Lin Ma

Senior Researcher

Contact info About Articles Projects Research groups

Contact info

Phone number

94 74 00 22 74+

on.olso.orecic@am.nil

Subject fields

Climate impacts internationally

Carbon capture and storage

Extreme weather

External profiles

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About

I have a PhD degree in Economics from the School of Economics and Business, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (HH, NMBU), and a MSc degree in Environmental and Development Economics from the University of Oslo.

My main research interests covers climate policy, climate impact, global energy market, asset allocation of Sovereign Wealth Funds, and asset pricing.

Articles

Wetlands as game-changers for climate change mitigation and adaptation

Published 16.10.2023

Wetlands are natural water ecosystems that can help to mitigate the physical impacts of multi-hazards and extreme events. Despite its high potential, wetlands have been overlooked and are rarely considered in climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction policies and programmes, argues CICERO researchers together with Wetlands International Europe.

GRACE - Technical documentation

Published 15.6.2022

The model for Global Responses to Anthropogenic Change in the Environment (GRACE) is a multi-sector, multi-regional, recursively dynamic global computable general equilibrium model (CGE) written in GAMS and based on GTAP database.

Projects

Quantifying health risks from heat and air pollution (HEATCOST)

HEATCOST will quantify health risks attributable to heat and air pollution (with a particular focus on air pollution from wildfires) in main world regions under selected climate scenarios and socioeconomic pathways.

EXHAUSTION

Increasing temperatures and heat waves due to climate change, combined with air pollution, constitute major health risks, and could cause an increase in cardiovascular and respiratory diseases across Europe. EXHAUSTION (Exposure to heat and air pollution in Europe – cardiopulmonary impacts and benefits of mitigation and adaptation) aims to quantify the changes in cardiopulmonary mortality and morbidity due to extreme heat and air pollution (including from wildfires) under selected climate scenarios.

EXHAUSTION has its own project website at EXHAUSTION.EU

Health | Air pollution | Heat waves

BorealBlaze

Forest fires have become more intense, more frequent and more extensive in several areas, with global warming as one contributing factor. A new research project, led by CICERO, will examine how forest fires near the Arctic will develop and affect the future climate. The aim is to contribute to improved projections of climate change and risk, for the high latitudes and globally, which is crucial for decision-makers who aim to secure the basis of life for people and nature.

Research groups

Climate and health

The climate and health research group is an interdisciplinary group with strong competence within a range of areas of relevance to health impact assessment.

Climate and nature risk

The research group models and analyzes climate impacts on nature, society and the economy, performs scenario analyses, and conducts stress tests based on its knowledge and expertise in using climate and economic models and climate and other environmental data.