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News

21 September 2023

Using satellite data to enhance global food security

Accurate estimates and forecasts of crop area and yield play an important role in guiding policy decisions related to food security, especially in light of the growing impacts of climate change. IIASA researchers and colleagues highlight the value of integrating remote sensing and data sharing for timely agricultural information critical for food security and sustainability planning in a new paper.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)

Plastic pollution on a beach with sea in background

19 September 2023

Turning the tide: Ghana's innovative approach to tackle marine plastic pollution with citizen science

Working with IIASA researchers, Ghana has adopted a citizen science approach to addressing the problem of plastic pollution in marine environments, becoming the first country to integrate this type of data on marine plastic litter into its official monitoring and reporting processes. A new study presents this innovative approach on Ghana’s citizen science journey and offers a pathway that can potentially be adopted in other countries.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)

Ghana

12 September 2023

Plant-based food alternatives could support a shift to global sustainability

Replacing 50% of meat and milk products with plant-based alternatives by 2050 can reduce agriculture and land use related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 31% and halt the degradation of forest and natural land, according to new research.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)

Events

22 September 2023 Vienna-Palais Niederösterreich

Lower Austria Research Festival 2023

28 September 2023 IIT Roorkee, India & Online

IIASA at IDRiM 2023

29 September 2023 Online

Tipping points webinar series: Ecological tipping points and resilience: when it may occur and when not

Focus

28 June 2023

Proving health insurance coverage can extend lifespan in the United States

Options Magazine, Summer 2023: Health insurance expansion in the US increases lifespan through medical innovation but may lead to overconsumption by the elderly, highlighting the need for a systemic approach in evaluating healthcare policies.

26 June 2023

Where are they now: Nicole Arbour

Options Magazine, Summer 2023: Nicole Arbour is the current Director of the Belmont Forum, an international partnership that mobilizes funding for environmental change research and accelerates its delivery to remove critical barriers to sustainability.

23 June 2023

Q&A: At the intersection of sustainability and economic growth

Options Magazine, Summer 2023: Q&A with IIASA Honorary Scholar Prof. Kirit Parikh, a long time IIASA collaborator and supporter of the institute's Young Scientists Summer Program.

22 June 2023

Using multi-sector transformation to replenish the Indus River Basin

Options Magazine, Summer 2023: Using an integrated water-energy-land system model on multi-sector transformations, IIASA researchers seek to enhance environmental flows in the Indus River Basin.

Vision and Members

The international Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an independent international research institute with National and Regional Member Organisations in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

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Vision

The IIASA vision for 2021 to 2030 is to be the primary destination for integrated systems solutions and policy insights to current, emerging and novel global sustainability challenges, threats, and opportunities.

Members

Each IIASA member, shown in blue on the map, is represented by a National or Regional Member Organization that governs and funds the institute and acts as a bridge to link the country’s research and policy communities to IIASA.

Publications

Krupenev, D., Komendantova, N. , Boyarkin, D., & Iakubovskii, D. (2023). Digital platform of reliability management systems for operation of microgrids. Energy Reports 10 2486-2495. 10.1016/j.egyr.2023.09.048. Fraisl, D. , See, L. , Bowers, R., Seidu, Omar, Fredua, K.B., Bowser, A., Meloche, M., Weller, S., Amaglo-Kobla, T., Ghafari, D., Laso Bayas, J.C. , Campbell, J., Cameron, G., Fritz, S. , & McCallum, I. (2023). The contributions of citizen science to SDG monitoring and reporting on marine plastics. Sustainability Science 10.1007/s11625-023-01402-4. (In Press) Beyer, R.M., Schewe, J., & Abel, G. (2023). Modeling climate migration: dead ends and new avenues. Frontiers in Climate 5 e1212649. 10.3389/fclim.2023.1212649. Birkmann, J., Schüttrumpf, H., Handmer, J., Thieken, A., Kuhlicke, C., Truedinger, A., Sauter, H., Klopries, E.-M., Greiving, S., Jamshed, A., Merz, B., Solecki, W., & Kirschbauer, L. (2023). Strengthening resilience in reconstruction after extreme events – Insights from flood affected communities in Germany. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction 96 e103965. 10.1016/j.ijdrr.2023.103965. Achakulwisut, P., Erickson, P., Guivarch, C., Schaeffer, R., Brutschin, E. , & Pye, S. (2023). Global fossil fuel reduction pathways under different climate mitigation strategies and ambitions. Nature Communications 14 e5425. 10.1038/s41467-023-41105-z. Park, C. (2023). Cyclic relationship of mechanical likelihood: Coupling perception-action states in extended haptic accuracy. Human Movement Science 92 e103140. 10.1016/j.humov.2023.103140. (In Press)

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

IIASA Flagship Report: Illuminating the path to sustainable wellbeing

IIASA Member Organization Secretaries Meeting

IIASA Voices #10: Building capacity in systems analysis around the world

Engaging communities in resilience planning: Insights from the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance learning event