The latest news, research, and other resources produced by members of the IIASA community who are working to provide decision-makers with the information they need to address the COVID-19 crisis.
News
15 October 2020
Fraction of COVID-19 recovery funds could boost climate efforts
Global stimulus plans for economic recovery after the pandemic could easily cover climate-friendly policies, suggests new study.
17 September 2020
COVID-19 could cause declines in life expectancy in 2020 in severely affected areas
A new analysis of period life expectancy around the world shows that the COVID-19 pandemic could cause a short-term decline in life expectancy in many regions of the world.
27 May 2020
Building pathways to sustainability in a post-COVID world
IIASA and the International Science Council (ISC) have established a partnership combining the strengths and expertise of the two organizations to define and design sustainability pathways, through a multi-stakeholder dialogue, that will enable a more equitable post-COVID world.
Events
Virtual meeting
50th TFIAM meeting
Virtual - Organized by the OECD
Modelling the Impact on Circular Economy and Low Carbon Transitions of the COVID-19 Recovery Packages
Blog
03 June 2020
COVID19 – Let’s Not Forget the Humans
As Canadian expats in Austria, one of the things that has particularly struck my family and I is the orderliness with which the country is dealing with the pandemic. As quarantine policies were put into place, we saw panic toilet paper hoarding in other countries, but here in Austria people were (amazingly) compliant and seemed to obey instructions and timelines provided by the authorities. We never worried about our basic needs. Grocery stores were always well stocked, public transit was always there and on time – and masks were readily available when required as physical barrier to protect others.
14 May 2020
The Cercedilla Manifesto: Advocating for more environmentally and socially sustainable research meetings
IIASA researcher Raquel Guimaraes and former research assistant Debbora Leip encourage the support of the Cercedilla Manifesto, arguing that it is high time for the scientific community to take responsibility and set an example by making research meetings more sustainable.
Publications
Sokolov, A.V., Roizenzon, G.V., & Komendantova, N. (2021). Технология создания систем мониторинга и прогноза состояния опасных явлений и объектов (на примере эпидемии COVID-19) [Technology for creating systems monitoring and forecasting the state of hazardous phenomena and objects (on
example of an epidemic Covid-19)]. In: Проблемы управления безопасностью сложных систем [Problems of security management of complex systems (PUBS-2021)]. Eds. Kalashnikova, A.O. & Kulby, V.V., pp. 93-99 IPU RAN. ISBN 978-5-91450-257-4 10.25728/iccss.2021.46.97.011.
Mintz-Woo, K. , Dennig, F., Liu, H., & Schinko, T. (2021). Carbon Pricing and COVID-19. Climate Policy 21 (10) 1272-1280. 10.1080/14693062.2020.1831432.
Chen, S., Prettner, K., Cao, B., Geldsetzer, P., Kuhn, M., Bloom, D.E., Bärnighausen, T., & Wang, C. (2020). Revisiting the association between temperature and COVID-19 transmissibility across 117 countries. ERJ Open Research 6 (4) e00550-2020. 10.1183/23120541.00550-2020.
Marois, G. , Muttarak, R. , & Scherbov, S. (2020). Assessing the potential impact of COVID-19 on life expectancy. PLOS ONE 15 (9) e0238678. 10.1371/journal.pone.0238678.
Strelkovskii, N. , Rovenskaya, E. , Sizov, S. , & Kaplan, D. (2020). Bouncing Forward Sustainably: Pathways to a post-COVID World. Strengthening Science Systems. Systems map. IIASA-ISC
Bragge, P., Becker, U., Breu, T., Carlsen, H., Griggs, D., Lavis, J.N., Zimm, C. , & Stevance, A.-S. (2022). How policymakers and other leaders can build a more sustainable post-COVID-19 ‘normal’. Discover Sustainability 3 (1) 10.1007/s43621-022-00074-x.
Ekenberg, L., Fasth, T., Koulolias, V., Larsson, A., Larsson, A., Danielson, M., Komendantova, N. , & Mihai, A. (2022). A Framework for COVID-19 Pandemic Intervention Modelling and Analysis for Policy Formation Support in Botswana. The International Journal on Advances in ICT for Emerging Regions 15 (3)
Tajeri Moghadam, M., Zobeidi, T., Sieber, S., & Lohr, K. (2022). Investigating the Adoption of Precautionary Behaviors Among Young Rural Adults in South Iran During COVID-19. Frontiers in Public Health 10 e787929. 10.3389/fpubh.2022.787929.
Strelkovskii, N. , Rovenskaya, E. , Ilmola-Sheppard, L., Bartmann, R., Rein-Sapir, Y., & Feitelson, E. (2022). Implications of COVID-19 Mitigation Policies for National Well-Being: A Systems Perspective. Sustainability 14 (1) p. 433. 10.3390/su14010433.
Ringsmuth, A.K., Otto, I.M., van den Hurk, B., Lahn, G., Reyer, C.P.O., Carter, T.R., Magnuszewski, P., Monasterolo, I., Aerts, J.C.J.H., Benzie, M., Campiglio, E., Fronzek, S., Gaupp, F., Jarzabek, L., Klein, R.J.T., Knaepen, H., Mechler, R. , Mysiak, J., Sillmann, J., Stuparu, D., & West, C. (2022). Lessons from COVID-19 for managing transboundary climate risks and building resilience. Climate Risk Management 35 e100395. 10.1016/j.crm.2022.100395.