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The International Science Council (ISC) General Assembly (GA) is the highest authority of the Council and consists of representatives of its Members. It meets every three years. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the ISC Governing Board has taken the decision to hold the 2nd ISC General Assembly online, and to reschedule the Muscat Global Knowledge Dialogue to 2023.

Dr. Raya Muttarak, IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Director, is invited to talk about population dynamics and climate change in a round table discussion organized by Brazilian Association for Population Studies (ABEP)

COP26 will bring together parties from across the globe, offering a crucial opportunity to achieve pivotal, transformational change in global climate policy. IIASA is organizing several side events and its researchers will attend and present the latest research on how to reach ambitious targets on climate.

Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations (EDITS) side-event at COP26 as part of the Japan Pavilion. The event presented the frontiers in energy and material demand knowledge, the role of digitalization, innovation and equity efforts in a deep social, economic and technological transformation of energy demand. We presented recent work from the EDITS network, and discussed how a demand-side transition can contribute to rapid and successful climate change mitigation towards a 1.5°C pathway.  

IIASA organized a panel at the virtual Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC) 2021. In this panel, international experts of the IIASA network will discuss how to define transdisciplinary research and its importance in addressing the wicked problems of our century.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made painfully clear that our global infectious disease monitoring system is not up to the task. Report after report points to missed opportunities for detecting and acting on the outbreak’s early signs and the devastating resulting loss of life.

IIASA Deputy Director for Science Leena Srivastava has been appointed as one of 20 world renowned energy experts who will select winners of the prestigious annual Global Energy Prize. 

Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Pretoria, Tawana Kupe, visited IIASA on 29 January 2020.

IIASA Regional Conference "Systems Analysis in Eurasia" will take place on 13-15 April 2021 as a hybrid event, combining online and in person attendance. The physical part of the meeting will be hosted by the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS) in Moscow, Russia. 

IIASA researchers discuss future demand for residential space heating and the goal of net-zero emissions at the 39th Annual IEW conference in June 2021.

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).

IIASA researchers teamed up with NGFS to publish an updated set of climate scenarios to assess future climate-related risks and influence sustainability goals.

IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will be the distinguished speaker at India's most important conference on global technologies and innovation in the agriculture sector.

Options Magazine, Summer 2021: Q&A with Tyseer Aboulnasr, Chair of the IIASA Committee for Egypt to discuss her participation in a series of workshops that aimed to set the agenda for the new program’s research activities.

Options Magazine, Summer 2021: IIASA alumna and current Director of International Affairs and Science Diplomacy at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Kim Montgomery, highlights the role of science diplomacy in successfully addressing global challenges.

At the eighth session of the Plenary of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) IIASA was granted IPBES observer status. Subsequently, the IIASA delegation contributed to the discussions of the first day of the session and will be actively engaged in further deliberations of this 11-day session.

IIASA Cooperation and Transformative Governance Research Group Leader Nadejda Komendantova is invited by the Secretariat of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) to speak at the panel discussion “Critical Infrastructure Dependencies”.

IIASA Director General and CEO Albert van Jaarsveld will attend the Global Forum on Communication in Science - a hybrid event organized by the China Global Television Network (CGTN) and the China Association for Science and Technology, with the goal of strengthening international scientific cooperation between the science community and the world.

IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will take part in the Academic Science Section in the first Nobel Prize Summit, which will draw upon lessons learned in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic to mobilize action on fighting climate change and biodiversity loss, reducing inequality, and advancing technologies with the power to transform the way we live and work.

IIASA Director General and CEO Albert van Jaarsveld will attend the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) Leadership Council Meeting - a virtual event bringing together eminent experts on sustainable development from academia, business, civil society, and the public sector.