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International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

We are an international research institute that advances systems analysis and applies its research methods to identify policy solutions to reduce human footprints, enhance the resilience of natural and socioeconomic systems, and help achieve the sustainable development goals.

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2015 timeline

Fifty Years of IIASA - Timeline

In 2015 the UN Sustainable Development Goals are formally adopted, with IIASA science underpinning goals on tackling climate change and ensuring access to sustainable energy for all.

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Systems

Systems of understanding - building a network of science diplomacy

Options Magazine, Summer 2022: As it forges the links of systems science, IIASA can also help to connect the world in a network of science diplomacy.

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The Vienna Statement on Science Diplomacy - advocating for a global commitment

The Vienna Statement on Science Diplomacy, a document advocating for a renewed global commitment to international scientific cooperation to help countries build stronger relations for the benefit of all of humanity, has been endorsed by more than one hundred eminent personalities from the academic and policymaking community.

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Green energy concept. Models of houses consuming electricity from a wind farm.

Building fairness perspectives into climate policy

Fairness is thought to be one of the key factors boosting support for much needed ambitious climate policies. A recent IIASA study offers practical ways of exploring climate policy options guided by different approaches to fairness. This will allow the identification of policies that, by virtue of their fairness, can be viable candidates for compromises emerging from climate negotiations.

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  • The Vienna Statement on Science Diplomacy
  • IIASA 50th anniversary: 1972-2022

Programs

  • Advancing Systems Analysis Research groups
    • Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT)
    • Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR)
    • Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)
    • Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)
  • Biodiversity and Natural Resources Research groups
    • Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE)
    • Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC)
    • Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)
    • Water Security (WAT)
  • Economic Frontiers Research groups
    • Economics of Equal Life Chances (EELC)
    • Economics of disruptive change (EDC)
  • Energy, Climate, and Environment Research groups
    • Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)
    • Pollution Management (PM)
    • Sustainable Service Systems (S3)
    • Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)
  • Population and Just Societies Research groups
    • Equity and Justice (EQU)
    • Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG)
    • Multidimensional Demographic Modeling (MDM)
    • Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
  • Strategic Initiatives Research groups
    • JustTrans4All project
    • fairSTREAM project

News

camaliot

11 August 2022

Sign up for the CAMALIOT autumn data collection campaign

The autumn campaign of the CAMALIOT project is underway! Add the processing power of your Android phone to help collect raw data from the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to use machine-learning algorithms to improve weather-forecasting systems and win prizes.
Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)
Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)
View on purple sunset over the Brazilian rainforest in the Amazon region

05 August 2022

Carlos Nobre elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society

Brazilian climatologist and former IIASA Council Member for Brazil, Carlos Nobre, has been elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society. He is the first Brazilian scientist to join the world’s oldest scientific society since the 1800s.
Brazil
Vienna skyline at sunset

04 August 2022

Keywan Riahi joins the Vienna Climate Council

IIASA is proud to announce that Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director, Keywan Riahi has been selected as a member of the scientific advisory board of the Vienna Climate Council. Members of the council are appointed by the mayor and agree to hold this position for at least two years.
Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)
Austria
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Events

10 August 2022 New Delhi

International Conference: Systems Analysis for Enabling Integrated Policy Making

05 September 2022 Virtual event

fairSTREAM open-house project meeting

12 September 2022 University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Tipping Points: From Climate Crisis to Positive Transformation

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Focus

11 July 2022

Adopting and applying the latest technologies

The rapid development of digital tools and technologies in the world today enables us to analyze environmental and societal challenges on a deeper level and devise better fitting solutions. In 2021, researchers at IIASA made several pioneering applications of digital technologies to work on pressing global issues.
Business data market elements, charts, graphs, diagrams with world map.

11 July 2022

Fertile feedback

IIASA research shows that increasing access to clean energy can rein in population growth, and so reduce future energy needs. Another study finds that falling fertility does not have to be bad news for economies.
Population. Different multiethnic people of different ages. Groups of families.

11 July 2022

Strategic thinking for pandemics

Bringing together a wide range of stakeholder viewpoints, IIASA has developed an approach to identify strategic policies for COVID-19 as well as future pandemics.
World map showing coronavirus covid-19 pandemic virus, focus on Europe

01 June 2022

Exploiting the digital revolution: Open science

IIASA is dedicated to making science accessible to everyone. Open science helps to amplify the positive scientific and societal impacts of research while also increasing the visibility of the institute and its researchers.
Concept of internet network and sharing.

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

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Chen, M., Cui, Y., Jiang, S., & Forsell, N. (2022). Toward carbon neutrality before 2060: Trajectory and technical mitigation potential of non-CO2 greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese agriculture. Journal of Cleaner Production 368 e133186. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.133186.

King, A.D., Peel, J., Ziehn, T., Bowen, K.J., McClelland, H.L.O., McMichael, C., Nicholls, Z.R.J., & Sniderman, J.M.K. (2022). Preparing for a post-net-zero world. Nature Climate Change 10.1038/s41558-022-01446-x. (In Press)

Cimdins, R., Krasovskiy, A. , & Kraxner, F. (2022). Regional Variability and Driving Forces behind Forest Fires in Sweden. Environmental Sciences Proceedings 17 (1) e23. 10.3390/environsciproc2022017023.

Lion, S., Boots, M., & Sasaki, A. (2022). Multimorph Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics in Structured Populations. The American Naturalist 000-000. 10.1086/720439. (In Press)

Calliari, E., Castellari, S., Davis, M., Linnerooth-Bayer, J., Martin, J. , Mysiak, J., Pastor, T., Ramieri, E., Scolobig, A., Sterk, M., Veerkamp, C., Wendling, L., & Zandersen, M. (2022). Building climate resilience through nature-based solutions in Europe: A review of enabling knowledge, finance and governance frameworks. Climate Risk Management 37 e100450. 10.1016/j.crm.2022.100450.

Zimm, C. , Schinko, T. , & Pachauri, S. (2022). Putting multidimensional inequalities in human wellbeing at the centre of transitions. The Lancet Planetary Health 6 (8) e641-e642. 10.1016/S2542-5196(22)00124-3.

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