Article: News
25 March 2022
Deforestation continues to be one of the greatest challenges in the fight against biodiversity loss and climate change. Countries all over the world have instituted protected areas, but there is still mounting human pressure on many of these areas. A new study looks at tropical deforestation and the key factors driving it.
Article: News
17 March 2022
Ahead of World Meteorological Day, you can help improve weather forecasting models with CAMALIOT, an infrastructure and app that uses GPS from smartphones to support scientific research. Join our crowdsourcing campaign on 17 March 2022 ̶ any person with access to an Android cellphone is invited to download the free app and participate.
Article: News
07 March 2022
The big data revolution is here, but what does it mean for creating a life-supporting sustainable food system? Can technological innovation help us feed the world and protect against biodiversity loss? IIASA hosts this special episode of the Prophets, Wizards & The Quest to Value Nature podcast.
Event
Virtual
Many of the complex global challenges that we face are interlinked with socioeconomic issues. This webinar features citizen science expert Linda See and her experience in using earth observation and participatory approaches to conduct research and provide innovative tools and services to achieve the sustainable development goals.
Event
Bern, Switzerland
IIASA Director General Albert van Jaarsveld, Strategic Initiatives Program Director Steffen Fritz, and IIASA researcher Dilek Fraisl will participate in the UN World Data Forum, where they will highlight the use of Citizen Science data to monitor progress toward achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Global Citizen Science Partnership (GCSP) – a network-of-networks that aims to promote and advance citizen science for sustainable development – will also be introduced.
Article: News
25 November 2021
Monitoring progress on our way to successfully achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is key to their achievement, but there are significant data gaps that make this crucial exercise difficult. A new IIASA-led study explored the use of a citizen science tool known as Picture Pile to see how it could contribute to SDG monitoring.