Since its founding in 2008 by a joint initiative of IIASA, the Austrian Government, and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Vienna Energy Forum (VEF) has assembled thinkers and practitioners from all over the world to discuss practical solutions to sustainable development challenges and pave the way for tangible partnerships on the ground.
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).
As atmospheric concentrations of CO2 continue to rise, we are putting future generations at risk of having to deal with a massive carbon debt. IIASA researchers and international colleagues are calling for immediate action to establish responsibility for carbon debt by implementing carbon removal obligations, for example, during the upcoming revision of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will deliver a lecture: Climate Change, Treaties, and Recommendations as a part of the National Security and Strategic Studies course at the National Defence College in India.
IIASA is co-organizing an Arctic simulation that will provide early career researchers in Canada with an opportunity to explore international science diplomacy through an immersive role-play experience and a virtual simulation proposed by the Centre for Systems Solutions (CRS).
The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) is organizing a High-Level Conference to celebrate 30th Anniversary of the Bonn Conference. Dr. Nadejda Komendantova contributes with scientific input to the discussions of the Conference.
IIASA Director General Dr. Albert van Jaarsveld will participate in an official side event at the UN High-Level Political Forum 2021 to present a framework outlining the critical priorities for science that will support and enable societies to accomplish the SDGs by 2030.
Digital platforms are changing the way we do business. IIASA has been involved in a six-year research project to understand the consequences of this shift, including how platforms can improve resilience in an uncertain world.
Florian Hofhansl writes about a successful paper on which he was the lead author that was recently ranked #32 on the list of the Top 100 most downloaded ecology papers published in 2020.
Earlier this week, the European Commission’s Group of Chief Scientific Advisors (GCSA) delivered a Scientific Opinion on a systemic approach to the energy transition in Europe in which they provide policy recommendations on how the commission can contribute, accelerate, and facilitate the clean energy transition at the European and global level.
IIASA researcher Reinhard Mechler will host a panel discussion on transdisciplinary science insights for understanding managed retreat across hazards, scales, and geographies at this year's Columbia Climate School conference.
96 participants from more than 30 institutions and 15 countries participated in the 3rd ENGAGE Project Meeting, which was held online from 1-5 March 2021.
IIASA scientists will participate as keynote speakers and panelists at the upcoming virtual Energy Transition Week 2021 hosted and organized by the NTNU Energy Transition Initiative.
IIASA researchers teamed up with NGFS to publish an updated set of climate scenarios to assess future climate-related risks and influence sustainability goals.
Each year, disasters force millions of people to move from their homes, with profound human and financial consequences, and climate change is making the situation worse. But recent work involving novel modeling and new data makes it possible to assess these risks and prepare for them.
Leena Ilmola-Sheppard from Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT) group is moderating and co-organizing an interactive webinar on how to build resilience into platform businesses.
The event targets several policy makers, among them Pekka Lindros, Director at the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland will be present.
IIASA Research Scholar Asjad Naqvi will speak at the webinar held by the OCHA Centre for Humanitarian Data on modeling disasters impacts, cascading losses and economic complexity.
Virtual event at the World Meteorological Organization
Cooperation and Transformative Governance group at the Diversity Global Atmosphere Watch Panel Discussion
Nadejda Komendantova from Cooperation and Transformative Governance (CAT) group was invited by the Environmental Pollution and Atmospheric Chemistry (EPAC) committee of the Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) to participate in the Diversity Global Atmosphere Watch Panel Discussion.
This panel will discuss how an appreciation of diversity can be encouraged and which actions are needed to increase diversity in technical programmes like GAW.