區(qū)域低碳發(fā)展研究組（Regional Low Carbon Development Center）成立于2013年，主要致力于氣候變化、新型城鎮(zhèn)化建設、區(qū)域可持續(xù)發(fā)展等方面的研究。
學科組目前有科研人員13人，其中研究員1人，客座教授2人，副研究員1人，助理研究員2人，特別研究助理1人，科研助理2人，科研秘書1人，學生6人。專業(yè)涵蓋生態(tài)學、遙感與地理信息系統(tǒng)、經(jīng)濟、土地資源管理、建筑、城市規(guī)劃、地質(zhì)與地球化學等。目前建有中芬應用生態(tài)技術(shù)中心（Sino-Finnish Applide Ecological Technology Center），主要為中國與芬蘭的企業(yè)、科研院所提供信息與資源共享、項目對接與共同研發(fā)的平臺。
學科組目前與劍橋大學、哈佛大學、芬蘭圖爾庫大學、德國航空航天中心工程熱力學研究所等國際知名研究機構(gòu)保持緊密的合作，并與遼寧地方政府建立了良好的院地合作關系，與中國工程院、中科院北京地理所、中科院東北地理與農(nóng)業(yè)生態(tài)研究所、沈陽農(nóng)業(yè)大學、沈陽建筑大學等國內(nèi)科研院校建立了科研合作關系，與國惠新能源環(huán)保有限公司建立長期的產(chǎn)學研合作關系。
學科組定位
課題組將緊密圍繞研究所發(fā)展戰(zhàn)略規(guī)劃和“中國科學院特色研究所”發(fā)展規(guī)劃，依托景觀生態(tài)與區(qū)域規(guī)劃研究中心，根據(jù)國內(nèi)外低碳發(fā)展領域的先進理論、技術(shù)，開展長期碳排放及對氣候變化的影響研究，解決國家及地方政府碳減排目標的實現(xiàn)，推動地區(qū)可持續(xù)發(fā)展，為區(qū)域低碳化發(fā)展提供決策和技術(shù)支持。
研究方向
學科組主要從事應對氣候變化技術(shù)與政策、中國碳排放權(quán)分配與交易機制、節(jié)能減排技術(shù)、溫室氣體清單編制、土地利用變化碳排放、碳循環(huán)和低碳城市建設、生態(tài)文明建設、新型城鎮(zhèn)化建設等方面的研究。
Regional low carbon development center is mainly focus on regional and global climate change, carbon cycle, greenhouse gases inventory, landscape ecology, land use and land cover change and induced carbon emissions, carbon trading, low-carbon and eco-city planning, new type urbanization and rural development.
In addition to research, the staff of regional low carbon development center supervisesmaster,PhD, and post-doctor student dissertations, and engages with policy makers and thought leaders regionallyand nationally around issues of climate change mitigation and adaptation, ecological and environmental protection, eco-city planning, and rural development.
The regional low carbon development center has carried out a lot of basic research in the technology and policy on climate change, greenhouse gases inventory, circular economy, new energy and renewable energy technologies, carbon trading and carbon finance. It has accumulated a solid theoretical basis and practical experience. Policy reports on urbanization, climate change, new energy, and carbon emissions trading have been adopted by the provincial and municipal decision-making departments.
In recent years, the team has accumulated rich experiences on energy, low-carbon and climate change. The team has conducted a lot of scientific exchanges and cooperation with well-known peers from University of Cambridge, Harvard University, University of Turku,University of Maryland, and University of Leeds.