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Aerial view of flooding, devastation after natural disaster

09 November 2022

Urgent need to address climate-related losses and damages

With COP27 underway in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the subject of climate-related losses and damages is once again expected to take center stage. IIASA contributed to a new policy brief by the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance, of which IIASA is a member, which provides important facts, figures, and context that outline just how vital it is that progress is made on this issue.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR)

24 October 2022

Scanning the Eurasian horizon for new CO2 offsetting opportunities

The possibility of global temperatures exceeding the Paris Agreement 1.5°C target is rising every year. We already face the impact of climate change through often extreme weather conditions which threaten ecosystems and risk livelihoods. Yet, current plans to reach net-zero emissions targets do not go far enough to achieve the 1.5C target in time.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)

Kazakhstan

21 October 2022

Elena Rovenskaya, Program Director of Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) contributes to the Budapest Eurasia Forum 2022 organized by the Central Bank of Hungary

As the world faces enormous transposition of the economic, political, and environmental world order, Hungary seeks a golden opportunity to act as a bridge which fuses the two diverse continents of Asia and Europe. On 19 and 20 September, Budapest hosted internationally esteemed speakers and participants to discuss exactly such opportunities.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Hungary

21 October 2022

How reverse globalization hinders regulatory power in an era of concentrated digital markets: discussions from the 8th Eurasian Antitrust Forum

IIASA researchers participated in a workshop which discussed exactly how competition authorities can unentangle themselves from reverse globalization effects and forge a harmonized, ecosystem-based governance approach for digital markets.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Kazakhstan

Close-up of someone's finger clicking on Twitter app on a tablet

19 October 2022

Why do COVID-19 conspiracy theories persist on social media?

IIASA researchers have analyzed the discussion on eight different conspiracy theories that was spread widely on Twitter during the pandemic. Their work makes it possible to not only estimate the number of conspiracy related tweets, but also to compare the theories among themselves and identify patterns in their discussion.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT)

Green city concept with solar and wind energy options

17 October 2022

Blessing or curse? How the pandemic and the war impact energy transitions

The Covid-19 pandemic and the return of military conflict to Europe are two of the present’s defining crises. A new IIASA-led study sheds light on their ramifications for the global energy system.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)

Two little bee-eater birds (Merops pusillus), Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya

13 October 2022

WWF Living Planet Report reveals a devastating drop in wildlife populations

IIASA researchers contributed to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)’s Living Planet Report 2022, which highlights the stark outlook of the state of nature and urgently warns governments, businesses, and the public to take transformative action to reverse the destruction of biodiversity.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)

13 October 2022

Dealing with higher fire frequencies in the alpine region

Dealing with increasing fire frequencies in 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 aims to address this critical situation.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE)

Austria

Spring Slovakia landscape. Nature fields with blooming cherries. Unique ecological land management.

12 October 2022

Better policy design for sustainable land management

The Land Management for Sustainability (LAMASUS) Project kicks off today and will provide tools and design processes allowing EU policymakers to assess the impacts of future land-use policies ahead of their implementation, and so make informed choices for European agriculture and land use, as well as the global climate.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)