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Article: News

Limiting global warming to 1.5°C would save billions from dangerously hot climate

23 May 2023
According to a new study, current climate policies will leave more than a fifth of humanity exposed to dangerously hot temperatures by 2100.
Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU)
Article: News

Science for Policy Podcast: Transdisciplinary research for policymaking

22 May 2023
Bárbara Willaarts and Thomas Schinko join SAPEA (Science Advice for Policy by European Acadamies) for an episode of their Science for Policy Podcast! They explain why transdisciplinary means more than just collaborating with other areas of science, why co-creation means more than just working with policymakers to understand their needs, and why both are needed to give really good quality policy advice.
Water Security (WAT) Equity and Justice (EQU)
Article: News

Researchers from Norwegian Geotechnical Institute visit IIASA

04 May 2023
Researchers from the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) visited IIASA on 24 April to finalize a five-year collaboration on nature-based solutions for meeting climate and biodiversity targets, and to plan a proposal to continue their collaboration.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU) Norway
Article: News

IIASA at Renexpo Interhydro Conference

25 April 2023
IIASA researchers present results from the WaterStressAT project at the Renexpo Interhydro Conference in Salzburg.
Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) Water Security (WAT) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU)
Article: News

Co-producing fair transformative pathways towards climate and biodiversity goals

27 March 2023
Horizon Europe project RAINFOREST kick-off meeting
Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU) Brazil Germany Netherlands Norway Peru
Article: News

What makes people care about the environment?

08 February 2023
A new study analyzes the factors that drive environmental concern among Europeans in an effort to understand how we can bolster popular support for combatting climate change.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU)
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Global distributive justice and systemic transformations are key to planetary stability

14 November 2022
In a new study just published in the journal Nature Sustainability, an international team of scientists from the Earth Commission, convened by Future Earth, investigated the Earth system impacts of escaping poverty and achieving a dignified life for all. The research was inspired by discussions on potential trade-offs between achieving social and environmental goals.
Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU)
Article: News

IDRiM 2022 Young Scientist Session Award

28 September 2022
Alberto Fresolone winner of IDRiM 2022 Young Scientist Session Award.
Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT) Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU)
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IIASA recognizes outstanding research contributions

10 May 2022
IIASA recently instituted a new system of awards to recognize outstanding contributions towards meeting the strategic priorities and values of the institute. We are proud to announce that five IIASA research activities have been recognized in the inaugural 2022 award cycle.
Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA) Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM) Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES) Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) Water Security (WAT) Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF) Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU)
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First uniform description of climate scenarios in German-speaking countries

14 April 2022
A working group consisting of Austrian, German, and Swiss meteorological services and various federal, regional, and climate research institutes has presented a recommendation on a standardized German-language description of the illustrative climate change scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU)
Article: News

INQUIMUS 2022 Conference

12 April 2022
IIASA’s Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Program together with the Advanced Systems Analysis (ASA) Program hosted the INQUIMUS workshop series entitled "Transformational risk management and Loss & Damage: What are suitable approaches for assessing climate-related (residual) risks?" An interdisciplinary group of thirty international researchers and practitioners convened at IIASA for the INQUIMUS 2022 conference from 29-31 March.  
Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU)
Article: News

Experience of climate extremes increase Green voting in Europe

07 February 2022
What role do experiences with climate change and extreme events play in shaping environmental attitudes and to what extent can they explain the recent rise in environmental concerns and willingness to vote for Green parties across Europe? IIASA researchers set out to investigate these and related issues in a new study just published in Nature Climate Change.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG) Equity and Justice (EQU)
Article: News

Kian Mintz-Woo receives Andrew Light Award for Public Philosophy 2021

18 January 2022
We are proud to announce that IIASA researcher Kian Mintz-Woo has been awarded the 2021 Andrew Light Award for Public Philosophy by the International Society for Environmental Ethics.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU) Ireland
Article: News

“Climate Modernity” - The 24H Challenge: How do we want to live and act in the future in Styria?

13 January 2022
IIASA supports the provincial government of Styria in co-creating together with a representative sample of the Styrian population courageous and positive visions for a low-carbon and climate resilient future.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU) Austria
Article: News

Achieving just transitions to a net-zero world

07 October 2021
Only a minority of the global population currently enjoy high levels of wellbeing, while many are experiencing multidimensional poverty. A new IIASA strategic initiative – JustTrans4All – aims to improve our understanding of how to make the needed transitions more just.
Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU) Strategic Initiatives (SI)
Article: News

Building fairness into decision making

01 September 2021
The fairSTREAM project just launched under the auspices of the IIASA Strategic Initiatives Program, aims to develop and demonstrate a co-production methodology for including equity and justice (fairness) alongside efficiency in developing sustainable policy options across the food-water-biodiversity nexus.
Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR) Water Security (WAT) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU) Strategic Initiatives (SI)
Article: News

Conceptualizing “safe and just” for the future of the planet and its people

05 April 2021
The Earth Commission laid out its approach to defining a “safe and just corridor for people and planet” in a paper published today in Earth’s Future.
Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC) Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS) Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU)
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Carbon pricing could prompt greener, smarter post-COVID recovery

06 November 2020
Countries across the globe have been struggling to deal with the impact of COVID-19 and the accompanying economic slowdown. As economies “build back better”, it may be an opportune time to introduce carbon pricing to tackle climate change while generating socioeconomic benefits, according to new interdisciplinary policy research by philosophers and economists.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU)
Article: News

Coronavirus: a wake-up call to strengthen the global food system

19 June 2020
A new commentary in the journal One Earth highlights not only climate-related risks to the global food system, such as drought and floods, but also exposes the coronavirus pandemic as a shock to the system that has led to food crises in many parts of the world. To address the challenges of a globally interconnected food system, a systems approach is required.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU)
Article: News

Sea level rise to cause major economic impact in the absence of further climate action

27 January 2020
Rising sea levels, a direct impact of the Earth’s warming climate, is intensifying coastal flooding. The findings of a new study show that the projected negative economy-wide effects of coastal flooding are already significant until 2050, but are then predicted to increase substantially towards the end of the century if no further climate action on mitigation and adaptation is taken.
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS) Equity and Justice (EQU)

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