News
24 March 2023
Urgent need to ramp up climate action to secure a liveable future for all
IIASA researchers contributed to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released earlier this week. The report highlights that there are multiple feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change, and they are available now.
15 March 2023
IIASA, Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of Armenia, and UNFPA sign MoU
IIASA, the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs of the Republic of Armenia (MLSA), and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) have strengthened their cooperation in the area of demography and population through signing a trilateral Memorandum of Understanding.
01 March 2023
European conservation leaders gather to boost collective dialogue for a Trans-European Nature Network
More than 70 leading EU policy and governmental decision makers came together to lay the foundation for a bold new vision for Europe's nature protection in the first NaturaConnect stakeholder event this year.
Events
10 April 2023 New York, USA
Wolfgang Lutz delivers keynote address at the 56th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development
Focus
28 March 2023
The future of biodiversity monitoring in Europe
Increasing the policy impact and effectiveness of biodiversity monitoring in Europe: current state and gaps.
15 February 2023
From farm to space and back: adapting Austrian agriculture to climate change
Juan Carlos Laso Bayas and colleagues reflect on the outcomes of the SATFARM Services project, which set out to create models that demonstrate the potential of satellite data to track climate-smart agricultural practices and visualize indicators to track their success in a prototype web platform for Austrian farmers.
20 January 2023
Securing sustainable and resilient food systems for The Gambia
Policy Brief #36, January 2023. Co-developing resilient food and land-use systems can help bridge the gap between demand for sustainable, healthy food and attainable food supply in The Gambia.
Impacts
19 August 2021
Water for growth
Impact Sheet #20, August 2021. IIASA and partners in East Africa are studying how the region’s economic development could affect water resources.
18 January 2021
Assessing biofuels for transport
Impact Sheet #18, January 2021. IIASA models feed into the biofuel policies of international aviation and the EU road transportation sector, helping to steer them towards cleaner feedstocks.
11 January 2021
Limiting global temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels
Impact Sheet #19, January 2021. IIASA research has guided the global policymaking community in their efforts to limit global temperature increase to this ambitious goal. When the world’s attention was focussed toward the 2°C target, the institute’s sophisticated analysis mapped credible pathways towards the 1.5°C goal
Policy briefs
28 March 2023
The future of biodiversity monitoring in Europe
Increasing the policy impact and effectiveness of biodiversity monitoring in Europe: current state and gaps.
20 January 2023
Securing sustainable and resilient food systems for The Gambia
Policy Brief #36, January 2023. Co-developing resilient food and land-use systems can help bridge the gap between demand for sustainable, healthy food and attainable food supply in The Gambia.
07 November 2022
A fair climate
Policy Brief #35, October 2022. Sharing mitigation fairly between countries doesn’t have to be expensive.
Policy applications
22 February 2023
Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)
IIASA's GAINS model shapes international negotiations on international emission reduction accords under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution.
22 February 2023
Input to European Union Climate Policies
Since more than 10 years, IIASA's GAINS model provides scientific input to the development of the climate policy proposals of the European Commission, dealing with (a) emission projections, mitigation potentials and costs for non-CO2 greenhouse gases, and (b) interactions and synergies between climate and air pollution strategies.
22 February 2023
European Union Air Quality Policies
Since 1995, IIASA's GAINS model has provided quantitative scientific analyses for the key air quality policy initiatives of the European Commission.
