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Indian man looking at light bulb in his house

02 September 2021

How much energy do we need to achieve a decent life for all?

For many, an increase in living standards would require an increase in energy provision. At the same time, meeting current climate goals under the Paris Agreement would benefit from lower energy use. IIASA researchers have assessed how much energy is needed to provide the global poor with a decent life and have found that this can be reconciled with efforts to meet climate targets.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)

Child's hands holding tree with butterflies

30 August 2021

Research reveals location and intensity of global threats to biodiversity

Using a novel modeling approach, new research published in Nature Ecology and Evolution reveals the location and intensity of key threats to biodiversity on land and identifies priority areas across the world to help inform conservation decision making at national and local levels.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC)

27 August 2021

Are we on track to end world hunger?

IIASA researchers have contributed to a study that provides a new model to monitor and predict food insecurity in the coming decade. It finds that while overall global levels of food insecurity are set to decrease an increase is implied for lower income countries.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG)

Close up of senior hands giving small plant to a child over defocused green background

24 August 2021

Meeting biodiversity, climate, and water objectives through integrated strategies

We are collectively failing to conserve the world’s biodiversity and to mobilize natural solutions to help curb global warming. A new study carried out by the Nature Map Consortium, shows that managing a strategically placed 30% of land for conservation could safeguard 70% of all considered terrestrial plant and vertebrate animal species, while simultaneously conserving more than 62% of the world’s above and below ground vulnerable carbon, and 68% of all clean water.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC)

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)

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