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.
Monday, 15 December 2025
08:30-12:00, Hall EFG (Poster Hall)
Water Footprint of Digital Infrastructure Amid Climate Uncertainty in Pakistan
Muhammad Awais
16:45-17:00, 260
Annual Forest Types Mapping from 2020-2024 to Monitor Land Use Change and Support Global Sustainability Initiatives
Myroslava Lesiv, Steffen Fritz
17:05-17:15, 206
Mitigating urban food waste along with China′s dining transition
Xiuming Zhang
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
Thursday, 18 December 2025
14:15-17:45, Hall EFG (Poster Hall)
Cost of Air Pollution Control in Northeast Asia under Multiple Future Scenarios
Younha Kim
14:15-17:45, Hall EFG (Poster Hall)
Future Air Pollutant Emission Pathways under Strong Mitigation Scenarios in Northeast Asia: An IAM-based Analysis for Six Northeast Asian Countries (GUIDE-Global)
Younha Kim
14:15-17:45, Hall EFG
Temporary carbon dioxide removal to offset short-lived climate forcers
Keywan Riahi, Tao Wang, Thomas Gasser
14:15-17:45, Hall EFG (Poster Hall)
The Role of Trade and Atmospheric Transport in Shaping Global PM2.5 Emission Related Health Burdens
Fabian Wagner, Gregor Kiesewetter
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
Upcoming Events
Hybrid: online and at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Public lecture: Digitalization and AI within planetary boundaries
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand