Dr Johan C.I. Kuylenstierna, PhD (air pollution), BSc (Biology) is Policy Director for SEI. He was the Centre Director of Stockholm Environment Institute centre at York (SEI York) from 1997-2012 and has worked for SEI since it began in 1989, and prior to that at the Beijer Institute since 1986.

His research has been concerned with various atmospheric issues including climate change and in particular aspects of air pollution at scales ranging from regional to global, particularly effects of acidifying deposition, eutrophying nitrogen deposition and gaseous pollutant impacts on crops, forests and human health. His interests are in the in the effective communication of scientific information to policy and decision makers to promote effective andinformed decision-making.

Johan assists the development of the Malé Declaration in South Asia (with UNEP) and the development of APINA, the Air Pollution Information Network for Africa. He is joint convenor of the Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum (GAP Forum) which is a network of regional agreements (including UNEP and the Convetnion on LRTAP) and networks around the world focussing on linking issues of air pollution and climate change. He coordinates the development of Tiempo, a bulletin (where he is an editor) and website on climate change and developing countries produced by SEI and IIED.

He also coordinated SEI's input to the UK CIP Scoping study into the impacts of climate change in Yorkshire. He was coordinating lead author of Chapter 2 on Atmosphere for UNEP's Global Environment Outlook, GEO4, which presented a global overview of air pollution, climate change and ozone depletion and is CLA in GEO5.

He coordinates a UNEP assessment on the linked air pollution and radiative forcing issues related to black carbon and tropospheric ozone (due in2010/ 2011). He is also one the key researchers developing a 'Centre for Low Carbon Futures', a collaboration across universities in Yorkshire.

Johan is the author of 21 refereed papers and 26 articles, reports and book contributions.

Publications

• Simultaneously mitigating near-term climate change and improving human health and food security (Journal article - 2012)

• The Economics of Low Carbon Cities: A Mini-Stern Review for the Leeds City Region (Report - 2012)

• Biofuels and their potential to aid the UK towards achieving emissions reduction policy targets (Journal article - 2012)

• GEO-5 Chapter 2: Atmosphere (Book chapter - 2012)

• Identification of ‘Carbon Hot-Spots’ and Quantification of GHG Intensities in the Biodiesel Supply Chain Using Hybrid LCA and Structural Path Analysis (Journal article - 2011)

• Dry and wet atmospheric deposition of nitrogen and phosphorus in Singapore (Journal article - 2011)

• Governance of Air Quality and Stakeholder Engagement: Lessons and Experience from International Cases (Book chapter - 2011)

• Air Pollution and Climate Change – the Case for Integrated Policy from an Asian Perspective (Book chapter - 2010)

• Introductory summary of co-benefit issues and Stockholm conference objectives (Journal article - 2009)

• Challenges of developing and applying integrated strategies at various scales (Journal article - 2009)

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Projects

• Promoting a co-benefits approach to reduce the threat posed by climate change and air pollution.

  
  

• Low Carbon Supply Chain

  
  

• Climate change in Yorkshire & Humber

  
  

• Air pollution in the megacities of Asia (APMA)

  
  

• Air Pollution Information Network for Africa

  
  

• Global Atmospheric Pollution Forum (GAP Forum)

  
  

• Modelling and Mapping of Ozone Flux

  
  

• Regional Air Pollution In Developing Countries (RAPIDC)

  
  

• Tiempo - a bulletin on climate and development