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07 March 2022

Special podcast: Technology, Big Data, and Agrobiodiversity

The big data revolution is here, but what does it mean for creating a life-supporting sustainable food system? Can technological innovation help us feed the world and protect against biodiversity loss? IIASA hosts this special episode of the Prophets, Wizards & The Quest to Value Nature podcast.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)

Cyber security concept superimposed on busy traffic intersection

02 March 2022

Taking a systems approach to cyber security

The frequency and severity of cyber attacks on critical infrastructure is a subject of concern for many governments, as are the costs associated with cyber security, making the efficient allocation of resources paramount. A new study proposes a framework featuring a more holistic picture of the cyber security landscape, along with a model that explicitly represents multiple dimensions of the potential impacts of successful cyber attacks.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)

28 February 2022

Taking climate action now can secure our future

Human-induced climate change is causing dangerous and widespread disruption in nature and affecting the lives of billions of people around the world, despite efforts to reduce the risks. People and ecosystems least able to cope are being hardest hit, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, released today.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR)

24 February 2022

New research leadership appointment

Anne Goujon, an expert in demography and education, has been appointed to lead the IIASA Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Program.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

14 February 2022

Pursuing carbon neutrality and water security in China

China has promised to become carbon neutral before 2060 and has coupled this ambitious target with stringent limitations on industrial water use by 2030. An international team of IIASA researchers and Chinese colleagues explored the effects of simultaneously pursuing these goals.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Water Security (WAT)

China

14 February 2022

Master's Programme "Global Demography"

The Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital (IIASA, OeAW, University of Vienna) will start Master's Programme "Global Demography" at the University of Vienna with its second cohort of students in October 2022.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Wooden figures queing in front of green vote check mark.

07 February 2022

Experience of climate extremes increase Green voting in Europe

What role do experiences with climate change and extreme events play in shaping environmental attitudes and to what extent can they explain the recent rise in environmental concerns and willingness to vote for Green parties across Europe? IIASA researchers set out to investigate these and related issues in a new study just published in Nature Climate Change.

Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)

Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG)

Equity and Justice (EQU)

Abstract image showing relationship between people, environmental conservation and growth

03 February 2022

Ill-considered area-based conservation could affect food security and health

Area-based conservation targets aimed at stopping and reversing global biodiversity loss are set to form an integral part of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework discussions later this year. An international team of researchers have however found that strictly protecting global land area for conservation could have an adverse impact on human health and food security in some parts of the world.

Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)

Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC)

UN Sustainable Development Goals - colourful icons of targets on a black background

01 February 2022

New framework of indicators for achieving Sustainable Development Goals

The world is not on track to achieve all the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, and more insight into how we can get back on track is urgently needed. An article by an international team of scientists proposes a more limited set of more easily measurable targets that can be used in scenario analysis for achieving all of the SDGs by the target date.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)