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News
30 May 2024
New method could significantly reduce agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
New research by the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) and IIASA proposes using soil bacteria to cut greenhouse gas emissions from food production.
07 May 2024
TaigaClimate Project Meeting 2024
The Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE) group has hosted researchers from Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency as part of the TaigaClimate project meeting from 29 to 30 April.
04 May 2023
Researchers from Norwegian Geotechnical Institute visit IIASA
Researchers from the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) visited IIASA on 24 April to finalize a five-year collaboration on nature-based solutions for meeting climate and biodiversity targets, and to plan a proposal to continue their collaboration.
Events
Focus
11 November 2023
Norway and IIASA: Collaboration across sectors and borders
Options Magazine, Winter 2023: IIASA and Norway have enjoyed fruitful collaboration spanning multiple sectors for over two decades, helping to shape the political discourse at national, regional, and global levels. Represented by the Research Council of Norway, the country has been among the most active contributors to the work of IIASA.
02 October 2023
Feasible futures
Policy Brief #41, October 2023. Embracing the notion of feasibility, this research shows that the world will probably overshoot
1.5°C, largely owing to low institutional capacity. Energy demand reduction and electrification are two options to turn down the heat, and addressing weak institutions is crucial.
Projects
Developing circular pathways for a EU low-carbon transition (CircEUlar)
Multi-hazard and risk informed system for Enhanced local and regional Disaster risk management (MEDiate)
Wind In My Backyard (WIMBY)
Building Arctic Futures: Transport Infrastructures and Sustainable Northern Communities (INFRANORTH)
Publications
Vergarechea, M., Astrup, R., Fischer, C., Øistad, K., Blattert, C., Hartikainen, M., Eyvindson, K., Di Fulvio, F., Forsell, N., Burgas, D., Toraño-Caicoya, A., Mönkkönen, M., & Antón-Fernández, C. (2023). Future wood demands and ecosystem services trade-offs: A policy analysis in Norway. Forest Policy and Economics 147 e102899. 10.1016/j.forpol.2022.102899. Saviolidis, N.M., Davíðsdóttir, B., Ilmola-Sheppard, L., Stepanova, A., Valman, M., & Rovenskaya, E. (2020). Realising blue growth in the fishing industry in Iceland and Norway: Industry perceptions on drivers and barriers to blue growth investments and policy implications. Marine Policy 117 e103967. 10.1016/j.marpol.2020.103967. Posch, M. , Aherne, J., Moldan, F., Evans, C.D., Forsius, M., Larssen, T., Helliwell, R., & Cosby, B. (2019). Dynamic Modeling and Target Loads of Sulfur and Nitrogen for Surface Waters in Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Environmental Science & Technology 53 (9) 5062-5070. 10.1021/acs.est.8b06356. Kapeller, S., Dieckmann, U. , & Schueler, S. (2017). Varying selection differential throughout the climatic range of Norway spruce in Central Europe. Evolutionary Applications 10 25-38. 10.1111/eva.12413. Skilbrei, O.T., Heino, M. , & Svasand, T. (2015). Using simulated escape events to assess the annual numbers and destinies of escaped farmed Atlantic salmon of different life stages from farm sites in Norway. ICES journal of Marine Science 72 (2) 670-685. 10.1093/icesjms/fsu133. Skirbekk, V. & Blekesaune, M. (2014). Personality traits increasingly important for male fertility: Evidence from Norway. European Journal of Personality 28 (6) 521-529. 10.1002/per.1936.