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Researchers at IIASA are studying the direct and indirect effects of climate change on health, shedding light on healthy aging drivers and metrics and analyzing interconnections between the components of multi-dimensional national well-being.

IIASA is honored to welcome our distinguished guests from Virunga National Park, Emmanuel de Merode and Gaia de Battista, for a special public lecture on the Kivu-Kinshasa Green Corridor. This hybrid event offers a rare opportunity to hear firsthand about groundbreaking conservation efforts in one of the world’s most biodiverse regions.

WADE provides easy access to the innovative dynamic metrics of aging developed at IIASA. These metrics take the changing characteristics of people into account, thereby providing policymakers, researchers, and educators with a view of aging appropriate for our changing demographic environment. All indicators are based on data from the UN’s World Population Prospects 2022 and 2024. They cover the period 1950 to 2100 and are disaggregated by region, subregion, and country. Both types of indicators can also be produced with user-defined data.

SYRR Researcher Elisa Calliari will share insights on how planned relocation can be employed as a proactive and strategic climate adaptation strategy in Europe in the context of flood risk.

Clean air is essential for health, yet many people, especially in low- and middle-income countries, breathe polluted air every day. IIASA researchers contributed advanced modeling tools and analyses to assess the feasibility and affordability of halving global exposure to high levels of outdoor air pollution by 2040 in a new World Bank Report.

The Wildfire Climate Impacts and Adaptation Model (FLAM) from the Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services Group (AFE) will contribute to the Fire Model Intercomparison Project (FireMIP). This collaboration provides an opportunity for FLAM to engage with the broader fire science community and contribute to the advancement of global fire modeling. 

Join us for an insightful webinar exploring how Political Economy Analysis (PEA) can help tackle governance challenges in conservation and improve strategic planning.

Join AIMES, the Earth Commission, Future Earth, and the WCRP’s Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity for a webinar exploring the latest scientific insights on Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) tipping points and their profound policy implications. This discussion will bring together experts to examine how science and policy can work together to address these emerging risks and enhance global preparedness.

The World Aging Data Explorer (WADE) is a state-of-the-art platform that revolutionizes our understanding of global aging trends. WADE provides easy access to the innovative dynamic metrics of aging developed at IIASA. These metrics take the changing characteristics of people into account, thereby providing policymakers, researchers, and educators with a view of aging appropriate for our changing demographic environment.

IIASA is hosting the 54th meeting of the Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling (TFIAM) under the LRTAP Convention.

The workshop brought together leading modelling experts from the academic community and policymakers working on modelling and policy with regard to disaster-climate-development decision-making. Reinhard Mechler presented and discussed novel work on "Resilience Dividends and positive Externalities in the Polycrisis for effectively addressing disaster and climate risks."

The INQUIMUS 2025 team invites you to participate in the upcoming conference on "Centering Justice in Climate Risk Management for Transformative Change" at IIASA.

SYRR Researcher Stefan Hochrainer- Stigler will give a lecture on Impact based dependencies and navigating through complexity ways forward based on ideas from systemic risk research.

On 20 March 2025, IIASA Director General Hans Joachim (John) Schellnhuber delivered a keynote address at the First International Timber Construction Symposium in Berlin. His presentation, titled Climate Plan C: Atmospheric Restoration by Natural Means (Klimaplan C: Atmosphärenreparatur mit natürlichen Mitteln), emphasized the role of timber construction in tackling the climate crisis.

What is a fair way forward after the 1.5°C warming limit of the Paris Agreement has been breached?  In a new study, IIASA researchers explore the concept of ‘net-zero carbon debt’ — a measure for assessing who bears greater responsibility for minimizing the climate overshoot. 

A new report released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), highlights the urgent need for integrated policies to address air pollution and climate change across Southeast Asia. IIASA researchers contributed as authors of the first chapter, laying the foundation for science-based policy action.

On 19 March 2025, IIASA hosted a virtual workshop with Ethiopia’s Ministry of Innovation and Technology and the National Research Foundation of South Africa. The event explored research and innovation opportunities to support Ethiopia’s strategic development goals, focusing on areas such as climate change, food security, and sustainable energy.

The Agriculture, Forestry, and Ecosystem Services (AFE) Group is pleased to announce that the kick-off meeting for IEA Bioenergy TCP Task 44 will take place on March 25–26, 2025, at IIASA in Laxenburg, Austria. This meeting marks the beginning of a new phase in Task 44’s efforts to advance research on Bioeconomy system integration aspects within the International Energy Agency (IEA) Technology Collaboration Programme (TCP).