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Trieste, Italy
IIASA senior research scholar, Thomas Schinko will be speaking at a workshop on "Inequality Across Scales, Space, Time and Domains" organized by International Centre for Theoretical Physics - ICTP supported by National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS) and Trieste International Foundation for the Progress and Freedom of Sciences (FIT) as part of the Trieste Laboratory on Quantitative Sustainability (TLQS) initiative in Trieste, Italy.
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Virtual event
This panel discussion on sustainability communication will be hosted by Karlshochschule International University and will bring together two world class experts to discuss the current state of climate change communication, share their experience, and draw on solutions available to us.
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Antalya, Türkiye
The 39th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE’39) is one of the longest-standing conferences of its kind. This year the focus of ISRSE’39 is sustainability with the theme ‘From Human needs to SDGs’. ISRSE’30 brings together public and private section organizations with scientists in the field of Earth observation, information services and environmental applications, with a strong emphasis on practical solutions and societal outcomes at all scales from local to global.
Article: Blog Post
30 March 2023
Everybody’s talking about ChatGPT. The artificial intelligence chatbot, developed by private company OpenAI, allows a user to generate content. It can create poems, articles, short stories, and even jokes. How can researchers benefit from this seemingly revolutionary tool? And why has it sparked controversies, particularly among the scientific community?
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Vienna University of Economics and Business (in person and remote)
This talk will present the results from the ADAPT-UHI project, funded by the Austrian Climate Research Program, in which urban climate modelling was used to assess different climate adaptation and mitigation options in three small- to medium-sized cities in Austria: Klagenfurt, Mödling and Salzburg including a social cost benefit analysis. Other outputs included tailored recommendations for urban planning and an Urban Heat Island Risk map for Austria. More recently, the Urban ReLeaf project, funded by Horizon Europe, aims to involve citizen science and different types of sensors in urban greening solutions across six cities in Europe. Although the project only started at the beginning of 2023, a brief overview of the goals and current activities will be highlighted. The talk will last around 45 minutes followed by questions and a discussion for another 45 minutes.
Article: News
28 March 2023
IIASA researchers collaborated with the FAIRR Initiative – a collaborative investor network – on the development of a new IPCC-aligned climate risk analysis tool for investors. Analyses done using the new tool, show that climate-related cost increases could significantly affect the bottom lines of the largest listed livestock companies unless new strategies are urgently adopted.
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Hangzhou, China
The United Nations (UN) World Data Forum (WDF) is an event organized by the UN Statistics Division since 2017 to mobilize financial and political support for data, stimulate data innovation and foster partnerships around data to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Article: News
24 March 2023
IIASA researchers contributed to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released earlier this week. The report highlights that there are multiple feasible and effective options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and adapt to human-caused climate change, and they are available now.
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This Global Webinar, moderated by Elisa Calliari of the Systemic Risk and Resilience group in ASA, will provide an opportunity for protected area
managers, government representatives, and relevant actors to come
together to discuss key issues, exchange best practices, identify challenges,
and discuss collaboration towards the successful implementation of the
Global Biodiversity Framework. All are invited to join the webinar!
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New York, USA
Wolfgang Lutz, IIASA Interim Deputy Director General for Science, will deliver a keynote address at the high-level opening of the fifty-sixth session of the UN Commission on Population and Development (CPD). He will also speak at a side event co-organized by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), the African Union Commission, and the Government of Germany.