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How citizen science can fill data gaps for the SDGs
ANNUAL REPORT 2019
What are the factors that reinforce corruption? IIASA researchers created a game-theoretic model of the dynamics of bribery.
POST COVID
A partnership between IIASA and ISC to define and design sustainability pathways that will enable building-back a more sustainable post-COVID world
OPTIONS
Check out how IIASA research is making an impact in various regions around the globe in the latest issue of Options
IIASA STRATEGY
IIASA embarks on a new strategy to develop and apply systems science to support transformations to sustainability
NEWS
3 August 2020
Evaluating the effectiveness of travel bans
With the reopening of flights during the summer holiday season in Europe, many countries have started to see an increase in COVID-19 infections. A new IIASA-led study sheds light on how COVID-19 spreads regionally and between countries, as well as on how effective governmental measures to curb the spread of the pandemic have been to date. More
21 July 2020
Making comprehensive water resources modeling more accessible
A new large-scale, open source hydrological and water resources model developed at IIASA will support and enable different stakeholder groups and scientific communities to engage with a hydrological model and support their investigations. More
20 July 2020
Free trade can prevent hunger caused by future shifts in climate patterns
An international team of researchers investigated the effects of trade on hunger in the world as a result of climate induced crop yield changes. The conclusion is encouraging: international trade can compensate for regional reductions in agricultural production and reduce hunger when protectionist measures and other barriers to trade are eliminated. More
15 July 2020
Limiting CO2 emissions is not enough, methane must also be reduced
An international team of researchers working under the auspices of the Global Carbon Project has found that global methane emissions increased by 9% (or approximately 50 million tonnes) between 2000-2006 and 2017, and that manmade emissions are responsible for the majority of this increase. More