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05 October 2022

Citizen science goes global

On 3 October 2022, citizen science networks and practitioners from around the world welcomed the formation of the Citizen Science Global Partnership (CSGP), a newly established association which seeks to promote and advance citizen science for a sustainable world.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)

03 October 2022

Navigating Europe’s forests towards EU climate neutrality

The ForestNavigator (Navigating European forests and forest bioeconomy sustainably to EU climate neutrality) Project is a new ambitious pan-European research project coordinated by IIASA and funded under the Horizon Europe Program. It brings together 24 research institutions from 13 EU countries and China to support the European Commission and national authorities in designing robust sectoral policies addressing forests and the forest sector for achieving climate neutrality in the EU.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)

Hands catching clean water from a natural source

03 October 2022

Towards a safe operating space for water resources in a changing climate and society

The SOS-Water Project, funded under the Horizon Europe scheme and coordinated by IIASA, will create a holistic and participatory assessment framework of a Safe Operating Space (SOS) for the entire water resources system to inform global and regional water management policies and pathways.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Water Security (WAT)

30 September 2022

Malaysian Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation visits IIASA

H.E. Dato' Sri Dr. Adham bin Baba, Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation of Malaysia, a former IIASA member country, visited the IIASA premises in Laxenburg to meet with IIASA Director General Albert van Jaarsveld on 25 September 2022 to discuss the IIASA research agenda and ways to strengthen scientific cooperation between IIASA and Malaysia.

Malaysia

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29 September 2022

Circularity: a key step towards a more sustainable Europe

IIASA is coordinating CircEUlar, a new four-year project funded by Horizon Europe aiming to develop circular pathways for a low-carbon transition in the European Union.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Sustainable Service Systems (S3)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

28 September 2022

Demography matters: the human life from birth to death

IIASA researchers participate in a seminar titled "Demography matters: the human life from birth to death", organized by Vienna Institute of Demography and Wittgenstein Centre.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Multidimensional Demographic Modeling (MDM)

Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG)

Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)

28 September 2022

IDRiM 2022 Young Scientist Session Award

Alberto Fresolone winner of IDRiM 2022 Young Scientist Session Award.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT)

Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Equity and Justice (EQU)

27 September 2022

Dealing with higher fire frequencies in the alpine region

Dealing with increasing fire frequencies in the domestic mountain-dominated forest systems requires assessment and anticipation of fire risks at local scales as well as a better understanding of its effects on the ecosystem and recreational activities. The Austria Fire Futures project started on 15th September 2022 to address this critical situation.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE)

Austria

Forest panorama with sunlight shining through the trees

26 September 2022

Forests play a key role in the future global carbon balance

In a new study published in Global Environmental Change, an international team of researchers from seven institutions, including IIASA, developed a first of its kind forest model intercomparison project (ForMIP) to estimate long-term futures for the world’s forests under different socioeconomic and climate mitigation pathways.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)

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