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Biodiversity COP16 in Colombia: Time to deliver
Who lives up to the promises made two years ago? Not many. Only about 35 countries have a strategy on how to meet biodiversity targets, says Piero Visconti, Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC) Research Group Leader at IIASA. But in 2022, at COP15 in Montreal, the countries pledged to preserve 30 percent of the planet’s land and seas. At the same time, rich countries also don’t live up to their promise to help the poor with financing. This COP needs to show results.
Social media to unravel human sentiments
Social media can be a critical source of data to help explore the formation and evolution of public opinion. IIASA researchers are at the forefront of exploring this field, leveraging platforms such as X (formerly Twitter) and Google combined with advanced statistics and machine learning to offer insights into the collective psyche of society.
Navigating multi-hazard risks: building resilience in a systemic risk landscape
IIASA researchers Robert Sakic Trogrlic and Stefan Hochrainer-Stigler explore the growing complexity of natural hazards and their interconnected impacts on communities. Their research offers insights into the challenges faced by communities worldwide and underscores the importance of building more resilient systems in an interconnected, increasingly hazard-prone world.
Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations (EDITS)
The EDITS network brings together experts of various disciplines to regularly discuss about and engage in the multi-faceted energy demand research. The EDITS community works together based on common interest in interlinked topics, on transferring methodological knowledge, and on exploring modeling innovations across demand-side models.
Accelerating collection and use of soil health information using AI technology (AI4SoilHealth)
The European Commission has set an ambitious goal of transitioning towards healthy soils by 2030. As such, it is important to assess and monitor soil health metrics. The EU-funded AI4SoilHealth project will co-design, create, and maintain an open-access Europe-wide digital infrastructure founded on advanced AI methods combined with new and deep soil health understanding and measures.