IIASA joins thousands of scientists, educators, and policymakers at the premier Earth and space science conference 15-19 December in New Orleans, Louisiana, to explore groundbreaking research, connect with global experts, and shape the future of our planet.

IIASA colleagues are participating in several events presenting their research.

Tuesday, 16 December 2025

10:30-10:40, 270
A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage
Matthew Gidden, Siddharth Joshi, Elina Brutschin, Joeri Rogelj, Carl-Friedrich Schleussner, Keywan Riahi

10:36-10:43, 271
Carbon Removal and the Uneven Burdens of Net-Zero: Justice and Risk in Macro-Energy Systems
Elina Brutschin

10:50-11:00, 203-205
Coupling Residential Building Stock Turnover and Thermal Demand Modeling for Decarbonization and Energy Equity Analysis
Shuhaib Nawawi, Xiaoyang Zhong, Alessio Mastrucci

11:32-11:39,  271
Mapping Wellbeing Outcomes Across Carbon Dioxide Removal Levels in Climate Pathways
Elina Brutschin, Marina Andrijevic

14:15-17:45, Hall EFG (Poster Hall)
Hydrological Implications for Sustainable Irrigation Development in the Lake Chad Basin under Climate Change
Mikhail Smilovic

14:15-17:45, Hall EFG (Poster Hall)
Global High-Resolution CO2 Emission Inventory in Support of Climate Science, Monitoring, and Mitigation Benchmarking
Zbigniew Klimont

17:05-17:15, 207
Advancing the Representation of Human Actions in Macro-Scale Hydrologic Models
Jia Yi Ng

Wednesday, 17 December 2025

08:30 – 12:00, Hall EFG (MCCNO)

Advances in Empirical and Modeling Approaches for Sustainable Forest Ecosystem Management under Climate and Global Change
Mahdi Andre Nakhavali, Fulvio Di Fulvio, Amanda Palazzo

Recent Developments in Empirical and Modeling Studies of Forest Ecosystems: Implications for Management and Climate Change Poster
Mahdi Andre Nakhavali, Fulvio Di Fulvio, Amanda Palazzo

Friday, 19 December 2025

08:30-12:00, Hall EFG (Poster Hall) 
The Role of Geochemical Carbon Dioxide Removal Approaches Under the Sustainability Informed Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
Parisa Javadi, Yoga Pratama, Elina Brutschin

08:30-12:00, Hall EFG (Poster Hall) 
Warming-induced Carbon Emissions from Permafrost Thaw and High-latitude Wildfires Indicate Need for Additional Action to Keep Paris Agreement Temperature Goals Within Reach
Thomas Gasser

09:14-08:24, New Orleans Theater C 
MESMERv1 and Beyond: Mapping the Climate Emulation Landscape for Generating Policy-Relevant Insights (Invited)
Carl-Friedrich Schleussner

09:45 – 10:45, Hall B1 (Connections Hall) Pod 7 (NOLA CC) 
IIASA-Accelerator: A High-Performance Open Science Environment
André (Mahdi) Nakhavali 

10:30-10:45, 203-205 
The Role of Carbon Dioxide Removal in the Nationally Determined Contributions and Long-Term Strategies
Volker Krey, Yoga Pratama, Siddharth Joshi

10:45-10:55, 272-273
Global Nitrogen budget: 1980-2020
Xiuming Zang, Wilfried Winiwarter

11:35-11:45, 272-273
Whole-chain intensification of pig and chicken farming could lower N pollution and GHG emission with economic and food production benefits
Xiuming Zhang

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Hybrid: online and at the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Public lecture: Digitalization and AI within planetary boundaries

Online

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Helsinki, Finland

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Segovia,Spain

Climate Change and Insurance Workshop 2026 (CCI26)

Barcelona, Spain

OEMC Final Global Workshop 2026

IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria

GAINS Model Workshop