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Citations
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Environmental Sciences in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2026 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Social Sciences and Humanities in Netherlands Leader Award

Overview

Klaus Hubacek is affiliated with the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Environmental Science and Economics, Econometrics and Finance, with a substantial focus on Environmental Engineering, Economics and Econometrics, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Global and Planetary Change, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their work addresses topics including Environmental Impact and Sustainability, Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies, Energy, Environment, Economic Growth, Climate Change Policy and Economics, Air Quality and Health Impacts, Global Energy and Sustainability Research, and Energy and Environment Impacts.

The scientist has contributed publications to prominent venues such as Environmental Science & Technology, Environmental Research Letters, Nature Communications, Journal of Cleaner Production, and Ecological Economics.

Frequent collaborators include Kuishuang Feng, Yuli Shan, Laixiang Sun, Yu Liu, and Dabo Guan, reflecting ongoing partnerships within the research community.

Some recent significant papers authored include:

  • A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018, 2021, Environmental Research Letters
  • China CO2 emission accounts 2016-2017, 2020, Scientific Data
  • Global supply-chain effects of COVID-19 control measures, 2020, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Assessment to China's Recent Emission Pattern Shifts, 2021, Earth's Future
  • Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century, 2020, Ecological Economics

Best Publications

  • Who's in and why? A typology of stakeholder analysis methods for natural resource management.

    Mark S. Reed;Anil Graves;Norman Dandy;Helena Posthumus

  • Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China

    Z Liu;Dabo Guan;Wei Wei;Steven J Davis

  • Annual Report 2008

    Jan Oosterhaven;Norbert Rainer;Thijs ten Raa;Joaquim Jose Martins Guilhoto

  • Stakeholder Analysis and Social Network Analysis in Natural Resource Management

    Christina Prell;Klaus Hubacek;Mark Reed

  • A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018

    William F. Lamb;Thomas Wiedmann;Julia Pongratz;Robbie Andrew

  • China CO2 emission accounts 2016-2017.

    Yuli Shan;Qi Huang;Dabo Guan;Klaus Hubacek;Klaus Hubacek

  • Unpacking “Participation” in the Adaptive Management of Social–ecological Systems: a Critical Review

    Lindsay C. Stringer;Andrew J. Dougill;Evan Fraser;Klaus Hubacek

  • The contribution of Chinese exports to climate change

    Christopher L. Weber;Glen P. Peters;Dabo Guan;Klaus Hubacek

  • Chinese CO2 emission flows have reversed since the global financial crisis

    Zhifu Mi;Zhifu Mi;Jing Meng;Dabo Guan;Yuli Shan

  • Global supply-chain effects of COVID-19 control measures.

    Dabo Guan;Daoping Wang;Stephane Hallegatte;Steven J. Davis

  • The drivers of Chinese CO2 emissions from 1980 to 2030

    Dabo Guan;Klaus Hubacek;Christopher L. Weber;Glen P. Peters;Glen P. Peters

  • China's growing CO2 emissions--a race between increasing consumption and efficiency gains.

    Glen P. Peters;Christopher L. Weber;Dabo Guan;Klaus Hubacek

  • Outsourcing CO2 within China

    Kuishuang Feng;Steven J. Davis;Laixiang Sun;Laixiang Sun;Xin Li

  • The gigatonne gap in China’s carbon dioxide inventories

    Dabo Guan;Dabo Guan;Dabo Guan;Zhu Liu;Yong Geng;Soeren Lindner

  • INPUT–OUTPUT ANALYSIS AND CARBON FOOTPRINTING: AN OVERVIEW OF APPLICATIONS

    J. C. Minx;T. Wiedmann;R. Wood;G. P. Peters

  • Assessment to China's Recent Emission Pattern Shifts

    Yuru Guan;Yuli Shan;Qi Huang;Huilin Chen;Huilin Chen

  • Position Paper: The role of expert opinion in environmental modelling

    Tobias Krueger;Trevor Page;Klaus Hubacek;Laurence Smith

  • Physical and virtual water transfers for regional water stress alleviation in China

    Xu Zhao;Junguo Liu;Qingying Liu;Martin R. Tillotson

  • Assessment of regional trade and virtual water flows in China

    Dabo Guan;Klaus Hubacek

  • Environmental implications of urbanization and lifestyle change in China: Ecological and Water Footprints

    Klaus Hubacek;Dabo Guan;John Barrett;Thomas Wiedmann

  • Journey to world top emitter: An analysis of the driving forces of China's recent CO2 emissions surge

    Dabo Guan;Glen P. Peters;Christopher L. Weber;Klaus Hubacek

Frequent Co-Authors

Kuishuang Feng
Kuishuang Feng University of Hong Kong
Laixiang Sun
Laixiang Sun University of Maryland, College Park
Dabo Guan
Dabo Guan Tsinghua University
Mark Reed
Mark Reed Scotland's Rural College
Mette Termansen
Mette Termansen University of Copenhagen
Zhu Liu
Zhu Liu Tsinghua University
Aletta Bonn
Aletta Bonn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Steven J. Davis
Steven J. Davis Stanford University
Lindsay C. Stringer
Lindsay C. Stringer University of York
Evan D. G. Fraser
Evan D. G. Fraser University of Guelph

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