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27 February 2024
Second stakeholder workshop of the fairSTREAM project
On the 6-7th February 2024, the second workshop of fairSTREAM project was hosted at IISER in Pune, India, bringing together food, water and biodiversity stakeholders from the Upper Bhima Basin.
29 November 2023
Embracing ecological perspectives, tools, and models to navigate the digital economy
Digitalization has ushered in new markets worldwide and in BRICS countries. However, the concentration of market power and digital resources by only a handful of digital platform ecosystems (DPEs) has also triggered new governance challenges, particularly, for BRICS countries. As part of the dissemination process of the ECOANTITRUST initiative, Elena Rovenskaya delivered a presentation on the adoption of ecological insights and tools to improve understanding of the complex nature of digital platforms, their ecosystems, and their interactions with the wider economy.
29 November 2023
Integrating Sustainability as a New Dimension for Competition Policy
In the age of digitalization, the dominance of digital platform ecosystems (DPEs) extends beyond concentration of product markets, impacting not only economic dynamics but also exerting influence on the broader well-being of individuals including its social and environmental dimensions. As private incentives often supersede social responsibilities even for the most powerful DPEs, competition regulators face the challenge to incorporate a broader concept of wellbeing and sustainability into their activities.
Events
Focus
27 June 2024
RESIST
The Resilience of Ecosystem Services provided by Intact and Sustainably managed Terrestrial ecosystems (RESIST) project aims to develop a modeling framework that integrates biophysical feedbacks and socioeconomic drivers affecting the environment.
27 June 2024
fairSTREAM
In the fairSTREAM project, IIASA researchers from the Equity and Justice, Water Security, and Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation research groups aim to address issues of fairness. This is crucial for managing risks in nexus challenges where conflicting views on procedural and outcome fairness often remain unresolved and jeopardize finding solutions.
Projects
Link4Skills (Link4Skills)
Resilience of Ecosystem Services provided by Intact and Sustainably managed Terrestrial ecosystems (RESIST)
fairSTREAM
Pollution Management and Environmental Health (PMEH)
Publications
Biswas, S., Chattopadhyay, A., Shaw, S., & Hoffmann, R. (2024). Assessing groundwater quality and its association with child undernutrition in India. Science of the Total Environment e173732. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173732. (In Press) Schenuit, F., Brutschin, E. , Geden, O., Guo, F. , Mohan, A., Oliveira Fiorini, A.C., Saluja, S., Schaeffer, R., & Riahi, K. (2024). Taking stock of carbon dioxide removal policy in emerging economies: developments in Brazil, China, and India. Climate Policy 1-20. 10.1080/14693062.2024.2353148. Purohit, I., Sharma, A.K., & Purohit, P. (2024). Leveraging information technology for accelerating residential rooftop solar: A case study from Odisha, India. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 29 (5) e47. 10.1007/s11027-024-10141-5. Deka, C., Dutta, M.K., Yazdanpanah, M., & Komendantova, N. (2024). When ‘Fear Factors’ Motivate People to Adopt Electric Vehicles in India: An Empirical Investigation of the Protection Motivation Theory. Cleaner and Responsible Consumption e100191. 10.1016/j.clrc.2024.100191. (In Press) Bhar, S., Lele, S., Min, J. , & Rao, N. (2024). Water, air pollution and carbon footprints of conspicuous/luxury consumption in India. Ecological Economics 218 e108104. 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108104. Sarkar, D., Dey, S., Purohit, P. , & Chowdhury, S. (2024). Health Benefits of Meeting 2-degree Warming Scenario in India. DOI:10.5194/egusphere-egu24-5480. In: EGU General Assembly 2024, 14-19 April 2024, Vienna.