Research Project
NAVIGATE aims to develop the Next generation of AdVanced InteGrated Assessment modelling to support climaTE policy making.
Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)
Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)
Sustainable Service Systems (S3)
Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)
Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM)
Model for Energy Supply Strategy Alternatives and their General Environmental Impact (MESSAGEix)
Research Project
The EU-funded GENIE project will explore the environmental, technical, social, legal, ethical and policy dimensions of greenhouse gas removal and solar radiation management. GENIE aims to produce a comprehensive scientific assessment for evidence-based policymaking to address climate change, and to expand our toolkit for a zero-emissions future.
Research Project
Existing national mitigation pledges and commitments place the world on a path well above the climate goal of the landmark Paris Agreement. Should the world exceed this limit, it is possible to draw down temperature through sustained use of so-called net-negative emissions (i.e., emitting less CO2 than is taken up by technical and natural processes). RESCUE will expand our current knowledge by exploring the sensitivity of the Earth system to deep mitigation futures which achieve the Paris Agreement goal under different regimes of dependence on net-negative emissions and carbon-dioxide removal.
Research Project
The Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) is a group of central banks, supervisors and observers committed to sharing best practices, contributing to the development of climate– and environment–related risk management in the financial sector and mobilizing mainstream finance to support the transition toward a sustainable economy.
Research Project
The Global Energy Assessment (GEA), launched in 2012, defines a new global energy policy agenda – one that transforms the way society thinks about, uses, and delivers energy. Involving specialists from a range of disciplines, industry groups, and policy areas, GEA research aims to facilitate equitable and sustainable energy services for all, in particular the two billion people who currently lack access to clean, modern energy.
Research Project
Even though Africa is home to some of the best renewable resources on the planet, almost half of the continent's population does not have access to modern energy. The project OpenMod4Africa will support providing access to clean, affordable energy to everyone by creating an open modelling toolbox for long-term energy transition pathways for Africa.
Research Project
Access to energy and electricity are fundamental to meeting basic human needs, and they also spur growth in income and improvements in wellbeing. IIASA researchers are studying how access to energy supply affects people’s lives and livelihoods, and how to provide energy services equitably.