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Building a Greener Future: Circular Economy Strategies for Climate Change Mitigation in the Built Environment

On 17 June, Sigrid Stagl, Scientist of the Year 2024, will speak on the topic of the sustainable economy. Ulrike Diebold, Vice President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber, and Christian Köberl, IIASA Council member for Austria, will deliver opening remarks before the lecture. This event is part of the ongoing IIASA-OeAW public lecture series and will be in German.

The Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), in partnership with the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA),  Stellenbosch University and the African Centre for Clean Air (ACCA) is providing financial and technical support to the country through the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) to implement the Uganda - Sector strategy for Organic Waste Management.

This conference on the management of risks linked to natural hazards brings together research with leading professionals from technology, energy, construction, real estate, insurance, shipping, and financial sectors to discuss solutions for disaster prevention and crisis management in the region and generally.

The Forum on Scenarios for Climate and Societal Futures is a hybrid online and in-person event that brings together a diverse, multi-disciplinary community engaged in developing and applying scenarios for climate change and sustainability analysis. The Forum serves as a space for exchanging experiences, ideas, and lessons learned and also help identify opportunities for collaboration, explore synergies across disciplines, and highlight critical knowledge gaps to inform future research—at a time when navigating complex environmental and societal challenges is more urgent than ever.

Preventing deforestation is critical to avoid reaching the Amazon’s "tipping point" — a threshold beyond which irreversible cascading effects could transform vast areas of rainforest into savanna. As effective forest monitoring is central to combating deforestation, this event will highlight Brazil’s state-of-the-art monitoring tools for the Amazon.

IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber will participate in a high-level dialogue on Europe's ecological future at the Archipelago for Possible Futures Summit 2025, the official event of the New European Bauhaus taking place on Saturday, 10 May in Venice, Italy, during the opening weekend of the Venice Biennale.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) methods are becoming increasingly important in both science and society. In climate science - where complex biophysical and societal processes interact across diverse temporal and spatial scales, and datasets are often large, heterogenous and incomplete - AI and ML methods offer new powerful solutions.

SHAW (POPJUS), SYRR and CAT (ASA) groups are hosting a workshop on developing health systems strategies for Brazil and Zambia in the context of climate change

As part of the IIASA initiative for schools and youth organizations, two classes from the HTL Mödling will be visiting IIASA on 19 and 20 May to learn more about systems thinking, this time focusing on sustainability issues, and interconnections between Earth's systems.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) methods are becoming increasingly important in both science and society. In climate science - where complex biophysical and societal processes interact across diverse temporal and spatial scales, and datasets are often large, heterogenous and incomplete - AI and ML methods offer new powerful solutions.

The 1st Risk-KAN Symposium will be held on the 28th of April at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).

The Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities Mission Conference will return for a fourth edition in May 2025. This flagship gathering will engage a diverse audience of city practitioners, political leaders, industry innovators, financial experts, civil society representatives, and European Commission officials. The event will feature dynamic formats, including keynote addresses, interactive workshops, high-level political dialogues, and site visits, ensuring engaging and impactful discussions.   

IIASA, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, and the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters are co-organizing a parallel session at the Scientific Advice Mechanism to the European Commission Conference that explores how to effectively reconcile global coordination with national priorities in addressing the world’s most pressing challenges.

The 15^th International Conference of the Integrated Disaster Risk Management (IDRiM) Society (IDRiM2025), titled “Advancing disaster risk reduction in islands and remote areas”, highlights the distinct risk environments and multifaceted challenges faced by islands and remote areas. In this context, the conference places accessibility (physical, social, economic, institutional, etc.) at the center examining its impact on disaster prevention and mitigation, emergency response, and disaster recovery in the era of climate crisis and globalization.

The IIASA Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Program is sharing new research findings data at the digital conference: “Rural re-population: Attracting skilled migrants” 29^th April, 10:00-12:00 CET. This event is a collaboration between IIASA and 9 other institutes under the  Horizon Europe funded migration and development project: PREMIUM_EU.

This installment of the Resilience Hub Series presented by the Systemic Risk and Resilience Research Group of the IIASA Advancing Systems Analysis Program will feature Prof Bruce Malamud from Durham University in the United Kingdom. Prof Malamud will explore how we can use innovative tools such as visualization, serious games, virtual/augmented reality, and artificial intelligence to communicate resilience more effectively.  

Wiedner High School is hosting this year's GALESS conference on 'Empty Pockets.' Over 20 participants from Uganda, Thailand, and the US will spend a day at IIASA, where they will join our researchers in discussing topics related to climate justice and the fair sharing of responsibility.

Anne Goujon will deliver the keynote talk at the 8th Annual Symposium hosted by the Centre for Fertility and Health in Oslo, Norway.

IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber will be a keynote speaker and panelist at the upcoming International Network for Traditional Building, Architecture, and Urbanism (INTBAU) Qatar Conference which will take place during the Earthna Summit 2025.