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Automated assembly line with robotic arms in modern factory producing electric vehicle components.

20 December 2024

Increase in electric vehicles could create unwanted pollution hotspots

While electric vehicles have become a cornerstone of the global energy transition, a study by researchers from Princeton University and IIASA has demonstrated that refining the critical minerals needed for electric vehicle batteries could create pollution hotspots near manufacturing hubs.
Beihang MoU

18 December 2024

IIASA and Beihang University prolong collaboration to mitigate air pollution in China

On 13 December 2024, a high-level delegation from Beihang University visited IIASA to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), formally prolonging the fruitful collaboration between the two organizations. The MoU covers a number of substantive areas, including maintenance of the GAINS-Beihang model, which assesses air pollution in China and its interconnectedness with climate change.
CPDRC Delegation Visit

27 November 2024

Delegation from the China Population and Development Research Center visits IIASA

Earlier this month, the institute welcomed a delegation from the China Population and Development Research Center (CPDRC), a leading population research institution in China. Researchers from the IIASA Population and Just Societies Program (POPJUS) and CPDRC discussed declining fertility rates in China and future cooperation.

Events

Focus

27 June 2024

JustTrans4All

The IIASA Just Transitions to Net‑Zero Carbon Emissions for All (JustTrans4All) project contributes to novel analyses of transition pathways that are  cognizant of diverse justice considerations. The project aims to help shape policies that make people’s lives better without harming the planet, following the UN 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement.
net zero

27 June 2024

Strengthening the case for nature‑based solutions

IIASA researchers conducted several case studies and published two policy briefs informing policymakers about policy and financing barriers limiting the uptake of nature‑based solutions (NBS) compared to conventional grey infrastructure, as well as possible ways of overcoming them.
nature based solutions

Projects

Resilience and Malleability of Social Metabolism (REMASS)

Pollution management

Pollution Management and Environmental Health (PMEH)

Publications