Published Writings

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  1. Science-based principles for corporate climate transition risk quantification - Nature Climate Change (2024).
  2. Testing the efficacy of voluntary urban greenhouse gas emissions inventories - with B. Sovacool. Climatic Change 139(2), 141 - 154 (2016).
  3. Scaling indicator and planning plane: an indicator and a visual tool for exploring the relationship between urban form, energy efficiency and carbon emissions - with L. Pinter. Ecological Indicators 67, 183 - 192 (2016).
  4. Using the Earth Hour City Challenge to identify high-leverage points for footprint reduction in cities - with C. Borgstroem-Hansson. Journal of Cleaner Production 123, 42 - 44 (2016).
  5. Inequality and energy: revisiting the relationship between disparity of income distribution and energy use from a complex-systems perspective - Energy Research & Social Science 42, 184 - 192 (2018).
  6. An initial seed selection algorithm for k-means clustering of georeferenced data to improve replicability of cluster assignments for mapping applications - Applied Soft Computing 12(11), 3698 - 3700 (2012).
  7. An adaptive learning mechanism for selection of increasingly more complex systems - International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Applications 6 (2013); also arXiv:1604.05393.

Editorial & Commentary - Nature Energy / Nature Climate Change

  1. Loose change is not enough: the financial sector relies on climate risk assessments that overlook uncertainties - Nature Energy 6, 937 (2021).
  2. Ahead of the curve - Nature Energy 7(4), 300 (2022).
  3. Borders and pipelines - Nature Energy 7(3), 213 (2022).
  4. From science to policy - Nature Energy 6(10), 943-944 (2021).
  5. Down river Indus - Nature Energy 6(8), 769 (2021).
  6. Shocked out of consumption - Nature Energy 6(7), 689 (2021).
  7. Favourites after five - with C. Zhang, E. De Ranieri et al. Nature Energy 6(1), 7-12 (2021).
  8. Hazards underground - Nature Energy 5(6), 423 (2020).
  9. Trickle down taxation - Nature Energy 5(5), 356 (2020).
  10. Connected renegotiations - Nature Energy 5(4), 275 (2020).
  11. Coupled asymmetrically - Nature Energy 5(3), 185 (2020).
  12. Choice savings - Nature Energy 4(12), 1007 (2019).
  13. The Chinese connection - Nature Energy 4(10), 820 (2019).
  14. Patterns in the wind - Nature Energy 4(9), 722 (2019).
  15. Crediting emissions - Nature Energy 4(8), 628 (2019).
  16. All stocked up - Nature Energy 4(7), 528 (2019).
  17. Intergenerational waste - Nature Energy 4(6), 435 (2019).
  18. A unique deprivation - Nature Energy 4(5), 351 (2019).
  19. Staying within planetary boundaries - Nature Energy 4(4), 260 (2019).
  20. Volatile spillovers - Nature Energy 4(3), 171 (2019).
  21. Resilience in numbers - Nature Energy 3(12), 1020 (2018).
  22. Unshackled from oil - Nature Energy 3(11), 914 (2018).
  23. Scaling innovation - Nature Energy 3(11), 910-912 (2018).
  24. Neural net guesses appliances - Nature Energy 3(10), 817 (2018).
  25. The low carbon diet - Nature Energy 3(9), 708 (2018).
  26. Healthy privilege - Nature Energy 3(8), 614 (2018).
  27. Talking across scales - Nature Energy (2018).
  28. When enough is not enough - Nature Energy 3(6), 448 (2018).
  29. Making savings count - Nature Energy 3(5), 354 (2018).
  30. Finding the most efficient block - Nature Energy 3(4), 250 (2018).
  31. More may not always be more - Nature Energy 3(3), 161 (2018).
  32. The price of flexibility - Nature Energy 3(2), 87 (2018).
  33. Mitigating photovoltaic investment risks - Nature Energy 3(1), 5 (2018).
  34. When cities rise, emissions fall - Nature Energy 2(12), 909 (2017).
  35. A penny for your preferences - Nature Energy 2(11), 835 (2017).

Theses & Dissertations

  1. Scaling in Cities as an Indicator of Energy Consumption - PhD Dissertation, Central European University (2014).
  2. Decision Support System for Model Calibration in BIOPLUME 4 - MS Thesis, University of Houston (2007).

Conference Papers & Invited Talks

  1. Classifying cities to identify context-relevant urban transformation pathways - F. Khan, K. McCormick, J. Wladkowski et al. Urban Transitions Global Summit, 5 - 9 September 2016, Shanghai, China.
  2. Towards developing a framework for identifying high-leverage points in urban systems - Our Common Future under Climate Change, 7 - 10 July 2015, Paris, France.
  3. 'Nudging' the city towards sustainability: analysis of leverage points for reduction of urban footprint - ICLEI World Congress 2015, Research Symposium, 8 - 13 April 2015, Seoul, South Korea.
  4. Decision support for effective water resources and dam management in developing nations - Citarum River Basin case study - J. Kim, F. Khan et al. International Symposium on Dams for a Changing World, June 2012, Kyoto, Japan.
  5. Environmental management systems and environmental assessment: closing the loop - South Asian Environmental Assessment Conference 2013 - Raising the Bar on Regional Cooperation, 4 - 5 December 2013, Islamabad, Pakistan.
  6. End of the fossil fuel party and our civic arrangements - 5th Annual Fulbright Alumni Conference - 'Preparing for a Better Future', 25 - 27 April 2008, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Award-Winning Essays

  1. Measuring the Infinite: future indicators must take into account transitory human needs and the complexities of human behavior - Winner, UN IHDP Dimensions writing contest on 'Beyond GDP' (Spring 2014).
  2. The Time to Start Building a Live Global Resource Inventory is Now - 3rd Prize, IEEE Earthzine Student Essay Contest on 'Science & Technology for Observing Earth's Climate' (2013).
  3. From Daejeon to Islamabad: a vision for the Decade of Sustainable Energy for All - Finalist, UN Global Energy Initiative Essay Contest (2013).
  4. Nani, Khidr and the Aesthetic Bias of the Universe - Finalist, Green Party in the European Parliament / Heinrich Boell Foundation Essay Competition on Women and Climate Change.

Literary & Popular Press

  1. Confirmed! We Live in a Simulation - Scientific American (2021).
  2. Your city has a gender and it's male - Nautilus (2018).
  3. Why New York needs its own Bitcoin - Nautilus (2018).
  4. Chasing a Pipe Dream: three reasons why Thar coal will not save Pakistan - The Express Tribune (2012).
  5. Frankenstein has Pimples and Goes to Comic-Con - Papercuts (2009).
  6. The Physics of Fast: why McGrath was faster than you think - ESPNcricinfo (2013).
  7. Prisoners of a Holy War - The Review, Dawn (16 October 2003).
  8. Do You Smell What I Smell? - The Review, Dawn (4 September 2003).
  9. Monsoon Pleasures - The Review, Dawn (7 August 2003).
  10. An Evening with the Brains - The Review, Dawn (1 May 2003).
  11. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly - The Review, Dawn (6 March 2003).
  12. In the Name of Science - The Review, Dawn (23 January 2003).
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