Article: Blog Post
14 June 2024
Charlie Wilson and Elena Verdolini share insights and experiences from an expert workshop on the impacts of digitalization on energy, materials, the economy, markets, lifestyles, and society, and how these impacts directly or indirectly affect greenhouse gas emissions.
Article: News
05 June 2024
The 2024 State of Carbon Dioxide Removal report finds that around 7–9 billion tonnes of CO2 per year will need to be removed by mid-century from the atmosphere if the world is to meet the 1.5°C Paris Agreement target. The authors stress that reducing emissions is the primary way to achieve net-zero, but Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) has a critical role to play.
Event
Beijing, China
Energy, Climate, and Environment Program scientist will present IIASA research at the Air Pollution and Climate Change Conference jointly organized by the School of Environment and Institute for Carbon Neutrality at Tsinghua University, Nature Geoscience, Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Energy, Nature Cities, Nature Reviews Earth and Environment, and Communications Earth and Environment.
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Billrothhaus, 8 Frankgasse, 1090 Vienna
Eco-theater strives to create science-based work in the context of our new climate reality toward a collective goal of environmental justice. The piece "End to Begin", shaped with insights from IIASA, provides a place to bid farewell to the old and welcome the future's significance. The pre-premiere took place as part of the Beyond Growth Conference in Vienna.
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Online
Recent research assessed that many interactions between climate tipping elements are of a destabilizing nature, leading to the possibility of climate domino effects. In this installment of the Tipping points webinar series, experts will review the current state of literature on tipping point interactions and discuss risks for cascading transitions under current global warming trajectories.
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Online
While feeding 8 billion people, current food systems have negative impacts on the environment, human health and on social equality. Join us for this webinar where experts will present key leverage points to mitigate food system impacts and utilize a positive tipping point framework to exemplify how technological innovations, strategic policy design, and human agency can help accelerate a food system transformation.
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Vienna, Lower Austria, Carinthia
From the latest climate science to recent demographic trends: experience the Long Night of Research on 24 May 2024, a scientific event that bridges the gap between academia and the public, and gain insights from IIASA researchers.
Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)
Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)
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)
Identifying tools and methods to co-create a climate risk service for managing drought risk in Austria (CRiSDA)
Systems approach to EU wildfire risk management project (FIRELOGUE)
Austria
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The Orient Jakarta, a Royal Hideaway Hotel Jalan Jendral Sudirman No. 36, Bendungan Hilir, Kecamatan Tanah Abang, Kota Jakarta Pusat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, 10210
As part of the COMMITTED project, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) will host a knowledge-sharing and capacity-building workshop aimed at addressing critical issues related to climate change mitigation in Indonesia and beyond. As part of the COMMITTED project, ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) will host a knowledge-sharing and capacity-building workshop aimed at addressing critical issues related to climate change mitigation in Indonesia and beyond.