Publications

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City-scale assessment of the material and environmental footprint of buildings using an advanced building information model: A case study from Canberra, Australia

This research can inform circular economy efforts to improve building materials management by helping estimate the implications of alternative configurations of the urban built environment.

Global Resources Outlook 2024

Without urgent and concerted action, by 2060 resource extraction could rise by 60% from 2020 levels – driving increasing damage and risks.

China’s pathway towards a net zero and circular economy: A model-based scenario analysis

China can play a pivotal role in helping achieve global climate goals in collaboration with the rest of the world. Implementing well-designed policies, including the adoption of a circular economy approach, might enable China to meet these environmental targets with minimised economic costs.

The macroeconomic effects of COVID-19 vaccinations in five Asian countries

This study quantifies the economic benefits of COVID-19 vaccination in five key Asian economies, revealing net GDP increases from 0.16% (India) to 1.1% (South Korea) based on vaccination coverage. The analysis, utilizing a dynamic multi-country general equilibrium model, underscores the substantial direct and indirect economic gains of vaccination.

Are intermediate inputs really fixed?

The study challenges fixed input-output assumptions in economic models, using Australian data to show input substitution’s impact on forecasts, particularly with energy prices. It advocates for models to include variable input relationships for accuracy.

Pathways to lowering emissions for Australian industries

Rapid decarbonisation can steer Australia to net zero by 2050, reaching its Paris Agreement climate targets. This report projects 10-year timesteps along pathways for energy, transport, mining and heavy industry that would get us to net zero by 2050.

Do sectoral material efficiency improvements add up to greenhouse gas emissions reduction on an economy-wide level?

Investigating the contribution of material efficiency (ME) improvements to climate mitigation from an economy-wide perspective

Shared socio-economic pathways and their implications for global materials use

We explore the future of global material use across the five SSPs using economic modelling with industry sector, country detail and technology extensions and provide a summary of global material demand scenarios.

Exploring climate risk in Australia

Exploring the economic implications of a delayed transition to net zero emissions for the finance sector.

The Global Trade and Environment Model (GTEM-C)

This paper introduces the design of the CSIRO variant of the Global Trade and Environment model (GTEM-C).