Academic Conferences

The 11th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE2023) will be held in Leiden, the Netherlands, from July 2 to 5, 2023. The ISIE conference is held every two years to advance the development and exchange of industrial ecology and to jointly promote sustainable development and a prosperous circular economy. The 2023 meeting, themed “Transitions in a World in Turmoil,” is the first global industrial ecology gathering in four years since 2019.

Co-organized by Associate Professor Yuli Shan of the University of Birmingham, Assistant Professor Kangkang Tong of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Professor Xiao Li of Xi’an Jiaotong University, and Assistant Professor Qian Zhang of Queen's University, Canada, this ISIE session on Urban Climate Action Toward Carbon Neutrality with Enhanced Resource Circularity was prepared to explore urban climate action toward carbon neutrality and improved resource circularity. The session will feature Professor Klaus Hubacek of the University of Groningen, Professor Anu Ramaswami of Princeton University, and several outstanding young scholars giving thematic talks and research sharing. We warmly invite all teachers and students attending ISIE to join this academic exchange session.

Session time: 9:00-10:30 on July 3, 2023 (local time in the Netherlands, Part I); 12:00-12:45 on July 3, 2023 (local time in the Netherlands, Part II)

Venue: B0.13 KOG, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES Leiden

Conference links:

https://isie2023.exordo.com/programme/session/66

https://isie2023.exordo.com/programme/session/75

Session Background

As the global march toward carbon neutrality continues, cities are playing an increasingly important role in climate change mitigation and response. Many cities have already taken active action and provided strong support for national climate efforts. However, the high heterogeneity among city clusters and within cities makes it challenging to formulate precise and effective urban action pathways at this stage. Against this backdrop, this session focuses on urban carbon neutrality goals and related resource circularity issues, exploring the opportunities for urban industrial symbiosis under the new circumstances and its implications for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Topics of Interest

1) New carbon monitoring systems for cities

2) Research on urban carbon neutrality strategies and pathways

3) Inequality in carbon footprint and energy transition

4) Synergetic emission reduction and sustainable development in cities

5) Industrial waste reuse and its impact on carbon emissions

6) Technologies, business models, and regulatory frameworks for climate-friendly waste management systems

Talks and Schedule

9:00-9:20

Urban carbon inequality

Prof. Klaus Hubacek

University of Groningen

Professor at the University of Groningen's Energy and Sustainability Research Institute, Fellow of the British Academy of Social Sciences, lead author of IPCC reports

9:20-9:40

Towards a nexus science for zero-carbon cities with health, climate resilience, and equity co-benefits

Prof. Anu Ramaswami

Princeton University

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University, lead author of IPCC reports

9:40-9:52

Leveraging the opportunities of low-carbon transition by super-emitter cities in China

Dr. Heran Zheng, UCL

Heran Zheng, Assistant Professor at the Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction, University College London (UCL)

9:52-10:05

Carbon monitor cities: near-real-time monitoring of daily fossil-fuel CO2 emissions from cities worldwide

Dr. Da Huo

Tsinghua University

Da Huo, postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Earth System Science, Tsinghua University

10:05-10:18

Assessment of city-level emissions and peak in China

Jinghang Xu

University of Birmingham

Jinghang Xu, PhD student at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham

10:18-10:30

The landscape of city-level GHG emission accounts in Africa

Binyuan Liu

University of Groningen

Binyuan Liu, PhD student at the Energy and Sustainability Research Institute, University of Groningen

12:00-12:15

From disruptions to opportunities: the impact of COVID-19 on industrial waste trading in China

Prof. Xiao Li

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Xiao Li, professor at the School of Public Policy and Administration, Xi'an Jiaotong University, selected for the Shaanxi Province High-Level Talent Program and the university's Youth Top-Talent Support Program

12:15-12:30

City-level inequalities in sustainable development

Dr. Ruoqi Li

University of Birmingham & Nanjing University

Ruoqi Li, postdoctoral researcher at the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham

12:30-12:45

Greenhouse gas emissions inventory of natural gas pipeline incidents in the United States and Canada from the 1980s to 2021

Dr. Hongfang Lu

Southeast University

Hongfang Lu, associate researcher at the School of Civil Engineering, Southeast University