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27 May 2025

Where the green streets were: tracking global urban vegetation

Trees, shrubs, and other plants along roads and sidewalks play an important role in making cities more resilient to climate change, improving public health, and advancing environmental justice. Yet, tracking its distribution and change over time remains a major challenge – especially across large, rapidly urbanizing regions of the world. A new IIASA-led study addresses this gap.

27 May 2025

Launch of the Global Assessment Report 2025 on Disaster Risk Reduction

The Global Assessment Report is the defining report on the state of art and future on disaster risk. The comprehensive 2025 report comes 10 years after the Sendai Framework, where the global community agreed to further prevent the creation of new risk, reduce existing risk and increase resilience.

26 May 2025

Health Financing Webinar Series: Unlocking Climate Finance for Health

Josephine Borghi, lead of the SHAW Research Group, recently participated as a panelist in the “Unlocking Climate Finance for Health” webinar, organized by DGI Consult, where she shared her insights on integrating health into climate finance efforts.

23 May 2025

The role of forests in addressing climate and biodiversity challenges in a sustainable bioeconomy

Forests play an essential role in mitigating climate change and conserving biodiversity. As Europe moves forward on its climate and sustainability journey, it is crucial that forest-related policies and management practices evolve to fully support these goals.

Karen Lips and Vietnamese partners following the signing of the MoU

23 May 2025

Strengthening collaboration with Vietnamese partners

IIASA Deputy Director General Karen Lips represented the Institute at last week’s Austria–Vietnam High-Technology and Innovation Forum in Vienna. Following her participation in a high-level panel discussion on digital transformation, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group (VNPT) to boost collaboration in AI and digital transformation.

21 May 2025

IIASA and Kyoto University intensify cooperation in the disaster space

The long-standing cooperation between IIASA and the Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI) at Kyoto University has been further strengthened through the renewal of the MOU.

19 May 2025

Glaciers will take centuries to recover even if global warming is reversed

New research highlights that mountain glaciers across the globe will not recover for centuries – even if human intervention cools the planet back to the 1.5°C limit, having exceeded it.

16 May 2025

Roman Hoffmann honored with awards and Academy membership

IIASA researcher Roman Hoffmann has been honored with two prestigious awards and elected as a member of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, recognizing his contributions to climate change research and environmental social sciences.

A vibrant smart city showcases homes equipped with solar panels and wind turbines as the sun sets over the scenic countryside, illustrating a commitment to renewable energy and sustainable living. AI generated

13 May 2025

Ending poverty without compromising climate goals

With climate change intensifying and billions of people still lacking basic necessities, addressing both challenges simultaneously is not only possible but essential. New research highlights that meeting global climate targets while ensuring decent living standards for all can be achieved, provided that emissions reductions are implemented quickly and decisively.