Article: News
09 February 2024
Four exceptional young scientists from the 2023 Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) have been recognized for their research efforts this past summer. Three will receive funding to continue their research projects at IIASA and one candidate has been given an Honorable Mention for outstanding effort.
Research Project
SEED MICAT - Support Energy Efficiency Deployment with the Multiple Impacts CAlculation Tool, aims to help EU and member states at national, regional and local governance levels in including Multiple Impacts (MI) in their implementation of the Energy Efficiency First (EE1) principle. Basing this on strong and reliable analytical tools, "sowing thus the seeds" for a broad application of the principle.
Considering MI in target setting argues for a fast phase-out of fossil fuels but also for a careful analysis of MI related to different pathways to climate neutrality, with varying contributions from energy demand and energy supply options.
Therefore, the project extends its MI framework to include renewable energy sources, advocates integrating policy modules, and showcases how it applies at different levels. SEED MICAT also includes replication analysis, capacity building, and a strong dissemination approach to promote knowledge on implementing the EE1 principle.
Event
Vienna, Austria and online
IIASA researchers will participate in the European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2024 conference presenting research on climate change, risk and resilience, energy, citizen science, and more.
Biodiversity and Natural Resources (BNR)
Integrated Biosphere Futures (IBF)
Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)
Population and Just Societies (POPJUS)
Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT)
Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR)
Exploratory Modeling of Human-natural Systems (EM)
Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)
Water Security (WAT)
Biodiversity, Ecology, and Conservation (BEC)
Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE)
Economic Frontiers (EF)
Economics of Equal Life Chances (EELC)
Economics of disruptive change (EDC)
Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)
Sustainable Service Systems (S3)
Integrated Climate Impacts (ICI)
Pollution Management (PM)
Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC)
Transformative Institutional and Social Solutions (TISS)
Multidimensional Demographic Modeling (MDM)
Migration and Sustainable Development (MIG)
Equity and Justice (EQU)
Social Cohesion, Health, and Wellbeing (SHAW)
Strategic Initiatives (SI)
Navigating European forests and forest bioeconomy sustainably to EU climate neutrality (ForestNavigator)
Event
Virtual event
The IIASA Connect Feature series shines a spotlight on the opportunities and achievements within our network. This edition featured IIASA researcher Edward Byers who shared his experience within the LEAP-RE project of organizing workshops in Ethiopia in partnerships with our Regional Member Organization.
Article: News
24 January 2024
A new commentary, published by members of the Energy Demand Changes Induced by Technological and Social Innovations (EDITS) network, coordinated by IIASA, highlights that switching the focus from how energy is supplied to how energy is consumed can be a more effective approach to reducing carbon emissions with the added benefit of improving wellbeing for all.
Article: Blog Post
22 January 2024
IIASA researchers Caroline Zimm and Kian Mintz-Woo explain the benefits of a recently developed operational framework that aims to bring clarity to the often implicit and varied justice considerations in climate mitigation scenarios, fostering a shared language and understanding to enhance decision-making processes in the intricate landscape of climate policy.
Article: News
18 January 2024
Leading IIASA climate experts Keywan Riahi and Joeri Rogelj are among the coauthors of a new report titled “Towards EU climate neutrality: progress, policy gaps and opportunities”. They formulated a set of climate actions within the framework of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change.
Article: News
08 January 2024
How can climate policy be made more just and fair? IIASA researchers have synthesized different dimensions of justice into a framework that can be used by climate scientists and policymakers, explaining how previous research has neglected many potential justice positions and how these can be implemented in policy contexts.
Article: Blog Post
21 December 2023
Following the International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum in November 2023, IIASA researcher Benigna Boza-Kiss reflects on the contribution from the IIASA EDITS project team to this conference, which brought together experts from various disciplines to discuss multi-faceted energy demand in cities like Vienna.
Article: Blog Post
12 December 2023
In a new article just published in The Conversation, IIASA researcher Caroline Zimm, Steven R. Smith and Tim Lenton shed light on the domino effect of positive tipping points and offer insights into the demanding legwork required to catalyze the widespread sustainable transformations outlined in the landmark Global Tipping Points Report recently launched at COP28 in Dubai.
Article: News
12 December 2023
IIASA Energy, Climate, and Environment researcher, Giacomo Falchetta, received the Best Online Poster Award at the Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC)’s recent Sixteenth Annual Meeting in Venice, Italy, for his project focusing on integrated modeling of renewable energy-centered sustainable development futures in rural Africa.