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As part of the IIASA initiative for schools and youth organizations, a class from the Erlgasse high school in Vienna will be visiting IIASA on 6 March to learn more about systems thinking, this time focusing on sustainability issues, and interconnections between Earth's systems.  

Join AIMES, the Earth Commission, Future Earth, and the WCRP's Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity for a webinar exploring the potential impacts of an Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) tipping event on Europe’s climate. In this webinar, experts will explore the AMOC tipping mechanisms under an idealized freshwater flux forcing and different climate change scenarios. 

IIASA Director General, Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber, will be a distinguished speaker at the NEW Bauhaus Congress, taking place from 4–6 March 2025 at Messe Erfurt in Germany. The event, inspired by the Bauhaus movement, aims to explore innovative approaches to sustainable, aesthetic, and integrative urban and rural development.

IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber will be the keynote speaker at the upcoming First International Timber Construction Symposium. The event will address the urgent challenges in urban development, housing markets, and climate protection under the theme, Building with Timber: Climate-friendly, affordable, and future-proof.

The Research Alliances for Climate-Neutral, Sustainable, and Equitable Urban Communities conference brings together experts from academia, government, industry, and civil society to address global urban challenges. With a focus on climate neutrality, social inclusion, and resilience, sessions explore circular economies, smart cities, and renewable energy.

Join the global Resource Nexus community at DNC 2025 in Dresden, Germany (April 8–10, 2025), where innovation meets sustainability! Don't miss Session B3: Nexus Thinking in Action—a deep dive into how citizen science is driving real-world change for sustainable development. Register now and submit your abstract!

IIASA researchers will participate in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2025 conference presenting research on climate change, risk and resilience, energy, citizen science, and more. We invite you to visit the IIASA booth in Hall X2, next to the coffee area. Take the opportunity to connect with our experts and learn more about our research and initiatives.

A high-level delegation from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) visited IIASA for the second meeting of the IIASA-OECD Task Force focusing on systems thinking, anticipation, and resilience.

The aim of the workshop is to bring together specialists in the theory and applications of models on resilience and disruptive change and to continue the discussion initiated at the first workshop in 2022 and during the bi-yearly seminars on this topic. The workshop includes theoretical and applied environmental economic models on climate change, tipping points, resource management, as well as theoretical mathematical contributions.

IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber will be a speaker at the upcoming consultation, Big Ideas Have Changed the World: Universal Fraternity as a Path Forward. This unique event brings together global thought leaders to explore how the concept of universal fraternity can address today’s interconnected crises—from environmental degradation to socio-political fragmentation.

The Urban Futures Hub is pleased to announce the second installment of its Urban Futures Series. Join us for an insightful discussion featuring distinguished speakers Debra Roberts and Şiir Kılkış about the process leading to the scoping, outline agreement, and essential expectations related to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Special Report on Climate Change and Cities. The session will be moderated by Leila Niamir.

On Monday, 27 January, IIASA Deputy Director General, Karen Lips, will be one of the speakers at a parallel session on the changing context for science diplomacy during the The Muscat Global Knowledge Dialogue, which takes place from 26–28 January in Muskat, Oman. This segment of the International Science Council (ISC) General Assembly focuses on science and is open to a wider public. Following this event, she will represent IIASA at the Third ISC General Assembly on 29 and 30 January, which is the premier occasion for ISC members and affiliated bodies, fellows, and partners from all domains of science and regions of the world to meet for cross-disciplinary, strategic discussions on challenges and priorities for international cooperation in science.  

The RIECS project, which starts IIASA and partners on a journey towards a Pan-European ‘Research Infrastructure for Excellent Citizen Science’, is an exciting new project that started on 1 January 2025. Led by Fundación Ibercivis and the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA), the Kickoff meeting will bring together 13 partners to discuss the conceptual design of this new infrastructure.

The Horizon Europe project NEWPATHWAYS (New Pathways for Equitable Climate Action in Line with the Paris Agreement and Sustainable Development) officially kicked off!

On Monday and Tuesday this week, IIASA hosted two classes from the Wiedner Gymnasium high-school for a half-day workshop to explore systems thinking through the life cycle analysis of a chocolate bar.  The students were encouraged to think about the complexity of the natural and social world they live in - this is one of the key objectives of the IIASA School Visits Initiative. The interactive workshops are designed to help students understand the broader implications of their choices and actions and equip them with valuable problem-solving skills.  

Join CLIMAAX’s second Webstival: From Insights to Action, Advancing Climate Resilience! As the challenges of climate change become increasingly severe, building regional resilience is more important than ever. The CLIMAAX project, where the SYRR group co-developed a framework and toolbox for Climate Risk Assessment, supports 60 regions in assessing their climate risks, thus helping them to better understand, prepare for, and manage these risks and opportunities. The project provides local and regional administrative units with access to climate risk profiles, improved early warning systems, and guidance for developing comprehensive risk management plans.

The G4DR project aims to enhance water security and resilience in Africa by unlocking the potential of sustainable groundwater development and protection.

Join AIMES, the Earth Commission, Future Earth, and the WCRP's Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity for a webinar on temporal and spatial scales in tipping processes. 

The NATURANCE consortium invites you to participate in the upcoming virtual Innovation Webstival, which will focus on nature-based insurance and investment instruments for ecosystem restoration in the context of climate adaptation and disaster risk reduction. This fully online event will feature a variety of engaging formats, including keynote presentations, technical panels, workshops, breakout discussions, and policy dialogues.

SYRR resilience Lab series