19:30–21:30

Core research question

How can data- and AI-driven models characterise climate risks and guide nature-based infrastructure and transport systems towards measurable gains in resilience, life-cycle decarbonisation and equitable access?

Introductory Remarks:

Kai Wang

A Framework for the Sustainable Development of City Clusters and Metropolitan Areas Driven by Digital and Green Technologies——An Exploration of Methods for Regional Planning and Governance.

Invited Speech (1)

Fangzhu Zhang, University College London

Title: Climate statecraft: governing low- carbon transitions in urban China.

Invited Speech (2)

Ying Jin, University of Cambridge

Title: To be confirmed

Invited Speech (3)

Tao Yang, Tsinghua University

Title: Spatiotemporal Intelligence-Driven Urban Regeneration

Invited Speech (4)

Hui Xu, China Academy of Urban Planning and Design

Title: Digital Technology Empowers Spatial Optimization and Green Transformation in the Wuhan Metropolitan Area

Session Speech (5)

Mingwan Wu, Beijing Normal University

Title: How Size Shapes Structure: Patterns and Mechanism in Urban Ecological Infrastructure

Discussion

Qianyi Luo, Urban Planner, China Academy of Urban Planning and Design (CAUPD)

Explore how cities should act when AI predictions, local knowledge and community priorities diverge. Discuss acceptable levels of uncertainty, the role of human oversight, and who should be accountable when model-informed investments deliver uneven benefits.

19:30–21:30

Core research question

Through which exposure pathways do emerging pollutants and environmental stressors affect urban health, and how can pollution control and ecological restoration achieve demonstrable reductions in these risks?

Invited Speech (1)

Yuansong Wei, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Title: Optimization for an urban river ecological corridor width based on ecosystem services

Invited Speech (2)

Junya Zhang, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Title: From Global Antimicrobial Footprints to Phage-Driven Precision Control: Mitigating AMR Risks for Urban Ecological Health

Invited Speech (3)

Zhengtao Zhang, Beijing Normal University

Title: Global Heat Poverty: The Hidden Cost of Rising Temperatures

Invited Speech (4)

Pu Yang, University College London

Title: Carbon Dioxide Removal: Equitable Allocation, Capacity Limits, and Policy Support

Invited Speech (5)

Zhuobiao Ni, South China Agricultural University

Title: Enhancing Electrochemical Reductive Defluorination of PFASs Using Modified Cathode: Mechanistic Insights and Performance Optimization

Session Speech (6)

Jiaxi Wang, East China University of Science and Technology

Title: Factors influencing PFAS accumulation in root and leafy vegetables under subsistence farming in Shanghai, China

Session Speech (7)

Ni Xue, Beijing Normal University

Title: Cross-Scale Pathway-to-Reach (CSPR) Microplastic Modeling Framework for Resolving Source-to-Fate Attribution

Session Speech (8)

Xinyu Hao, Shanghai University of International Business and Economics

Title: Decarbonization of global MSW management sector: What We Have Achieved and What Lies Ahead

Discussion

Examine when precautionary action is justified despite incomplete evidence, and how cities should prioritise protection for vulnerable populations. Discuss how to communicate uncertainty and involve affected communities in setting intervention priorities.

19:30–21:30

Opening Remarks

Keynote Address

Alessio Mastrucci, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Title: Building Low-Carbon Futures: Towards Resource-Efficient and Resilient Buildings and Cities

Invited Speech (1)

Lirong Liu, Centre for Environment and Sustainability, University of Surrey

Title: Integrated Systems Modelling for a Just and Resilient Climate Transition

Invited Speech (2)

Fanxin Meng, Beijing Normal University

Title: Future rooftop photovoltaics will weaken carbon mitigation but offer promising water and land benefits.

Roundtable Discussion and Audience Q&A

Moderator: Fanran Meng, University of Sheffield

Panellists: Alessio Mastrucci, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Lirong Liu, University of Surrey; Raimondo Mancinelli, Costain Group; Yingyan Li, Arup.

13:50–15:50

Core research question

How can data- and AI-driven models characterise climate risks and guide nature-based infrastructure and transport systems towards measurable gains in resilience, life-cycle decarbonisation and equitable access?

Invited Speech (1)

Yangfan Li, School of Environment and Ecology, Xiamen University

Title: Heatwave-Driven Exposure in the Blue Economy of Coastal Urban Agglomerations and Implications for Climate Resilience

Invited Speech (2)

Dawei Yu, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Title: BSM2-ARG: A Plant-Wide Model for Quantifying Antibiotic Resistance Genes in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant

Session Speech (3)

Yuyang Ye, Beijing Normal University

Title: Structural reorganization of physical climate risks to global thermal power systems under warming scenarios

Session Speech (4)

Xinyu Huang, Sun Yat-sen University

Title: From Multi-objective Assessment to Decision-support Gaps: A Review of Decision-support Tools for Urban Nature-based Solutions

Session Speech (5)

Lanya Zhang, Beijing Normal University

Title: Beyond economic incentives：how loss-aversion shapes local governments' response to green finance in urban blue-green infrastructure

Session Speech (6)

Xinxin Shang, Beijing Normal University

Title: A Paradigm Shift in Carbon Sink Valuation: Unveiling a New Dynamic and Differentiated Ecological Compensation Mechanism for Urban Agglomerations

Discussion

Explore how cities should act when AI predictions, local knowledge and community priorities diverge. Discuss acceptable levels of uncertainty, the role of human oversight, and who should be accountable when model-informed investments deliver uneven benefits.

13:50–15:50

Core research question

How do spatial restructuring and interregional dependencies shape urban resilience and environmental inequalities, and how can place-specific and cross-regional governance support urban transitions within ecological limits?

Invited Speech (1)

Li Wei (Online participation), Beijing Normal University

Title: Developing a zoning strategy for net-zero carbon emissions of Chinese data centers

Invited Speech (2)

Ligang Lyu, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics

Title: To be confirmed

Session Speech (3)

Gengyuan Liu, Beijing Normal University

Title: An Integrated Study on Collaborative Carbon Mitigation Pathways between the Steel Industry and Cities from an Industry–City Integration Perspective

Session Speech (4)

Yin Zhang, Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Title: Temperature Response and Regional Heterogeneity of Takeaway Freshly Made Beverage Consumption across Two Chinese Urban Agglomerations

Session Speech (5)

Qipeng Deng, Beijing Normal University

Title: Urban Heat Stress Assessment Based on Large-Scale Physical Simulation and Explainable Machine Learning

Session Speech (6)

Mai Su, Tsinghua University

Title: Can Ecological and Environmental Zoning-based Regulation Be Transmitted Across Regions Through Industrial Networks?

Session Speech (7)

Ke Zhang, Beijing Normal University

Title: Carbon–Nitrogen–Phosphorus Multielement Metabolic Networks in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area: A Resilience Perspective

Session Speech (8)

Peize Wang, Beijing Normal University

Title: China’s west-to-east hydrogen system may intensify interprovincial water–carbon inequalities

Discussion

Explore how regions with unequal resources, bargaining power and transition costs can reach durable agreements. Discuss compensation, benefit-sharing and dispute-resolution arrangements, and how cooperation can remain effective across political and budget cycles.

13:50–15:50

Core research question

How can urban regions manage resource metabolism, nexus interactions and interdependence within ecological limits?

Invited Speech (1)

Jing Zhang, Department of Biology & Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford

Title: A Compass for Sustainable Food Systems Transformation: From Stakeholder Perspectives to an Integrated Framework

Invited Speech (2)

Hao Zhang, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

Title: Behavioural Mechanisms: the Missing Layer in Sustainable Transport

Session Speech (3)

Dan Qiao, Guangdong University of Technology

Title: Assessing Urban Agglomeration Resilience through Carbon Metabolism Networks

Invited Speech (4)

Qing Li, Research Institute for Eco-civilization, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Title: Long-Term Effects of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism on Energy Substitution in Chinese Export Products to the European Union

Session Speech (5)

Qianyuan Huang, Guangdong University of Technology

Title: Workplace heat exposure exacerbated the inequity of heat exposure across urban inhabitants: a big-data investigation in Shenzhen, China

Session Speech (6)

Meirong Su, Yuan Zhang, Guangdong University of Technology

Title: Heatwave legacies reshape storm runoff generation under compound climate extremes

Discussion

1. How can big data and AI tools facilitate climate-adaptive and low-carbon urban systems?
2. How can urban regions manage resource metabolism within ecological limits? What are the key resource and environmental pressures in cities across the globe, what are the key stakeholders, and what are the levers and hurdles of transformation?

16:00–19:00

Core research question

How can data- and AI-driven models characterise climate risks and guide nature-based infrastructure and transport systems towards measurable gains in resilience, life-cycle decarbonisation and equitable access?

Invited Speech (1)

Wenlong Shang, Imperial College London

Title: Traffic Signal Control with Deep Reinforcement Learning Toward Enhanced Resilience of Urban Road Networks

Invited Speech (2)

Mengqiu Cao, University College London

Title: Revolutionising Last-Mile Logistics: An Evaluation of the Potential and Impacts of Autonomous Delivery Robots in the UK

Session Speech (3)

Zhengmao Li, Aalto University

Title: AI-Driven Two-Stage Electric Vehicle Charging and Routing Optimization for Sustainable Urban Transportation Systems

Session Speech (4)

Yitong Shang, University of Cambridge

Title: AI-Enabled Spatiotemporal Data Fusion for Urban Electric Vehicle Charging Demand Forecasting

Session Speech (5)

Yajing Xiao, University of Leicester

Title: AI-Driven Architecture Design and Safe Energy Management for Sustainable Hydrogen-Electric Urban Air Mobility

Session Speech (6)

Bozheng Li, University of Sheffield

Title: Low-Carbon Operation of Electric Urban Air Mobility with Logistics Energy Systems: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Framework

Invited Speech (7)

Yifan Wen, Beijing Normal University

Title: Substantial But Unequal Health Benefits from Electric Vehicles Adoption Across Chinese Cities

Invited Speech (8)

Xinyao Song, University College London

Title: Retirement Migration and Age-Friendly Greenways: Evidence from Sanya, China

Discussion

Explore how cities should act when AI predictions, local knowledge and community priorities diverge. Discuss acceptable levels of uncertainty, the role of human oversight, and who should be accountable when model-informed investments deliver uneven benefits.

16:00–19:00

Core research question

How do resource-metabolism networks and cross-regional dependencies shape ecological overshoot and urban resilience, and under what conditions can nexus-based interventions reduce pressures without displacing them across sectors or regions?

Invited Speech (1)

Sergio Ulgiati (Online participation), University of Naples Parthenope

Title: Are urban trees a real source of environmental services? An emergy evaluation of urban forests management and development (costs and benefits) within the perspective of climate change.

Invited Speech (2)

Silvio Cristiano, University of Florence

Title: EMergy and systems thinking for stronger urban sustainability, health, and climate resilience

Invited Speech (3)

Xi Tian, Nanchang University

Title: Reducing the environmental impacts of battery recycling through spatial and technological alignment

Session Speech (4)

Menghan Guo, Beijing Normal University

Title: Multiscale Spatial Mismatch between Urban Population-Time Use and Green Environments: Evidence from Mobile Signaling Data in Beijing

Session Speech (5)

Wenfang Gao, Hebei University of Technology

Title: Prediction and Analysis of Spent Lithium-Ion Battery Recovery Process Based on Machine Learning

Session Speech (6)

Jinye Niu, University of Sheffield

Title: Unveiling the Dynamics of Land Use Intensity for Photovoltaic (PV) Plants in China

Session Speech (7)

Leili Abolhassani, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad

Title: Global Assessment of Agricultural Sustainability Using Emergy-Based Indicators

Session Speech (8)

Fei Peng, Nanchang University

Title: Large-scale Application of Photovoltaic Direct-Drive PoE Lighting in Nearly Zero-Carbon Buildings

Invited Speech (9)

Francesco Gonella, Ca' Foscari University of Venice

Title: Exploring Health–Environment–Emergy Coupling

16:00–19:00

Core research question

How do spatial restructuring and interregional dependencies shape urban resilience and environmental inequalities, and how can place-specific and cross-regional governance support urban transitions within ecological limits?

Invited Speech (1)

Qiang Yang, University College London

Title: Regional planetary boundary transgressions are structural not distributive

Session Speech (2)

Shiting Li, School of Ecology, Environment and Ocean, Guangdong University of Technology

Title: Synergies or Trade-offs? Spatial Structure Transformation and Land-Use Metabolism in Urban Agglomerations

Session Speech (3)

Mingxue Zhu, Beijing Normal University

Title: From Planetary Boundaries to Overshoot Networks: Reframing Resilience Assessment for Urban Agglomerations

Session Speech (4)

Yuqi Xing (Online participation), Beijing Normal University; Loughborough University

Title: Macro-level Improvement and Micro-level Gap: Impact of Land Factor Allocation on Urban Economic Resilience under Urban Renewal

Invited Speech (5)

Heran Zheng, University College London

Title: Sustainable Production and Consumption from Data to Applications

Discussion

Explore how regions with unequal resources, bargaining power and transition costs can reach durable agreements. Discuss compensation, benefit-sharing and dispute-resolution arrangements, and how cooperation can remain effective across political and budget cycles.

16:00–19:00

Core research question

How do resource-metabolism networks and cross-regional dependencies shape ecological overshoot and urban resilience, and under what conditions can nexus-based interventions reduce pressures without displacing them across sectors or regions?

Invited Speech (1)

Huihui Long, The University of Manchester

Title: Satellite-based global monitoring of urban-scale methane emissions

Invited Speech (2)

Hui Jiang, Beijing Normal University

Title: Integrating Ecological and Social Service Assessment of Urban Nature-based Solutions in Beijing Lianshihu Park: A Multi-Model Approach

Session Speech (3)

Xinqing Li, College of Environment and Resources, Xiangtan University

Title: Unraveling resilience of urban food-energy-water security under the changing environment

Session Speech (4)

Lu Li, Beijing Normal University

Title: Evolution and Obstacle Diagnosis of Urban Resilience from a Water-Energy Nexus Perspective

Session Speech (5)

Yuchen Xie, Sun Yat-sen University

Title: Consumption side pathways for carbon mitigation and urban rural inequality across Chinese cities

Session Speech (6)

Xuanru Zhou, Beijing Normal University

Title: Biodiversity costs and delayed benefits of China's rare earth supply chain for green technologies

Discussion

Consider how cities and regions should allocate limited resources between essential services, economic activity and ecosystem needs. Debate what constitutes a fair allocation, whose demands should take priority during shortages, and how resource-dependent regions can share responsibilities.