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Abuja City Gate Monument,Federal Capital Territory road side

27 November 2025

Bridging the Digital Divide: IIASA Presents Culturally Sensitive Approach to Climate Misinformation at ICEGOV, Abuja, Nigeria

At the International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (ICEGOV 2025), IIASA researchers highlighted the critical role of cultural context in combating climate change disinformation. Presenting the Adaptation AGORA project, they showcased a suite of innovative digital tools, including a mobile app and a dedicated Disinformation Academy, designed to empower citizens and build climate resilience through inclusive, participatory governance. The project moves beyond top-down approaches to co-create adaptation strategies that are both scientifically robust and socially legitimate.

26 November 2025

Bridging science and action: IIASA Director General featured in Financial Times

A recent Financial Times special report on climate-related research funding features IIASA Director-General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber in his role as a past Blue Planet Prize laureate. The article highlights the urgent need to better connect scientific evidence, policy action, and public communication to drive meaningful climate solutions.

26 November 2025

IIASA at COP30: reflections and results

Several IIASA researchers were among the nearly 60,000 participants at COP30 in Belém, a diverse gathering of global leaders, industry, youth, and non-state actors. This year also saw record participation from Indigenous people, with more than 3,000 representatives highlighting their crucial role as guardians of biodiversity.

Gas Vent Flare. Unusable gas flares from an offshore oil & gas rig.

17 November 2025

Policy action key to unlocking cost-effective methane reductions

Fast and decisive mitigation of methane emissions remains one of the few options the world still has to limit global warming in the next few decades. Today, mid-way through COP30, high-level representatives at the Global Methane Pledge (GMP) Ministerial released the Global Methane Status Report 2025, a comprehensive assessment of global progress and remaining gaps in efforts to cut methane. The report’s findings are underpinned by analyses conducted by IIASA researchers.

A cityscape showcases sustainable energy with wind turbines and solar panels surrounded by greenery.

17 November 2025

Búzios Scientific Statement: Providing evidence-based insights for COP30

Against the backdrop of negotiations at COP30 in Belém, a group of leading climate scientists has released the Búzios Scientific Statement, offering a clear assessment of the world’s remaining options to return to 1.5°C of warming by the end of the century. The statement reflects growing recognition that a temporary overshoot of 1.5°C is now unavoidable, while also showing that pathways back to safer temperature levels remain open if action accelerates quickly.

13 November 2025

Austria Fire Futures Final Stakeholder Workshop

The final stakeholder workshop of the Austria Fire Futures (AFF) project gathered leading experts, policymakers, foresters, firefighters, and tourism representatives on October 28, 2025, at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Laxenburg to discuss Austria’s growing wildfire risks and the way forward toward climate resilience.

Abstract motion of dots and Lines in space, connection concept.

13 November 2025

IIASA researchers again recognized among the world’s most highly cited

IIASA is proud to announce that 13 researchers associated with the Institute, including its Director General, Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber, have again been recognized in the latest Clarivate Highly Cited Researchers™ list released this week.

Puzzle pieces bringing different aspects of human demography together

12 November 2025

Anne Goujon elected to senior leadership of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population

IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Director, Anne Goujon, has been elected Secretary-General and Treasurer of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP), the world’s leading association of population scientists.

Mountain landscape in central asia, Jumgal District, kyrgyzstan

11 November 2025

Feasibility Study on Carbon Farming Solutions in Greater Central Asia Kicks Off

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) have officially launched a "Feasibility Study on Carbon Farming Solutions in Greater Central Asia", marking a new milestone in the region’s efforts toward sustainable land management and climate-resilient development.

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