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AI generated ecology concept with green planet earth, green technologies and a thriving city

06 December 2023

Pivotal moment for humanity as tipping point threats and opportunities accelerate

The world has reached a pivotal moment as threats from Earth system tipping points – and progress towards positive tipping points – accelerate. The just released Global Tipping Points Report – the most comprehensive assessment of tipping points ever conducted – highlights that humanity is currently on a disastrous trajectory.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Sustainable Service Systems (S3)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)

African school girl posing at a school desk with pen and paper

04 December 2023

Filling data gaps to assess the role of education in fertility decline

IIASA researchers have introduced an innovative methodology for reconstructing data on fertility and education, particularly in developing countries with inconsistent or unreliable data sets.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Multidimensional Demographic Modeling (MDM)

beautiful autumn panorama of the Carpathians Ukraine-lake, forest.

29 November 2023

Setting out priority areas of cooperation and concrete action for Ukraine’s forests

Modern, target-oriented research and quality education, more exchange with international peers and partners, better science-policy interaction, and improved coordination and communication with international and national actors are crucial for ensuring a sustainable future of Ukraine’s forests.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE)

Ukraine

Events

06 December 2023 Vienna, Austria and online

Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2023-Exploring Population Heterogeneities

11 December 2023 zoom webinar AND the Japanese Pavilion at the COP28

EDITS at UNFCCC COP28: Demand-side solutions to disruptions

13 December 2023 Online

Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) Reunion 2023

Focus

08 November 2023

Considering the private sector in post-pandemic biodiversity policymaking

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: In the quest for sustainable development, IIASA researchers advocate for a paradigm shift, urging a greater focus on mobilizing the private sector and using the COVID-19 pandemic as a catalyst to reshape humanity's approach to conservation and development policies.

08 November 2023

Adopting new strategies for fighting soybean failures in the Americas

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: Soybean is a critical global crop facing growing climate-related vulnerabilities. IIASA researchers emphasized the urgent need for adaptation strategies to secure soybean supply chains in a recent study.

08 November 2023

Adapting water needs for agriculture in South Africa

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: In many parts of the world, access to freshwater is becoming increasingly scarce. Nowhere is this truer than in South Africa, which experienced a significant drought from 2015 to 2018.

08 November 2023

Explaining the impacts of climate change on migration

Options Magazine, Winter 2023: There has been much debate around the impact of climate change on migration. The international discourses around this topic, however, have often been more politically charged and less backed by science.

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

Zickfeld, K., MacIsaac, A.J., Canadell, J.G., Fuss, S., Jackson, R.B., Jones, C.D., Lohila, A., Matthews, H.D., Peters, G.P., Rogelj, J. , & Zaehle, S. (2023). Net-zero approaches must consider Earth system impacts to achieve climate goals. Nature Climate Change 13 (12) 1298-1305. 10.1038/s41558-023-01862-7. Mastrucci, A. , Niamir, L. , Boza-Kiss, B. , Bento, N., Wiedenhofer, D., Streeck, J., Pachauri, S. , Wilson, C. , Chatterjee, S., Creutzig, F., Dukkipati, S., Feng, W., Grubler, A. , Jupesta, J., Kumar, P., Marangoni, G., Saheb, Y., Shimoda, Y., Shoai-Tehrani, B., Yamaguchi, Y., & van Ruijven, B. (2023). Modeling Low Energy Demand Futures for Buildings: Current State and Research Needs. Annual Review of Environment and Resources 48 (1) 761-792. 10.1146/annurev-environ-112321-102921. Theokritoff, E., van Maanen, N., Andrijevic, M. , Thomas, A., Lissner, T., & Schleussner, C.-F. (2023). Adaptation constraints in scenarios of socio-economic development. Scientific Reports 13 (1) e19604. 10.1038/s41598-023-46931-1. Friedlingstein, P., O'Sullivan, M., Jones, M.W., Andrew, R.M., Bakker, D.C.E., Hauck, J., Landschützer, P., Le Quéré, C., Luijkx, I.T., Peters, G.P., Peters, W., Pongratz, J., Schwingshackl, C., Sitch, S., Canadell, J.G., Ciais, P., Jackson, R.B., Alin, S.R., Anthoni, P., Barbero, L., Bates, N.R., Becker, M., Bellouin, N., Decharme, B., Bopp, L., Brasika, I.B.M., Cadule, P., Chamberlain, M.A., Chandra, N., Chau, T.-T.-T., Chevallier, F., Chini, L.P., Cronin, M., Dou, X., Enyo, K., Evans, W., Falk, S., Feely, R.A., Feng, L., Ford, D.J., Gasser, T. , Ghattas, J., Gkritzalis, T., Grassi, G., Gregor, L., Gruber, N., Gürses, Ö., Harris, I., Hefner, M., Heinke, J., Houghton, R.A., Hurtt, G.C., Iida, Y., Ilyina, T., Jacobson, A.R., Jain, A., Jarníková, T., Jersild, A., Jiang, F., Jin, Z., Joos, F., Kato, E., Keeling, R.F., Kennedy, D., Klein Goldewijk, K., Knauer, J., Korsbakken, J.I., Körtzinger, A., Lan, X., Lefèvre, N., Li, H., Liu, J., Liu, Z., Ma, L., Marland, G., Mayot, N., McGuire, P.C., McKinley, G.A., Meyer, G., Morgan, E.J., Munro, D.R., Nakaoka, S.-I., Niwa, Y., O'Brien, K.M., Olsen, A., Omar, A.M., Ono, T., Paulsen, M., Pierrot, D., Pocock, K., Poulter, B., Powis, C.M., Rehder, G., Resplandy, L., Robertson, E., Rödenbeck, C., Rosan, T.M., Schwinger, J., Séférian, R., Smallman, T.L., Smith, S.M., Sospedra-Alfonso, R., Sun, Q., Sutton, A.J., Sweeney, C., Takao, S., Tans, P.P., Tian, H., Tilbrook, B., Tsujino, H., Tubiello, F., van der Werf, G.R., van Ooijen, E., Wanninkhof, R., Watanabe, M., Wimart-Rousseau, C., Yang, D., Yang, X., Yuan, W., Yue, X., Zaehle, S., Zeng, J., & Zheng, B. (2023). Global Carbon Budget 2023. Earth System Science Data 15 (12) 5301-5369. 10.5194/essd-15-5301-2023. Hunt, J. , Zakeri, B. , Nascimento, A., de Freitas, M., Amorim, F., Guo, F. , Witkamp, G.-J., van Ruijven, B. , & Wada, Y. (2023). Hydrogen balloon transportation: A cheap and efficient mode to transport hydrogen. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2023.11.305. (In Press) Condessa, G., Ismail, K., Hunt, J. , Ponce Júnior, N., Velásquez, R., Borges, V., Tomé, F., de Souza, C., Gazoli, J., & Bindemann, F. (2023). Electricity generation potential from natural gas pressure reduction turbines in Brazil. Energy Efficiency 16 (8) e97. 10.1007/s12053-023-10176-8.

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News

Pivotal moment for humanity as tipping point threats and opportunities accelerate

Filling data gaps to assess the role of education in fertility decline

Setting out priority areas of cooperation and concrete action for Ukraine’s forests

Events

Wittgenstein Centre Conference 2023-Exploring Population Heterogeneities

EDITS at UNFCCC COP28: Demand-side solutions to disruptions

Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) Reunion 2023

Considering the private sector in post-pandemic biodiversity policymaking

Adopting new strategies for fighting soybean failures in the Americas

Adapting water needs for agriculture in South Africa

Explaining the impacts of climate change on migration

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