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The 2023 edition of the Vienna Energy Forum (VEF 2023) will take place on 13 and 14 June 2023 at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna, Austria. It will bring together government representatives, stakeholders, and experts to discuss key topics that advance sustainable development in the energy domain and contribute to global climate action.

The GUIDE-Global project is kicking-off at IIASA with the "2022 International Meeting on Development of the Global-National-Local Integrated Assessment Modeling System for Climate-Air Quality Management focused on Northeast Asia"

IIASA organizes the Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies (GAINS) Model Community meeting.

IIASA, as project partner, will hold the 3rd international workshop of the Northeast Asia-regional joint technology development project AQNEA with aims to development a collaborative, integrated management framework to improve future air quality in Northeast Asia  

Researchers from the IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program will organize an interactive online workshop on modeling anthropogenic mercury emissions to be presented as part of the 2022 International Conference for Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP) on 19 July 2022.

As part of the IIASA 50th anniversary celebrations, the Finnish IIASA Committee, the Academy of Finland and IIASA are jointly organizing an alumni event in Finland. This event "IIASA 50th Anniversary Seminar on Systems Analysis: Science-based Support for Policy Makers" will welcome speakers from IIASA as well as Finnish researchers and IIASA alumni in Finland.

Online workshop for the the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) Strategic Partnerships for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement (SPIPA) China project.

The Forum on Scenarios for Climate and Societal Futures is a hybrid online and in-person forum bringing together a diverse set of communities who are using or developing scenarios for use in climate change and sustainability analysis to exchange experiences, ideas, and lessons learned. Opportunities for synergies and collaboration will be identified as well as knowledge gaps for future research.  

Since its founding in 2008 by a joint initiative of IIASA, the Austrian Government, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Vienna Energy Forum (VEF) has assembled thinkers and practitioners from all over the world to discuss practical solutions to sustainable development challenges and pave the way for tangible partnerships on the ground.

IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director, Keywan Riahi, will participate in the UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2021 to discuss scenarios and possible medium- and long-term trends in the COVID-19 recovery and achievement of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Scientists from the Pollution Management Research Group participated in the 50th meeting of the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling.

96 participants from more than 30 institutions and 15 countries participated in the 3rd ENGAGE Project Meeting, which was held online from 1-5 March 2021.

IIASA scientists will participate as keynote speakers and panelists at the upcoming virtual Energy Transition Week 2021 hosted and organized by the NTNU Energy Transition Initiative.

Pollution Management Research Group Leader Zbigniew Klimont is a speaker at an online event held to publicise the EU-funded initiative: Action on Black Carbon in the Arctic.

Future strategy towards carbon neutral society was the focus of the ALternative Pathways toward Sustainable development and climate stabilization (ALPS) symposium

IIASA scientists are contributing to the IPCC Working Group III Sixth Assessment Report (AR6). Author teams will be gathering virtually to work on the final draft taking into account the tens of thousands of comments which were submitted during the second round of reviews from external experts.

IIASA researchers will participate in the European Geosciences Union 2020: Sharing Geoscience Online presenting research on climate change, risk and resilience, water systems, energy, food systems, and more.

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In light of a global health crisis unlike any other in our lifetime, the co-organizers of the Vienna Energy Forum (VEF) – the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs, the Austrian Development Agency, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis – have decided to postpone the Vienna Energy Forum to 2021. The new dates will be announced soon.

The theme of the forum is - envisioning towards limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.