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The National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) is the National Member Organization (NMO) representing Korean membership of IIASA as well as funding IIASA’s annual membership fee.
Main areas of collaborations:
Identifying measures to reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions
Research to support green growth in Korea
Improving the early warning of forest fires and the ecosystem value of forests in Korea
Studying the vulnerabilities and sources of resilience of the Korean economy and society
Advancing energy and integrated assessment modeling in Korea
Analyzing global water challenges
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News
25 July 2023
Professor Donghyun Kim's Visit to IIASA strengthens ties between South Korea and the FLAM team
Jeonju University's Professor Donghyun Kim visited IIASA on July 24, 2023, to present his cutting-edge research on drone technology for smart agriculture and fire suppression and monitoring. The visit aimed to explore collaboration possibilities with the FLAM-AFE team.
26 June 2023
Are we building back better yet?
With the pandemic thankfully receding in the rear-view mirror while the climate crisis looms ever larger in front of us, it’s worth remembering the calls from 2020 to “build back better”. A recent study investigated how we are progressing on achieving this ambitious goal.
Events
29 June 2023 Seoul, Korea
Wolfgang Lutz to deliver keynote address at the Munhwa Future Report 2023 launch
25 April 2023 IIASA, Laxenburg
IIASA-OJERI expert workshop
12 October 2022 Seoul, Republic of Korea and online
IIASA-Korea joint conference on systems analysis as a global approach
Focus
04 December 2022
Celebrating 50 years of global collaboration
Options Magazine, Winter 2022: IIASA organized a series of celebratory activities with its member organizations throughout 2022 to celebrate 50 years of groundbreaking systems analysis research and opportunities to strengthen partnerships and collaborations with the global scientific community.
07 November 2022
Promising climate progress
Policy Brief #34, October 2023. Recent net-zero pledges could take the world a long way towards meeting the Paris climate goals, but an ambition gap remains.
29 November 2021
An analysis of forest management in the Republic of Korea
Options Winter 2021: While urbanization is a common cause of biodiversity decline, the Republic of Korea has managed to maintain its biodiversity during its rapid economic development. IIASA researcher Florian Kraxner and colleagues analyzed the persistence of plants in the country and constructed future scenarios to better prepare for the pressures of climate change.
Publications
Heo, N., Chang, H.-C., & Abel, G. (2023). Investigating the distribution of university alumni populations within South Korea and Taiwan based on data from the LinkedIn advertising platform. Cities 137 e104315. 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104315. Jo, H.-W., Krasovskiy, A. , Hong, M., Corning, S., Kim, W., Kraxner, F., & Lee, W.-K. (2023). Modeling Historical and Future Forest Fires in South Korea: The FLAM Optimization Approach. Remote Sensing 15 (5) e1446. 10.3390/rs15051446. Chong, H., Lee, S., Cho, Y., Kim, J., Koo, J.-H., Pyo Kim, Y., Kim, Y. , Woo, J.-H., & Hyun Ahn, D. (2023). Assessment of air quality in North Korea from satellite observations. Environment International 171 e107708. 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107708. Kumar, N., Johnson, J., Yarwood, G., Woo, J.-H., Kim, Y. , Park, R.J., Jeong, J.I., Kang, S., Chun, S., & Knipping, E. (2022). Contributions of domestic sources to PM2.5 in South Korea. Atmospheric Environment 287 e119273. 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2022.119273. Jo, H.-W. (2022). Optimization of the IIASA’s FLAM model to represent forest fires in South Korea. IIASA YSSP Report. Laxenburg, Austria: IIASA Cha, S., Jo, H.-W., Kim, M., Song, C., Lee, H., Park, E., Lim, J., Shchepashchenko, D. , Shvidenko, A., & Lee, W.-K. (2022). Application of deep learning algorithm for estimating stand volume in South Korea. Journal of Applied Remote Sensing 16 (02) e024503. 10.1117/1.JRS.16.024503.