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Elena Rovenskaya delivered keynote speech at the high-level session of the Concluding Meeting of the 27th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum.

Economic thinking has continuously sought inspiration from natural sciences such as physics, biology, and mechanics. Elena Rovenskaya, as part of her ongoing research in ASA, delivered a presentation on the ecological concepts and theories which can revive economic thinking to better inform competition law and policy formulations in a dynamic digital environment. 

The Transformations within Reach initiative held its first online workshop on 27 October 2022. As a starting point, a group of experts synthesized how to catalyze societal transformations toward sustainability.

On 28 and 29 of November, Paris hosted senior policymakers, scientists, and industry stakeholders at the renowned 5^th Dialogue of Continents forum. This year’s theme "The End of Abundance, The Birth of Resilience" was set in view of President Macron’s recent speech, which cautioned that the world faces depleting natural resources and technological resources and hangs at a tipping point of reform.

Established by World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the Task Teams will support the design, scope, and definition of the next phase of CMIP and evolution of CMIP infrastructure and future operationalization.

Options Magazine, Winter 2022: Science-informed policy is crucial to solving the interconnected and complex global to local problems society faces today. There is, however, one essential element that is critical to the success of such an ambitious endeavor: trust in the scientific information provided.

Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director Keywan Riahi has been invited as a speaker at the Global Leaders Forum 2022 in Korea.

IIASA researchers contribute to multiple side-events at the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) – an international meeting bringing together governments, researchers, and policymakers from around the world.

The Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) organizes the Fifteenth IAMC Annual Meeting 2022, taking place in College Park, Maryland.

Changing minds or changing systems to avert dangerous climate change? A webinar co-organised with the Academia Europaea Environment Taskforce with Nebojsa Nakicenovic as a panelist.

Nebojsa Nakicenovic is one of the authors of a new short consensus report on sustainable development that will be released on November 29, 2022 at 11 am EST with a Public Release Webinar.

School closures due to the COVID-19 pandemic affected learning to varying degrees in different countries. A new study sheds light on what this learning loss will mean for countries' human capital in the decades to come.

Options Magazine, Winter 2022: Equitably sharing the costs of mitigation is vital to ensure a just transition to a net-zero world. By calculating the impact of national policies on global emissions and exploring different effort-sharing schemes, the ENGAGE Project is at the forefront of developing feasible solutions.

A new study assesses the number of lives lost to the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia and introduces a novel methodology that will help to get a clearer view of pandemics in the future.

IIASA colleagues joined world leaders and diplomats at the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

The Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director Keywan Riahi gives a lecture on the theme "Zero emissions: Can the climate still be saved?"

IIASA-ECE Research Group Leader Bas van Ruijven will talk about global climate policy futures and their representation in Integrated Assessment Models at the NCSC "8th Global Climate Change Think Tank Forum Forum"

IIASA Research Group Leader Volker Krey and Research Scholar Fei Guo as panelists at the EFC side-event at COP27

Europe needs healthy ecosystems that benefit biodiversity and people and are resilient to climate change. The Horizon Europe NaturaConnect Project will support European Union governments and other public and private institutions in designing a coherent, resilient and well-connected Trans-European Nature Network.

With COP27 underway in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, the subject of climate-related losses and damages is once again expected to take center stage. IIASA contributed to a new policy brief by the Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance, of which IIASA is a member, which provides important facts, figures, and context that outline just how vital it is that progress is made on this issue.