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15 January 2024

Satellite data for high resolution, seasonal, global-scale crop monitoring

The WorldCereal consortium recently embarked on a scientific journey to demonstrate the feasibility of global crop mapping at field scale to improve agricultural and water policies worldwide. Having made considerable achievements so far, the project is now entering a new phase.

11 January 2024

IIASA researchers wrote some of the most talked about climate papers in 2023

Climate change and energy were among the topics that received the most media attention in 2023. IIASA researchers contributed to six out of the 25 most mentioned papers in online news articles, as well as on blogs and social media platforms.

11 January 2024

Impacts for half of all mining areas in the world are undocumented

A recent commentary published in Nature, raises concerns about the extensive, yet largely unmeasured, environmental and societal consequences of mining activities worldwide.

Yellow and black climate justice plackards leaning against a wall after a protest

08 January 2024

Exploring dimensions of justice in climate science

How can climate policy be made more just and fair? IIASA researchers have synthesized different dimensions of justice into a framework that can be used by climate scientists and policymakers, explaining how previous research has neglected many potential justice positions and how these can be implemented in policy contexts.

04 January 2024

International Union for the Study of Population honors Wolfgang Lutz

It is our pleasure to announce that IIASA Interim Deputy Director General for Science, Wolfgang Lutz, has been elected as the 2024 International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Laureate in recognition of his exceptional contribution to the field of population and service to the IUSSP.

Network of ropes tied together to create an image of a lightbulb.

21 December 2023

Wolfgang Lutz and Keywan Riahi appointed as ISC Fellows

IIASA is proud to announce that its Interim Deputy Director General for Science, Wolfgang Lutz, and IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director, Keywan Riahi, have been selected as Fellows of the International Science Council (ISC).

14 December 2023

ASA at COP28: Carbon farming for Central Asia

The need to reduce global emissions by shifting away from fossil fuels is evident in the concluding agreements of the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. But what about addressing current atmospheric emissions? Central Asia, with its diverse nations and ecosystems, offers a distinctive platform for mitigating existing emissions through carbon farming practices and nature-based solutions.

14 December 2023

IIASA at COP28: impressions and results

Several IIASA researchers were among the 70,000 participants at COP28 in Dubai, a diverse gathering encompassing heads of state, government officials, international industry leaders, private sector representatives, youth, and non-state actors.

12 December 2023

Giacomo Falchetta receives the IAMC Best Online Poster Award

IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment researcher, Giacomo Falchetta, received the Best Online Poster Award at the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC)’s recent Sixteenth Annual Meeting in Venice, Italy, for his project focusing on integrated modeling of renewable energy-centered sustainable development futures in rural Africa.

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