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CircEUlar in collaboration with fellow EU Horizon project PRISMA (Net-Zero Pathway Research Through Integrated Assessment Model Advancements) held a stakeholder workshop on 14th March 2024, bringing together experts and decision-makers from industry, policy and civil society to discuss circular strategies in the areas of digitalisation, mobility, and buildings.

IIASA researchers contributed to a new study analyzing factors affecting future wood supply in Europe such as climate change, land use, and policy developments. The authors propose practical response measures for different stakeholder groups, including the wood-based industry, forest management, and policymakers.

In a world faced with global crises, political agendas, and copyright issues, an obstacle emerges between the public and the scientific community: the gatekeeping of information. Ramon Castañeda explores the impact of open science and its potential to make scientific knowledge more accessible.

The Austrian Science Fund (FWF) has awarded the Resilience and Malleability of Social Metabolism (REMASS) project funding of over six million euros for the next five years. This is an important milestone for this new field of research, which is being carried out by scientists from several Austrian institutions including IIASA.

IIASA researchers participate in the 24th Austrian Climate Day (Klimatag) devoted to the topic of "City and Country in Flux" and organized by Climate Change Centre Austria (CCCA) and the Vienna University of Technology (TU).

Anne Goujon will attend the 14th World Conference of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) at the John von Neumann University in Kecskemét, Hungary.

IIASA’s Population and Just Societies Program, in collaboration with The College of Population Studies at Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand, is pleased to announce its upcoming annual intensive training course titled "Demographic Analysis with Applications to Aging and Health".

Join us for this webinar on communicating tipping points as part of a series that aims to advance the knowledge about tipping points, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system.

Twenty students from the International Christian School of Vienna, accompanied by their teachers, visited IIASA.

In 2023, IIASA collaborated with Tel Aviv University and the Israeli Ministry of Innovation, Science, and Technology, to set up a new national research center focusing on a broad set of scientific fields related to systems analysis in Israel.

There has been a pivotal shift in the financial industry, which has broken down silos between finance and science.  Over 650 financial institutions have committed to shift their loan books and investment portfolios to achieve net zero emissions. Tens of thousands more are assessing the climate impact on and of their investments. To do so, financial institutions are navigating a complex environment of different climate scenarios and supporting tools. 

From 6-7 March, the European Union Science Diplomacy Working Group 4 on building capacity for European science diplomacy convened for a two-day co-creation workshop hosted by IIASA and the Diplomatic Academy in Vienna. 

New projections of population and human capital provide insights into what our future could look like all the way until the year 2100 under different developmental scenarios. The findings are presented in datasets compiled by IIASA scientists in partnership with the Wittgenstein Centre for Demography and Global Human Capital.

Become an IIASA Climate Champion! Ready to actively contribute to climate action? Participate in the IIASA Climate Champions training, learn from leading sustainability scientists, and develop your own eco-friendly initiatives to implement at your school.

This year, the institute celebrates 30 years of Ukraine’s IIASA membership – a period marked by many impactful research partnerships in forestry, agriculture, water resource management, and energy, among others. Amid the challenges posed by the ongoing conflict in the country, IIASA is proud to highlight some of its achievements and joint projects with Ukrainian scientists.

The annual meeting of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) will take place from 14-19 April 2024 in Vienna. Principal Research Scholar Linda See will be giving two poster presentations, one on the LAMASUS project and one on emissions reporting in wartime Ukraine.