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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)

01 July 2021

Platforms for profit and purpose

Digital platforms are changing the way we do business. IIASA has been involved in a six-year research project to understand the consequences of this shift, including how platforms can improve resilience in an uncertain world.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT)

Finland

30 June 2021

Put people at the heart of energy transition policies, say EU Chief Scientific Advisors

Earlier this week, the European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors (GCSA) delivered a Scientific Opinion on a systemic approach to the energy transition in Europe in which they provide policy recommendations on how the commission can contribute, accelerate, and facilitate the clean energy transition at the European and global level.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)

25 June 2021

Assessing the risks of human displacement in a changing climate

Each year, disasters force millions of people to move from their homes, with profound human and financial consequences, and climate change is making the situation worse. But recent work involving novel modeling and new data makes it possible to assess these risks and prepare for them.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR)

24 June 2021

Russian forests are crucial to global climate mitigation

Russia is the world’s largest forest country. Being home to more than a fifth of forests globally, the country’s forests and forestry have enormous potential to contribute to making a global impact in terms of climate mitigation. A new study by IIASA researchers, Russian experts, and other international colleagues have produced new estimates of biomass contained in Russian forests, confirming a substantial increase over the last few decades.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE)

Russian Federation

Offshore wind power farm in the North Sea

23 June 2021

A novel energy storage solution featuring pipes and anchors

What do pipes and anchors have to do with storing energy? More than you might think! A new IIASA-led study explored the potential of a lesser known, but promising sustainable energy storage system called Buoyancy Energy Storage.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Sustainable Service Systems (S3)

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