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Wang, D., Chen, Z., Sahu, R.K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0681-0509, Kahil, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7812-5271, Tang, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2867-9241, Shan, Y., Zhang, W., Ye, W., Wu, G., Li, H. & Hubacek, K. (2025). Impacts of water conservation, wastewater treatment, and reuse on water quantity and quality stress mitigation in China. Journal of Industrial Ecology 10.1111/jiec.70006. (In Press)

Pradhan, P., Weitz, N., Daioglou, V., Abrahão, G.M., Allen, C., Ambrósio, G., Arp, F., Asif, F., Bennich, T., Benton, T.G., Biermann, F., Cao, M., Carlsen, H., Chen, F., Chen, M., Daams, M.N., Dawes, J.H.P., Dhakal, S., Gilmore, E., Miguel, L.J. et al. (2024). Three foci at the science-policy interface for systemic Sustainable Development Goal acceleration. Nature Communications 15 (1), e8600. 10.1038/s41467-024-52926-x.

Zhao, D., Liu, J., Sun, L., Hubacek, K., Pfister, S., Feng, K., Zheng, H., Peng, X., Wang, D., Yang, H., Shen, L., Lun, F., Zhao, X., Chen, B., Keskinen, M., Zhang, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2487-8574, Cai, J. & Varis, O. (2024). Water consumption and biodiversity: Responses to global emergency events. Science Bulletin 69 (16), 2632-2646. 10.1016/j.scib.2024.03.049.

Liu, L., Lei, Y., Fath, B.D. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9440-6842, Hubacek, K., Yao, H. & Liu, W. (2022). The spatio-temporal dynamics of urban resilience in China's capital cities. Journal of Cleaner Production 379 (part 1), e134400. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.134400.

Wang, J., Lin, J., Feng, K., Liu, Y., Jiao, X., Ni, R., Du, M. & Hubacek, K. (2021). Towards reducing inter-city economic inequality embedded in China’s environmental protection tax law. Environmental Research Letters 16 (12), e124007. 10.1088/1748-9326/ac34bd.

Liu, Y., Cui, Q., Liu, Y., Zhang, J., Zhou, M., Ali, T., Yang, L., Feng, K., Hubacek, K. & Li, X. (2021). Countermeasures against economic crisis from COVID-19 pandemic in China: An analysis of effectiveness and trade-offs. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 59, 482-495. 10.1016/j.strueco.2021.09.017.

Dorninger, C., von Wehrden, H., Krausmann, F., Bruckner, M., Feng, K., Hubacek, K., Erb, K.-H. & Abson, D.J. (2021). The effect of industrialization and globalization on domestic land-use: A global resource footprint perspective. Global Environmental Change 69, e102311. 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102311.

Lamb, W.F., Wiedmann, T., Pongratz, J., Andrew, R., Crippa, M., Olivier, J.G.J., Wiedenhofer, D., Mattioli, G., Al Khourdajie, A., House, J., Pachauri, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-3178, Figueroa, M., Saheb, Y., Slade, R., Hubacek, K., Sun, L., Ribeiro, S.K., Khennas, S., de la Rue du Can, S., Chapungu, L. et al. (2021). A review of trends and drivers of greenhouse gas emissions by sector from 1990 to 2018. Environmental Research Letters 16, e073005. 10.1088/1748-9326/abee4e.

Shan, Y., Ou, J., Wang, D., Zeng, Z., Zhang, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2487-8574, Guan, D. & Hubacek, K. (2021). Impacts of COVID-19 and fiscal stimuli on global emissions and the Paris Agreement. Nature Climate Change 11, 200-206. 10.1038/s41558-020-00977-5.

Dorninger, C., Hornborg, A., Abson, D.J., von Wehrden, H., Schaffartzik, A., Giljum, S., Engler, J.-O., Feller, R.L., Hubacek, K. & Wieland, H. (2021). Global patterns of ecologically unequal exchange: Implications for sustainability in the 21st century. Ecological Economics 179, e106824. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2020.106824.

Solé, J., Samsó, R., García-Ladona, E., García-Olivares, A., Ballabrera-Poy, J., Madurell, T., Turiel, A., Osychenko, O., Álvarez, D., Bardi, U., Baumann, M., Buchmann, K., Capellán-Pérez, Í., Černý, M., Carpintero, Ó., De Blas, I., De Castro, C., De Lathouwer, J.-D., Duce, C., Eggler, L. et al. (2020). Modelling the renewable transition: Scenarios and pathways for a decarbonized future using pymedeas, a new open-source energy systems model. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 132, e110105. 10.1016/j.rser.2020.110105.

Mi, Z, Zheng, J., Meng, J., Ou, J., Hubacek, K., Liu, Z., Coffman, D., Stern, N., Liang, S. & Wei, Y.-M. (2020). Economic development and converging household carbon footprints in China. Nature Sustainability 3 (7), 529-537. 10.1038/s41893-020-0504-y.

Cai, B., Hubacek, K., Feng, K., Zhang, W., Wang, F. & Liu, Y. (2020). Tension of Agricultural Land and Water Use in China’s Trade: Tele-Connections, Hidden Drivers and Potential Solutions. Environmental Science & Technology 54 (9), 5365-5375. 10.1021/acs.est.0c00256.

Chen, S., Long, H., Chen, B., Feng, K. & Hubacek, K. (2020). Urban carbon footprints across scale: Important considerations for choosing system boundaries. Applied Energy 259, e114201. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2019.114201.

Chen, S., Chen, B., Feng, K., Liu, Z., Fromer, N., Tan, X., Alsaedi, A., Hayat, T., Weisz, H., Schellnhuber, H.J. & Hubacek, K. (2020). Physical and virtual carbon metabolism of global cities. Nature Communications 11 (1) 10.1038/s41467-019-13757-3.

Liu, X., Pei, F., Wen, Y., Li, X., Wang, S., Wu, C., Cai, Y., Wu, J., Chen, J., Feng, K., Liu, J., Hubacek, K., Davis, S., Yuan, W., Yu, L. & Liu, Z. (2019). Global urban expansion offsets climate-driven increases in terrestrial net primary productivity. Nature Communications 10 (1), e5558. 10.1038/s41467-019-13462-1.

Wang, J., Lin, J., Feng, K., Liu, P., Du, M., Ni, R., Chen, L., Kong, H., Weng, H., Liu, M., Baiocchi, G., Zhao, Y., Mi, Z., Cao, J. & Hubacek, K. (2019). Environmental Taxation and Regional Inequality in China. Science Bulletin 64 (22) 10.1016/j.scib.2019.09.017.

Zhang, W., Liu, M., Hubacek, K., Feng, K., Wu, W., Liu, Y., Jiang, H., Bi, J. & Wang, J. (2019). Virtual flows of aquatic heavy metal emissions and associated risk in China. Journal of Environmental Management 249, e109400. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.109400.

Lin, J., Du, M., Chen, L., Feng, K., Liu, Y., V. Martin, R., Wang, J., Ni, R., Zhao, Y., Kong, H., Weng, H., Liu, M., van Donkelaar, A., Liu, Q. & Hubacek, K. (2019). Carbon and health implications of trade restrictions. Nature Communications 10 (1), e4947. 10.1038/s41467-019-12890-3.

Lu, Y., Wang, Y., Zhang, W., Hubacek, K., Bi, F., Zuo, J., Jiang, H., Zhang, Z., Feng, K., Liu, Y. & Xue, W. (2019). Provincial air pollution responsibility and environmental tax of China based on interregional linkage indicators. Journal of Cleaner Production 235, 337-347. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.06.293.

Vogt-Schilb, A., Walsh, B., Feng, K., Di Capua, L., Liu, Y., Zuluaga, D., Robles, M. & Hubacek, K. (2019). Cash transfers for pro-poor carbon taxes in Latin America and the Caribbean. Nature Sustainability 2 (10), 941-948. 10.1038/s41893-019-0385-0.

He, P., Baiocchi, G., Feng, K., Hubacek, K. & Yu, Y. (2019). Environmental impacts of dietary quality improvement in China. Journal of Environmental Management 240, 518-526. 10.1016/j.jenvman.2019.03.106.

Wang, Q., Hubacek, K., Feng, K., Guo, L., Zhang, K., Xue, J. & Liang, Q.-M. (2019). Distributional impact of carbon pricing in Chinese provinces. Energy Economics 81, 327-340. 10.1016/j.eneco.2019.04.003.

Liu, X., Wang, S., Wu, P., Feng, K., Hubacek, K., Li, X. & Sun, L. (2019). Impacts of Urban Expansion on Terrestrial Carbon Storage in China. Environmental Science & Technology 53 (12), 6834-3844. 10.1021/acs.est.9b00103.

Fang, D., Chen, B., Hubacek, K., Ni, R., Chen, L., Feng, K. & Lin, J. (2019). Clean air for some: Unintended spillover effects of regional air pollution policies. Science Advances 5 (4), eaav4707. 10.1126/sciadv.aav4707.

Zhao, D., Hubacek, K., Feng, K., Sun, L. & Liu, J. (2019). Explaining virtual water trade: A spatial-temporal analysis of the comparative advantage of land, labor and water in China. Water Research 153, 304-314. 10.1016/j.watres.2019.01.025.

Termansen, M., Chapman, D.S., Quinn, C.H., Fraser, E.D.G., Jin, N., Beharry-Borg, N. & Hubacek, K. (2019). Modelling land use dynamics in socio-ecological systems: A case study in the UK uplands. Advances in Ecological Research 60, 125-152. 10.1016/bs.aecr.2019.03.002.

Munoz Castillo, R., Feng, K., Sun, L., Guilhoto, J., Pfister, S., Miralles-Wilhelm, F. & Hubacek, K. (2019). The land-water nexus of biofuel production in Brazil: Analysis of synergies and trade-offs using a multiregional input-output model. Journal of Cleaner Production 214, 52-61. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2018.12.264.

Voinov, A., Jenni, K., Gray, S., Kolagani, N., Glynn, P.D., Bommel, P., Prell, C., Zellner, M., Paolisso, M., Jordan, R., Sterling, E., Schmitt Olabisi, L., Giabbanelli, P.J., Sun, Z., Le Page, C., Elsawah, S., BenDor, T.K., Hubacek, K., Laursen, B.K., Jetter, A. et al. (2018). Tools and methods in participatory modeling: Selecting the right tool for the job. Environmental Modelling & Software 109, 232-255. 10.1016/j.envsoft.2018.08.028.

Jordan, R., Gray, S., Zellner, M., Glynn, P.D., Voinov, A., Hedelin, B., Sterling, E.J., Leong, K., Olabisi, L.S., Hubacek, K., Bommel, P., BenDor, T.K., Jetter, A.J., Laursen, B., Singer, A., Giabbanelli, P.J., Kolagani, N., Carrera, L.B., Jenni, K. & Prell, C. (2018). Twelve Questions for the Participatory Modeling Community. Earth's Future 6 (8), 1046-1057. 10.1029/2018EF000841.

Shan, Y., Guan, D., Hubacek, K., Zheng, B., Davis, S.J., Jia, L., Liu, J., Liu, Z., Fromer, N., Mi, Z., Meng, J., Deng, X., Li, Y., Lin, J., Schroeder, H., Weisz, H. & Schellnhuber, H.J. (2018). City-level climate change mitigation in China. Science Advances 4 (6), eaaq0390. 10.1126/sciadv.aaq0390.

White, D.J., Hubacek, K., Feng, K., Sun, L. & Meng, B. (2018). The Water-Energy-Food Nexus in East Asia: A tele-connected value chain analysis using inter-regional input-output analysis. Applied Energy 210, 550-567. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.05.159.

Hubacek, K., Baiocchi, G., Feng, K., Muñoz Castillo, R., Sun, L. & Xue, J. (2017). Global carbon inequality. Energy, Ecology and Environment 2 (6), 361-369. 10.1007/s40974-017-0072-9.

Munoz Castillo, R., Feng, K., Hubacek, K., Sun, L., Guilhoto, J. & Miralles-Wilhelm, F. (2017). Uncovering the Green, Blue, and Grey Water Footprint and Virtual Water of Biofuel Production in Brazil: A Nexus Perspective. Sustainability 9 (11), p. 2049. 10.3390/su9112049.

Yu, Y., Feng, K., Hubacek, K. & Sun, L. (2016). Global Implications of China's Future Food Consumption. Journal of Industrial Ecology 20 (3), 593-602. 10.1111/jiec.12392.

Duarte, R., Feng, K., Hubacek, K., Sanchez-Choliz, J., Sarasa, C. & Sun, L. (2015). Modeling the carbon consequences of pro-environmental consumer behavior. Applied Energy 184, 1207-1216. 10.1016/j.apenergy.2015.09.101.

White, D.J., Feng, K., Sun, L. & Hubacek, K. (2015). A hydro-economic MRIO analysis of the Haihe River Basin's water footprint and water stress. Ecological Modelling 318, 157-167. 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.01.017.

Liu, Z., Guan, D., Wei, W., Davis, S.J., Ciais, P., Bai, J., Peng, S., Zhang, Q., Hubacek, K., Marland, G., Andres, R.J., Crawford-Brown, D., Lin, J., Zhao, H., Hong, C., Boden, T.A., Feng, K., Peters, G.P., Xi, F., Liu, J. et al. (2015). Reduced carbon emission estimates from fossil fuel combustion and cement production in China. Nature 524, 335-338. 10.1038/nature14677.

Feng, K., Davis, S.J., Sun, L. & Hubacek, K. (2015). Drivers of the US CO2 emissions 1997–2013. Nature Communications 6, no. 7714. 10.1038/ncomms8714.

Feng, K., Hubacek, K., Sun, L. & Liu, Z. (2014). Consumption-based CO2 accounting of China's megacities: The case of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing. Ecological Indicators 47, 26-31. 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.04.045.

Feng, K., Hubacek, K., Pfister, S., Yu, Y. & Sun, L. (2014). Virtual scarce water in China. Environmental Science & Technology 48 (14), 7704-7713. 10.1021/es500502q.

Feng, K., Davis, S.J., Sun, L., Li, X., Guan, D., Liu, W., Liu, Z. & Hubacek, K. (2013). Outsourcing CO2 within China. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (28), 11654-11659. 10.1073/pnas.1219918110.

Fraser, E.D.G., Dougill, A.J., Hubacek, K., Quinn, C.H., Sendzimir, J. & Termansen, M. (2011). Assessing vulnerability to climate change in dryland livelihood systems: Conceptual challenges and interdisciplinary solutions. Ecology and Society 16 (3), art.3. 10.5751/ES-03402-160303.

Guan, D. & Hubacek, K. (2007). Assessment of regional trade and virtual water flows in China. Ecological Economics 61 (1), 159-170. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2006.02.022.

Prell, C., Hubacek, K., Reed, M., Quinn, C., Jin, N., Holden, J., Burt, T., Kirby, M. & Sendzimir, J. (2007). If you have a hammer everything looks like a nail: traditional versus participatory model building. Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 32 (3), 263-282. 10.1179/030801807X211720.

Hubacek, K. & van den Bergh, J.C.J.M. (2006). Changing concepts of "land" in economic theory: From single to multi-disciplinary approaches. Ecological Economics 56 (1), 5-27. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2005.03.033.

Sun, L., Giljum, S. & Hubacek, K. (2004). Beyond the simple material balance: A reply to Sangwong Suh's note on physical input-output analysis. Ecological Economics 48 (1), 19-22. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2003.09.004.

Hubacek, K. & Giljum, S. (2003). Applying physical input-output analysis to estimate land appropriation (ecological footprints) of international trade activities. Ecological Economics 44 (1), 137-151. 10.1016/S0921-8009(02)00257-4.

Hubacek, K., Erickson, J.D. & Duchin, F. (2002). Input-Output Modeling of Protected Landscapes: The Adirondack Park. The Review of Regional Studies 32 (2), 207-222.

Hubacek, K. & Sun, L. (2001). A scenario analysis of China's land use and land cover change: Incorporating biophysical information into input-output modeling. Structural Change and Economic Dynamics 12 (4), 367-397. 10.1016/S0954-349X(01)00029-7.

Hubacek, K. & Sun, L. (2000). Dance with the increasing scarcity of land: A scenario analysis for China in 2025. IFAS-Forum, 9-16.

Book Section

Dhakal, S., Minx, J.C., Toth, F., Abdel-Aziz, A., Figueroa Meza, M.J., Hubacek, K., Jonckheere, I.G.C., Kim, Y-G., Nemet, G.F., Pachauri, S. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8138-3178, Tan, X.C. & Wiedmann, T. (2022). Emissions Trends and Drivers (Chapter 2). In: IPCC 2022: Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Eds. Shukla, A.R., Skea, J., Slade, R., Al Khourdajie, A., van Diemen, R., McCollum, D., Pathak, M., Some, S., Vyas, P., Fradera, R. et al., pp. 215-294 Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA: Cambridge University Press. 10.1017/9781009157926.004.

Sun, L., Hubacek, K. & Guan, D. (2005). An analysis of China's water problems: A long-term perspective. In: Handbook of Sustainability Research. Eds. Filho, W. Lea, Germany: Frankfurt Peter Lang Scientific Publishers. ISBN 3-631-52606-7

Illge, L., Hubacek, K. & Gijum, S. (2002). Is there a role for EU Integrated Product Policy (IPP) in solving global environmental problems? Investigating IPP's capacity for correction at source in a global context. In: Proceedings of the 2001 Berlin Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change: "Global Environmental Change and the Nation State". Eds. Bierman, F., Brohn, R. & Dingwerth, K., pp. 183-191 Potsdam, Germany: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Reseach. ISSN: 14360179.

Monograph

Hubacek, K. & Sun, L. (2007). Economic and Societal Changes in China and their Effects on Water Use. IIASA Research Report (Reprint). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RP-07-008. Reprinted from Journal of Industrial Ecology, 9(1-2):187-200 [2007].

Guan, D. & Hubacek, K. (2006). Assessment of Regional Trade and Virtual Water Flows in China. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-06-003

Haas, W., Hertwich, E., Hubacek, K., Korytarova, K., Ornetzeder, M. & Weisz, H. (2005). The Environmental Impacts of Consumption: Research Methods and Driving Forces. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-05-027

Hammer, M. & Hubacek, K. (2002). Material Flows and Economic Development - Material Flow Analysis of the Hungarian Economy. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-02-057

Hubacek, K. & van den Bergh, J.C.J.M. (2002). The Role of Land in Economic Theory. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-02-037

Hubacek, K. & Vazquez, J. (2002). The Economics of Land Use Change. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-02-015

Giljum, S. & Hubacek, K. (2001). International Trade, Material Flows and Land Use: Developing a Physical Trade Balance for the European Union. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-01-059

Hubacek, K. & Sun, L. (2001). A Scenario Analysis of China's Land Use and Land Cover Change: Incorporating Biophysical Information into Input-Output Modeling. IIASA Research Report (Reprint). IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: RR-01-013. Reprinted from Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, 12:367-397 [2001].

Hubacek, K. & Sun, L. (2000). Land Use Change at the National and Regional Level in China: A Scenario Analysis Based on Input-Output Modeling. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-00-053

Hubacek, K. & Sun, L. (1999). Land Use Change in China: A Scenario Analysis Based on Input- Output Modeling. IIASA Interim Report. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: IR-99-073

Conference or Workshop Item

Wang, D., Sahu, R. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0681-0509, Kahil, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7812-5271, Tang, T. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2867-9241 & Hubacek, K. (2022). A Novel Integrated Hydro-Economic Model: Application to Water Stress Assessment and Mitigation in China. In: Systems Analysis for Reducing Footprints and Enhancing Resilience, 16-17 November, 2022, Vienna, Austria.

Korytarova, K., Hubacek, K. & Turton, H. (2004). CO2 Emissions from Consumption in Slovakia. In: Environmental Economics, Policy and International Relations: 6th Seminar of Postgraduate Students, Young Scientists and Researchers, 7-8 October 2004.

Other

Haas, W., Hertwich, E., Hubacek, K., Korytarova, K., Ornetzeder, M. & Weisz, H. (2004). Approaches for Evaluating Sustainable Consumption Initiatives. Final Report submitted to The Society of Non-Traditional Technology (SNTT), Tokyo, Japan [2004]