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08 December 2009
… current proposals to implement a trading scheme for REDD credits. Summary Trees continuously capture and store carbon. … are currently under way to elaborate a scheme whereby credits could be issued for REDD and traded in the same way as carbon credits are traded under the clean development mechanism of …
Policy Brief #08, December 2009. As up to 20 percent of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions result from deforestation, the reduction of emissions from deforestation and degradation of forests (REDD) is a major theme of the ongoing negotiations under the UNFCCC. This briefing looks at the fundamental issues and the challenges involved in current proposals to implement a trading scheme for REDD credits.
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18 January 2021
… aircraft emissions through biofuels and carbon offset credits. In that context, GLOBIOM is used to calculate the … providing air operators with alternatives to carbon credits. Reducing CO 2 emissions from international aviation … reduced either by using biofuels or by purchasing carbon credits, which in theory result in emissions reductions …
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.
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23 June 2023
… for the Earth (RITE) in Japan are collaborating on the EDITS project, which aims to enhance modeling, analyzing, … been working to engage citizens through webinars and the EDITS-ARTS Competition ; the latter calling for submissions …
Options Magazine, Summer 2023: Japan and IIASA have a long history of collaboration, dating back to the institute’s foundation in 1972. Over the years, the partnership has resulted in a multitude of research projects, workshops, and conferences, tackling complex issues on a global scale.
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27 June 2024
… Changes Induced by Technological and Social Innovations ( EDITS ) network, coordinated by IIASA, highlighted that …
Various IIASA studies have highlighted the need for societal and technological transformations that could form the basis for new lifestyles to create a more just, net-zero world through innovation.
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02 December 2021
… projects I worked on were financed through carbon credits, which brought me closer to climate policy and …
Options Winter 2021: Caroline Zimm joined IIASA in 2014 and is leading the IIASA Strategic Initiative Program’s Just Transitions to Net-zero Carbon Emissions for All (JustTrans4ALL) project.
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09 November 2014
… For example, the renowned scientist, Brian Arthur credits IIASA with providing the fertile interdisciplinary …
Impact Sheet #9, November 2014. Advanced systems analysis at IIASA helps decision makers resolve large-scale socio-technical problems in the short, medium, and long term. The problems IIASA tackles are immense, interconnected, persistent, and urgent. They affect human wellbeing and the environment on which we depend. They are of such complexity that to neglect a single aspect of them could be very costly—and not just in monetary terms.