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The Vienna Lecture Series represents a contemporary event format organized by the City of Vienna, offering free admission and facilitating direct engagement with leading scientific voices. These events are held under the invitation of the Mayor of Vienna and the City Councillor for Culture and Science.

Consecutive heat extremes across crop growing stages sharply reduce yields across staple crops in the US and Europe under climate change. Without climate action, such events will become ten times more frequent, while most of the damage can be avoided by limiting warming to 1.5 °C, according to a study led by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, ETH Zurich, and IIASA.

This event is part of the ongoing public lecture series co-hosted by IIASA and the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW).

The CircEUlar consortium convened in Berlin – at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) – from 22 to 24 September for a three-day project meeting. The event was not only an opportunity to review progress and share research, but also to hold stakeholder workshops connecting the project team with external experts and policy actors. 

Johanna Mikl-Leitner, the Governor of Lower Austria, visited IIASA last week to strengthen ties between the Institute and the Province of Lower Austria.

IIASA is co-organizing the Fourth Asian Population Forum together with the Asian Demographic Research Institute (ADRI) in Shanghai, China.

The IIASA Climate Champions initiative is entering its second year with the first workshop taking place on 7 October, focusing on climate change, climate resilience, and climate justice. More than 35 students from Vienna and Lower Austria will participate.

Researchers from the Equity and Justice (EQU) Research Group are participating at the IDRiM 2025 Conference as co-convener, panelist and presenter.

The world is running out of time to meet the goals of the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement, and siloed approaches to climate and development will not be enough. IIASA researchers contributed to the Third Global Report on Climate and SDG Synergies, which demonstrates how integrated action can unlock large-scale efficiencies, making limited resources go further while delivering multiple benefits for people and the planet.

The UNDERPIN project, coordinated by HEC Paris and funded by the Horizon Europe programme, has officially begun with its consortium kick-off meeting, bringing together partners including IIASA, CMCC, Climate KIC, TECNALIA and others from across Europe.

HOTHOUSE, realized in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation – Global Unit for Human Security (Vienna) and other partners, brings together artists, activists, practitioners, and thinkers from around the world to question the growing power of AI. IIASA guest researcher Camille Belmin will join the event as one of the discussants.

Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar JoAnne Linnerooth-Bayer represents IIASA in the WTW Natural Catastrophe Program. JoAnne will address the role of insurance in advancing nature-based solutions for wildfire risk reduction.

Severe flooding in Pakistan contributes to hundreds of deaths, destruction of infrastructure, and the displacement of millions of people. In a new study, an international team of researchers used open data and tools to help understand differences in vulnerability to floods and better predict displacement in the future.

Earlier this month, policymakers, researchers, and practitioners gathered in Berlin for the final event of the Firelogue project ahead of its conclusion in October 2025. The two-day workshop marked a milestone in efforts to strengthen wildfire resilience across Europe and provided a platform to present and discuss a new Integrated Wildfire Risk Management Strategy.