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Female doctore with elderly male patient, both are wearing a mask.

08 November 2023

Accurately calculating life expectancy since COVID-19

By how much did life expectancy fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic? A new study suggests that pandemics require a new method to accurately calculate life expectancy: “hybrid life expectancy” takes the duration of the pandemic into account, revealing that health crises have much smaller impact on life expectancy than previous studies have suggested.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)

06 November 2023

IIASA analysis underpins the IEA World Energy Outlook, revealing rapid energy transition benefits

IIASA researchers contributed to the latest edition of the International Energy Agency (IEA)’s World Energy Outlook, which shows that there are set to be almost 10 times as many electric cars on the road, renewables are nearing half of the global power mix, and much stronger policies are needed to achieve the 1.5°C target of the Paris Agreement.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Pollution Management (PM)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

06 November 2023

IIASA provides input to the G20 on multilateralism reforms

The G20 is a global platform for the discussion of cooperation, policy, and governance pathways aligned with the common interests of its member states, which include the world’s largest economies. This year, to support the G20 process, IIASA produced four policy papers providing insight into the complexities of potential multilateral institutional reforms.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

India

02 November 2023

Rubber trees and deforestation: quantifying the impact of rubber production on tropical forests and biodiversity

Two new studies produced by an international team, including a scientist working in partnership with IIASA, demonstrate that the impact of the global rubber trade on forests and biodiversity has been substantially underestimated and new sustainable solutions are urgently needed to address this problem.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)

Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC)

31 October 2023

Climate change: remaining carbon budget to meet targets of the Paris Agreement is smaller than previously thought

The amount of carbon emissions from human activities to limit global warming to 1.5°C, may be exhausted within the next 6 years based on current emissions levels. Using updated methodologies and data since the release of the Sixth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), new work by IIASA researchers and colleagues estimates that the remaining carbon budget to limit warming to the targets of the Paris Agreement is substantially lower than previously anticipated.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Sustainable Service Systems (S3)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)

Farmer's hands holding a fresh young plant in dark fertile soil

20 October 2023

Successful joint workshop supports equitable development in rural Africa

A workshop on the water-energy-land nexus jointly organized by IIASA and the World Resources Institute in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, brought together 30 researchers and practitioners from 14 African countries to deliberate on equitable development in rural Africa.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

Ethiopia

Sub-Saharan Africa Regional Member Organization (SSARMO)

Two firefighters fighting fire with a hose and water

18 October 2023

Creating a platform for disaster management and risk reduction

IIASA researchers are contributing to the Horizon Europe funded PARATUS project, which aims to promote disaster preparedness and resilience by co-developing stakeholder support tools for managing the systemic risk of compounding disasters.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT)

17 October 2023

New Team Members in Focus: Advancing Research Works in Agriculture, Forestry and Ecosystem Services Group

We are pleased to announce the arrival of four new researchers to the Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Research Group. With varying backgrounds and research objectives, this quartet is poised to elevate the group's interdisciplinary research in global and regional agriculture, forestry, and natural land ecosystems.

Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE)

Korea (Republic of)

Icons and field on background. Concept of smart agriculture and modern technology

16 October 2023

Increasing the contribution of EU agriculture to climate change action

The BrightSpace Project funded under Horizon Europe brings together partners from across Europe, including IIASA, to design a roadmap for effective and sustainable strategies for assessing and addressing the challenges of EU agriculture to navigate within a safe and just operating space.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)