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Three engineers studying plans in front of solar panels

06 August 2021

An action agenda for Africa’s electricity sector

A new scientific article outlines how to undertake the much needed expansion and modernization of Africa’s electricity sector. The article highlights the crucial role that international partnerships such as the Sustainable Energy for All Initiative have to play in achieving this goal.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)

Abstract illustration of green Earth with different green energy options including wind turbines and solar panels

05 August 2021

Achieving equitable access to energy in a changing climate

Access to modern, reliable, and affordable energy services is a must for development and ensuring a decent quality of life. IIASA researchers used a novel bottom-up approach to analyze how access to energy services may evolve over time under different scenarios of socioeconomic growth and policy scenarios that meet climate mitigation goals.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

Sustainable Service Systems (S3)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)

Rural Woman Cooking Chapati in her house

26 July 2021

Inequity in the air of India

Air pollution in India is generated more by the wealthy, while the poor suffer most of the health impact, according to a study by five IIASA researchers published in Nature Sustainability.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Pollution Management (PM)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)

India

26 July 2021

How crushed rocks can help capture CO2

IIASA researchers and international colleagues explored the potential of using finely ground rock to help with the removal of CO₂ from the atmosphere on the road to achieving net-zero emissions and keeping global warming below 1.5°C.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Sustainable Service Systems (S3)

22 July 2021

Informing policy for long-term global food security

More than 820 million people in the world don’t have enough to eat, while climate change and increasing competition for land and water are further raising concerns about the future balance between food demand and supply. The results of a new IIASA-led study can be used to benchmark global food security projections and inform policy analysis and public debate on the future of food.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)

20 July 2021

The Indus basin: untapped potential for long-term energy storage

Hydropower has massive potential as a source of clean electricity, and the Indus basin can be a key player in fulfilling long-term energy storage demands across Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. IIASA researchers explored the role the Indus basin could play to support global sustainable development.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Sustainable Service Systems (S3)

China

India

Pakistan

Covid-19 Coronavirus Spreading Across Europe

15 July 2021

Tracking COVID-19 across Europe

According to the World Health Organization, a third wave of COVID infections is now all but inevitable in Europe. A COVID tracker developed by IIASA researcher Asjad Naqvi, aims to identify, collect, and collate various official regional datasets for European countries, while also combining and homogenizing the data to help researchers and policymakers explore how the virus spreads.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)

13 July 2021

Closing knowledge gaps for sustainable agriculture

IIASA is part of a project funded under the Belmont Forum’s joint Collaborative Research Action on Pathways to Sustainability to develop and apply an indicator system for measuring sustainability in the agricultural sector that will close existing knowledge gaps and facilitate decision making for more sustainable agricultural production.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE)

08 July 2021

Dealing with global carbon debt

As atmospheric concentrations of CO₂ continue to rise, we are putting future generations at risk of having to deal with a massive carbon debt. IIASA researchers and international colleagues are calling for immediate action to establish responsibility for carbon debt by implementing carbon removal obligations, for example, during the upcoming revision of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)

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