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Concept of smart farming in agriculture industry

06 December 2024

Knowledge platform Recodo boosts agrobiodiversity action

The FRAMEwork project has unveiled its updated knowledge and action platform, Recodo, enhancing its features and design to better serve stakeholders in agrobiodiversity. Developed by researchers in the IIASA Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability Research Group and other project partners, Recodo connects and empowers diverse actors and audiences, including Farmer Clusters and other agrobiodiversity stakeholders.

05 December 2024

Four distinguished scholars receive the IIASA Lifetime Achievement Award

This year, the award is granted to four researchers: Markus Amann, Joanne Linnerooth-Bayer, Sten Nilsson, and Sergei Scherbov, whose pioneering work has not only guided the global political discourse in the fields of demography, climate change, and the environment but also shaped IIASA as the international hub for systems analysis.

03 December 2024

MINE-THE-GAP: Advancing responsible mining monitoring with satellite data and AI

As global demand for raw materials intensifies due to the material needs of digitalization and decarbonization, the new MINE-THE-GAP project aims to address a critical knowledge gap in mining's environmental and social impacts by creating scalable, reliable mining indicators using advanced satellite data and artificial intelligence (AI).

03 December 2024

A-LEVERS workshop brings together climate change adaptation experts

As part of the A-LEVERS project, experts on climate change met in-person in Vienna to create feasible portfolios of adaptation measures to key climatic risks in Austria

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.

Colorful satellite weather map depicting increased temperatures across Europe.

26 November 2024

Mapping the world's climate danger zones

With 2024 on track to be declared the hottest on record, scientists from IIASA and Columbia University have noticed that specific regions are consistently more affected by extreme temperatures. A new study provides the first worldwide map of these regional climate danger zones.

24 November 2024

IIASA at COP29: impressions and results

COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, came to an end after a bitter fight. Wealthy nations pledged to triple support to reach 300 billion Dollars per year by 2035. Developing countries said they needed 1.3 trillion Dollars. IIASA researchers also estimate the needs to reach trillions, not billions. Hence, a disappointing outcome, overshadowed by geopolitical tensions, according to IIASA’s experts.

22 November 2024

IIASA Director General meets with King Charles III

IIASA Director General, Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber, was among the distinguished guests at an event hosted by King Charles III to celebrate the launch of the Circular Bioeconomy Alliance (CBA). Amid the serious discussions around the the initiative's mission to champion a nature-first economy, the two old friends shared a lighter moment, promising to stay in touch.

22 November 2024

Kai Kornhuber receives Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award from EGU

IIASA researcher Kai Kornhuber will be honored with the Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award in the Climate: Past, Present & Future Division for his achievements in advancing climate science.

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