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As an IIASA National Member Organization, the Iran National Science Foundation is hosting a series of webinars featuring distinguished experts from the Institute. The aim of the webinar series is to promote the systems analysis approach in addressing significant national and global research challenges.
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Laxenburg, Austria
IIASA, in collaboration with its US partner "Friends of IIASA", is organizing the inaugural workshop for the proposed Raiffa Center for Science Diplomacy. This event will gather international experts to shape the Center's framework and identify key areas where it can make a lasting impact.
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Jyväskylä, Finland, and online
IIASA Director General John Schellnhuber will be one of the key speakers at the 16th Alvar Aalto Symposium in Jyväskylä, Finland. The theme of this year's event is, The weight of architecture during the era of extremes. The event takes place over two days under three overarching topics, with presentations on Environment, Resources, and Architecture. Schellnhuber's talk will take place on Thursday, 22 August from 14:00-14:30 as part of the Environment topic.
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Kuppelsaal, Technical University of Vienna (Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna)
IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director, Keywan Riahi, will be one of the speakers and a participant in a panel discussion at the grand opening of the summer universities Alternative Economic and Monetary Systems and Green.Building.Solutions in Vienna on Monday, 15 July 2024. The event will also be live-streamed.
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Embassy of Austria, 3524 International Court Northwest Washington, DC 20008 United States
IIASA Director General John Schellnhuber gave a lecture on "Surviving the Anthropocene and Securing Human Well-being in the 21st Century" at the Austrian Embassy in Washington D.C. during his visit to the United States.
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Online
Recent research assessed that many interactions between climate tipping elements are of a destabilizing nature, leading to the possibility of climate domino effects. In this installment of the Tipping points webinar series, experts will review the current state of literature on tipping point interactions and discuss risks for cascading transitions under current global warming trajectories.
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Online
While feeding 8 billion people, current food systems have negative impacts on the environment, human health and on social equality. Join us for this webinar where experts will present key leverage points to mitigate food system impacts and utilize a positive tipping point framework to exemplify how technological innovations, strategic policy design, and human agency can help accelerate a food system transformation.
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Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
IIASA and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) are co-hosting the public lecture "Sternenlos durch die Nacht" (Starless through the night) on the impacts of light pollution on the nocturnal biosphere. Please note that the lecture will be in German.
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Gvishiani Room, IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria
We are pleased to announce the upcoming Korea University-IIASA symposium titled, Towards integrated approaches for modeling ecosystem material cycles and climate crisis-related disturbances, which will be hosted at IIASA on the margins of the 2024 European Geosciences Union (EGU) conference.
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Virtual (via Zoom)
This virtual summer school guides the application of the water resources and hydrological model CWatM (Community Water Model). Participants will run CWatM for a large basin, describe its water cycle, compare with satellite imagery, and calibrate the model. Successful assignments award a CWatM Level A1 certification.
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Online
Join us for this webinar series that aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system. In this installment, experts will delve into the critical tipping points in soil erosion and their implications, particularly in the regions of the Global South where the impacts are currently most pronounced.
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Laxenburg, Austria
The macroeconomic agent-based model (MacroABM) developed by IIASA is gaining momentum. Researchers and practitioners working on the model, both from academic and policy institutions, will meet on 18-19 April 2024 in Schloss Laxenburg. This workshop will facilitate exchanges on the model, create a space to get support with practical issues, and share ideas.
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Virtual event
The IIASA Connect Feature series shines a spotlight on the opportunities and achievements within our network. This edition featured IIASA researcher Edward Byers who shared his experience within the LEAP-RE project of organizing workshops in Ethiopia in partnerships with our Regional Member Organization.