IIASA at the Beijing Science Dialogue 2026: Science in a complex world – Science for a better future
IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber will participate in a high-level discussion on science as a global public good during an international gathering organized by the International Science Council (ISC) in Beijing, China.
IIASA Journalist in Residence Lisa Palmer's latest article in the Science Diplomat highlights an IIASA-led partnership which found about 60% of Uganda’s rivers in good condition while building national capacity to track pollution and manage growing risks.
A new study, led by IIASA researchers and coauthored by UNEP colleagues, finds that if governments fully implement their methane reduction plans, they could reduce global emissions by 11% between 2020 and 2030. This would reverse the current trend of increasing methane emissions, but would not be sufficient to achieve the goal of the Global Methane Pledge.
IIASA Science Diplomacy Director and Head of Communications and External Relations Susie Kitchens represented the Institute at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) High-level Week and Science Summit in New York in September, contributing to discussions on how science and international cooperation can help address shared global challenges.
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IIASA’s MowingQuest citizen-science campaign has wrapped up its August–September 2026 system test, with 25 pioneer users submitting almost 800 observations across eight countries. The results will help improve the app and data-quality workflows ahead of the main 2027 campaign. Two participants have also won Garmin GPS watches in the campaign raffle.
IIASA Director General, Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber joined leading scientists, Nobel laureates, and international science leaders at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Vatican City towards the end of September to explore how science can help address humanity's most pressing challenges.
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Samir K.C. will participate in the joint workshop Rethinking Urbanization in Asia: Comparative Demographic Perspectives Using the Degree of Urbanization (DEGURBA), organized by ADRI, IIASA, and JRC in Shanghai, China.
Join AIMES, the Earth Commission, Future Earth, and the WCRP’s Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity for a discussion on the dynamics behind socioeconomic tipping points, and what they can tell us about accelerating the transition towards a safe and sustainable future.
The final C4C project meeting will bring together experts and stakeholders to discuss advances in citizen science, remote sensing, forest monitoring, and biomass assessment. The programme will cover topics ranging from tree biomass data collection and forest mapping to climate change impacts, carbon accounting, and citizen science engagement.
As global warming is on track to exceed 1.5°C, what could this mean for human health? Join IIASA and Wellcome on 4 November for a webinar exploring the health risks of climate overshoot, why some impacts could persist even after temperatures fall, and how different regions around the world may be affected.
The Alpine Resilience Atlas combines IIASA’s FLAM wildfire projections with Alpine forest data and other hazard information to identify areas of compound climate and forest vulnerability.
IIASA Deputy Director General Karen Lips delivered a keynote at the University of Vienna's recent Environment and Climate Research Hub (ECH) Research Frontiers Workshop in Bad Vöslau, Austria, emphasizing the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in addressing complex environmental and climate challenges.
What happens when humanity reaches its population peak? Wolfgang Lutz, IIASA Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar, brings decades of demographic research to this question at a conference challenging predictions about the end of the world.
Biomass Assessment Of Land And Sea For Engagement And Deliberation (BALANSED)
How can universities and international research organisations work together to address the complex challenges of a changing world? This question shaped a full day of scientific exchange at the University of Salzburg on 6 October, when the Austrian IIASA Committee met with members of the University community to discuss research, collaboration and opportunities for researchers and students.
As part of the University of Vienna’s educational initiative Mathematik macht Freude, in cooperation with the Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, IIASA will welcome 50 Ukrainian mathematics and physics teachers on October 28, 2026, as part of an educational program in Vienna.