development Goals.

    Michael Obersteiner;Brian Walsh;Stefan Frank;Petr Havlík

  • Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture without compromising food security

    Stefan Frank;Petr Havlík;Jean François Soussana;Antoine Levesque;Antoine Levesque

Frequent Co-Authors

Petr Havlik
Petr Havlik International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis
Michael Obersteiner
Michael Obersteiner University of Oxford
Tomoko Hasegawa
Tomoko Hasegawa Ritsumeikan University
Mario Herrero
Mario Herrero Cornell University
Shinichiro Fujimori
Shinichiro Fujimori Kyoto University
Hermann Lotze-Campen
Hermann Lotze-Campen Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Erwin Schmid
Erwin Schmid BOKU University
Hans van Meijl
Hans van Meijl Wageningen University & Research
Elke Stehfest
Elke Stehfest Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
Alexander Popp
Alexander Popp Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research

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