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24 November 2022

2022 TWAS-Lenovo Science Award awarded to Fu Bojie

IIASA congratulates Fu Bojie on receiving this year’s TWAS – Lenovo Science Award, in recognition of his seminal contribution to the understanding of interactions between human beings and the environment, and their implications for sustainability.

China

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23 November 2022

What was the true human cost of the pandemic in Russia?

A new study assesses the number of lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia and introduces a novel methodology that will help to get a clearer view of pandemics in the future.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)

Russian Federation

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18 November 2022

Finding equity in climate mitigation finance

Considerations of equity in directing global financial flows for regional climate mitigation investments are critically important. A new study helps inform the current negotiations at COP27 while keeping fairness at the forefront.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Sustainable Service Systems (S3)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)

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16 November 2022

The need for rapid methane mitigation

Human-driven methane emissions account for nearly 45% of current net warming. The Global Methane Assessment 2030 baseline report, issued by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and coauthored by IIASA researcher Lena Höglund-Isaksson, evaluates the progress of global reduction efforts. If the world is to keep global temperature rise below 1.5° and 2°C targets, swift action is needed.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Pollution Management (PM)

15 November 2022

IIASA researchers once again among the world’s most highly cited

IIASA is proud to announce that 11 researchers from across various IIASA programs have been named on the 2022 Highly Cited Researchers™ list from Clarivate.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)

Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC)

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Pollution Management (PM)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

Inequality - aerial shot depicting contrast between rich and poor in Rio

14 November 2022

Global distributive justice and systemic transformations are key to planetary stability

In a new study just published in the journal Nature Sustainability, an international team of scientists from the Earth Commission, convened by Future Earth, investigated the Earth system impacts of escaping poverty and achieving a dignified life for all. The research was inspired by discussions on potential trade-offs between achieving social and environmental goals.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Equity and Justice (EQU)

Sunset on a factory creating high emmissions in Scotland

11 November 2022

No sign of decrease in global CO2 emissions

Global carbon emissions in 2022 remain at record levels with no sign of the decrease that is urgently needed to limit warming to 1.5°C, according to the Global Carbon Project science team. If current emissions levels persist, there is now a 50% chance that global warming of 1.5°C will be exceeded in nine years.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

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11 November 2022

Wolfgang Lutz receives prestigious honorary doctorate

On Thursday, 10 November 2022, Interim IIASA Deputy Director General for Science, Wolfgang Lutz, received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts in Demography from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of demography.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Thailand

10 November 2022

Protecting and connecting nature across Europe

Europe needs healthy ecosystems that benefit biodiversity and people and are resilient to climate change. The Horizon Europe NaturaConnect Project will support European Union governments and other public and private institutions in designing a coherent, resilient and well-connected Trans-European Nature Network.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC)