Centre for Sustainability Science and Technology
Innovating today for a sustainable tomorrow.
Vision
Pioneering equitable, technology-driven pathways for sustainable development by uniting global innovators, policymakers, and communities in solving humanity’s most pressing challenges.
About
The Centre for Sustainability Science and Technology (CSST) is a global virtual hub where researchers, industry leaders, and policymakers collaborate to design and deploy transformative technologies and strategies for sustainable development. Our goal is to build resilient, sustainable supply chains and systems that bridge the gap between technological innovation and real-world impact. Founded by Professor Jing Meng and a multidisciplinary coalition of experts in environmental science, data science, engineering, economics, and public policy, CSST is committed to accelerating the transitions to a sustainable future.
Our mission
We drive the adoption of scalable, equitable solutions by:
- Developing Facility-level Emissions Inventories: Constructing real-time emissions inventory for major power and industrial facilities by leveraging AI and remote sensing technologies.
- Conducting Techno-Economic Assessments: Evaluating the technical and economic feasibility, competitiveness, and potential impact of emerging technologies.
- Fostering Strategic Innovation: Developing policy frameworks, promoting public-private partnerships, and creating financing models to scale innovative technologies and high-impact solutions.
- Identifying Cost-effective Decarbonization Pathways: Designing tailored decarbonization strategies at multiple levels – from individual industrial plants and companies to sectors and economies.
International Collaboration: Facilitating international dialogue and collaboration to tackle global climate and environmental challenges.
People
Professor Jing Meng, CSST Centre Founder and Director
Professor Dabo Guan
Dr Heran Zheng
Dr Tianyang Lei, Research Fellow
Dr Jingwen Huo, Research Fellow
Xinyi Wu (September 2021–present)
Research topic: Industrial decarbonization: economical technology solutions to global steel plants
Supervisory team: Prof. Jing Meng and Prof. Xi Liang
Email: xinyi-wu.21@ucl.ac.uk
Yiting Xu (September 2021–present)
Research topic: Mitigation pathway based on different low-carbon technologies
Supervisory team: Prof. Jing Meng and Prof. Dabo Guan
Email: ucbqyyx@ucl.ac.uk
Huaxi Peng (January 2021–present)
Research topic: Advancing emission accounting inventories and applications to analyse driving forces of emission pattern changes in South American countries
Supervisory team: Prof. Dabo Guan and Prof. Jing Meng
Email: ucechxp@ucl.ac.uk
Song Qing (January 2021–present)
Research topic: Modelling study for designing power sector transformation pathways
Supervisory team: Prof. Dabo Guan and Prof. Zhen Ye
Email: ucbqngs@ucl.ac.uk
Weichen Zhao (September 2021–present)
Research topic: Accessing low-carbon technology and identifying the zero-carbon pathways of the chemical industry
Supervisory team: Prof. Dabo Guan and Prof. Zhen Ye
Email: weichen.zhao.18@ucl.ac.uk
Shijun Ma (September 2022–present)
Research topic: Low-carbon pathway analysis for the solid waste and petrochemical sectors: mitigation benefits, economic costs, and technology options
Supervisory team: Prof. Dabo Guan, Prof. Xi Liang and Prof. Jing Meng
Email: ucbvsms@ucl.ac.uk
Yunqing Bi (October 2022–present)
Research topic: Decarbonisation pathways for cities in Southeast Asia
Supervisory team: Prof. Jing Meng and Dr. Heran Zheng
Email: yunqing.bi.22@ucl.ac.uk
Quanzhi Xia (September 2023–present)
Research topic: Building the resilience of clean energy technology supply chains
Supervisory team: Prof. Jing Meng and Dr. Heran Zheng
Email: quanzhi.xia@ucl.ac.uk
Diling Liang (September 2023–present)
Research topic: Assessing global wastewater treatment plant greenhouse gas emissions and exploring carbon neutrality pathways
Supervisory team: Prof. Dabo Guan, Prof. Priti Parikh, and Prof. Jing Meng
Email: diling.liang.23@ucl.ac.uk
Dongyang Zhang (October 2023–present)
Research topic: Assessing the Sustainable Development Potential and Pathway of Typical Cities in Emerging Countries Based on the Inclusive Wealth Index
Supervisory team: Prof. Dabo Guan and Prof. Jing Meng
Email: ucbvdz1@ucl.ac.uk
Chunran Yang (September 2024–present)
Research topic: Evaluating the Hydrogen Supply Chain and Identifying Critical Materials Across Sub-Technologies
Supervisory team: Prof. Jing Meng and Prof. Dabo Guan
Email: chunran.yang.24@ucl.ac.uk
Jiaoyan Li (October 2024–present)
Research topic: Value Chain Carbon Footprint Analysis and Pathways to Paris Targets for Global Steel Plants
Supervisory team: Prof. Dabo Guan and Prof. Jing Meng
Email: jiaoyan.li.24@ucl.ac.uk
Professor Xi Liu, Institute of Blue and Green Development, Shandong University, China. Prof. Liu primarily focuses on energy, resource, and environmental management and policy analysis, particularly about the sustainable development of the energy industry.
Email: liuxi@sdu.edu.cn
Dr Huajun Yu, postdoc, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, China. Dr Yu mainly researches how policy and innovation can drive the sustainable development of the bioeconomy.
Email: yuhuajun@fudan.edu.cn
Peipei Chen (September 2020–June 2024)
Siyi Kan (November 2022–January 2024)
Xingrui Cai (October 2022–September 2023)
Xin Wang (October 2022–September 2023)
Nana Deng (October 2022–September 2023)
Research
- Global mitigation efforts cannot neglect emerging emitters
- The narrowing gap in developed and developing country emission intensities reduces global trade’s carbon leakage
- Achieving decent living standards in emerging economies challenges national mitigation goals for CO2 emissions
- The heterogeneous driving forces behind carbon emissions change in 30 selective emerging economies
- The driving forces behind the change in energy consumption in developing countries
- Policies drive energy transition in Asia–Pacific emerging economies
- Revisiting Copenhagen climate mitigation targets
- Structural decline in China’s CO2 emissions through transitions in industry and energy systems
- Global oil refining's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions from 2000 to 2021
- Adaptive CO2 emissions mitigation strategies of global oil refineries in all age groups
- Decreasing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from the Municipal Solid Waste Sector in Chinese Cites
- Projecting future carbon emissions from cement production in developing countries
- Global iron and steel plant CO2 emissions and carbon-neutrality pathways
- Comparing expert elicitation and model-based probabilistic technology cost forecasts for the energy transition
- Decarbonising the iron and steel sector for a 2° C target using inherent waste streams
- The heterogeneous role of energy policies in the energy transition of Asia–Pacific emerging economies
- Decarbonising the iron and steel sector for a 2 °C target using inherent waste streams
- Technology-grounded energy system model in emerging economies
- Industrial decarbonization: economical technology solutions to global steel plants
- Carbon neutrality: Accessing low-carbon technology and identifying the zero-carbon pathways of the chemical industry
Grants
- Pathways to(wards) carbon neutrality for climate, environment, health and socio-economic co-benefits
- Powering low carbon transition within planetary boundaries
- Building resilience of critical mineral supply chains: A case study of the United Kingdom
- Development of Carbon Emission Accounts for Developing Countries-Phase
Key contact
Virtual Research Centres
Explore all virtual research centres at The Bartlett School of Sustainable Construction.
View all