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The European Union’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 aims to halt biodiversity loss and restore ecosystems, but what does this mean for Europe’s wood supply? In a new study, researchers examine how different modes of implementing the strategy’s conservation targets could influence forestry and the wood-based bioeconomy in the EU.

IIASA, together with the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and the European Academies' Science Advisory Council (EASAC), will host a side event at the Scientific Advice Mechanism (SAM) to the European Commission Conference 2025. This event will explore the expanding role of collaborative frameworks in shaping evidence-based policies, with contributions from esteemed experts in government and leading research institutions.

H.E. Kairat Sarybay, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Austria and to the International Organizations in Vienna met with IIASA Director General and CEO Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat to discuss IIASA research and potential ways of enhancing collaborations.  

Elena Rovenskaya is invited to speak at the high-level side event on promoting economic connectivity in the OSCE during the OSCE Ministerial Council in Milan. 

As part of its science-diplomacy mandate, and building on its continued engagement with the OSCE, IIASA convened a high-level event to facilitate dialogue on how to promote connectivity, trade, and economic cooperation in the European and Eurasian space. This event took place on the margins of the 24th OSCE Ministerial Council in Vienna.

IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber and several other IIASA researchers will participate in the Dresden Nexus Conference 2025. Themed, The Future of Resources – Resources for the Future, the event will bring together experts from around the world to discuss the latest advancements in sustainability, resource management, and integrated systems analysis. Additionally, the conference will mark a milestone in wider scientific collaboration with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between IIASA and the United Nations University.

Researchers at IIASA are studying the direct and indirect effects of climate change on health, shedding light on healthy aging drivers and metrics and analyzing interconnections between the components of multi-dimensional national well-being.

IIASA is honored to welcome our distinguished guests from Virunga National Park, Emmanuel de Merode and Gaia de Battista, for a special public lecture on the Kivu-Kinshasa Green Corridor. This hybrid event offers a rare opportunity to hear firsthand about groundbreaking conservation efforts in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions.

WADE provides easy access to the innovative dynamic metrics of aging developed at IIASA. These metrics take the changing characteristics of people into account, thereby providing policymakers, researchers, and educators with a view of aging appropriate for our changing demographic environment. All indicators are based on data from the UN’s World Population Prospects 2022 and 2024. They cover the period 1950 to 2100 and are disaggregated by region, subregion, and country. Both types of indicators can also be produced with user-defined data.

SYRR Researcher Elisa Calliari will share insights on how planned relocation can be employed as a proactive and strategic climate adaptation strategy in Europe in the context of flood risk.

Clean air is essential for health, yet many people, especially in low- and middle-income countries, breathe polluted air every day. IIASA researchers contributed advanced modeling tools and analyses to assess the feasibility and affordability of halving global exposure to high levels of outdoor air pollution by 2040 in a new World Bank Report.

The Wildfire Climate Impacts and Adaptation Model (FLAM) from the Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Group (AFE) will contribute to the Fire Model Intercomparison Project (FireMIP). This collaboration provides an opportunity for FLAM to engage with the broader fire science community and contribute to the advancement of global fire modeling. 

Join us for an insightful webinar exploring how Political Economy Analysis (PEA) can help tackle governance challenges in conservation and improve strategic planning.

Join AIMES, the Earth Commission, Future Earth, and the WCRP’s Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity for a webinar exploring the latest scientific insights on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) tipping points and their profound policy implications. This discussion will bring together experts to examine how science and policy can work together to address these emerging risks and enhance global preparedness.

The World Aging Data Explorer (WADE) is a state-of-the-art platform that revolutionizes our understanding of global aging trends. WADE provides easy access to the innovative dynamic metrics of aging developed at IIASA. These metrics take the changing characteristics of people into account, thereby providing policymakers, researchers, and educators with a view of aging appropriate for our changing demographic environment.

IIASA is hosting the 54th meeting of the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling (TFIAM) under the LRTAP Convention.

The workshop brought together leading modelling experts from the academic community and policymakers working on modelling and policy with regard to disaster-climate-development decision-making. Reinhard Mechler presented and discussed novel work on "Resilience Dividends and positive Externalities in the Polycrisis for effectively addressing disaster and climate risks."

The INQUIMUS 2025 team invites you to participate in the upcoming conference on "Centering Justice in Climate Risk Management for Transformative Change" at IIASA.

SYRR Researcher Stefan Hochrainer- Stigler will give a lecture on Impact based dependencies and navigating through complexity ways forward based on ideas from systemic risk research.