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Watch the recording. This is the ninth installment of the IIASA Voices public webinar series with IIASA researchers Leila Niamir, Joeri Rogelj, and Shonali Pachauri. The session was moderated by Edward Byers.

The new website is designed to provide latest information on climate mitigation and climate impacts, and aims to be a comprehensive resource for individuals, businesses, and policymakers looking to use some of the latest data from research on climate impacts and net zero mitigation pathways. The CSE website features a range of content, including and interactive map of climate change impacts, national and regional data dashboards of impacts and mitigation pathways, and interactive articles on a range of climate topics and countries.

Registrations are open for the newly established International Vienna Energy and Climate Forum, which will take place for the first time on 2 and 3 November 2023 at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. It will bring together high-level representatives from member states, international organizations, business, and science including youth representatives and more than 1,000 international experts to discuss best practices and present solutions to tackle climate change and achieve a green energy transition.

The unequal distribution of wildfire risk in our society is influenced by various factors, such as social vulnerabilities and intersecting forms of inequality, including gender, age, ethnicity, or disability. A new article calls for more integrated and inclusive wildfire risk management approaches and proposes a novel framework mapping different justice aspects.

IIASA research informed the recently announced Final Renewable Fuels Standards Rule by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding biofuel volume requirements and percentage standards for 2023–2025. The rule establishes biofuel volume requirements and associated percentage standards in view of steady growth of biofuel use in the US's fuel supply and aims to ensure a sustainable and environmentally friendly energy future.

The IIASA Gender Equality Plan (GEP) is a comprehensive and cyclic framework designed to foster a more inclusive and equitable environment at the institute. It serves as a roadmap to address gender disparities and promote positive change across all aspects of the organization.

IIASA researcher Roman Hoffmann will attend the ECMN 2023 Conference organized by Environmental and Climate Mobilities Network in Vienna, Austria.

An overview of the outcomes of the IPCC Workshop on the use of scenarios in the sixth assessment report and subsequent assessments

Researchers from IIASA and the University of Maryland in the US have found that nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas and stratospheric ozone-depleting substance, could be readily abated with existing technology applied to industrial sources.

IIASA researcher Michaela Potancokova together with project team members, present evidence and recommendations from the QuantMig project in Population Europe's Discussion Paper.

IIASA researchers have developed a new tool – the Global Migration Data Explorer – to help address the lack of data on global migration flows and provide a visual method for exploring migration patterns worldwide.

IIASA was honored to welcome a delegation from the Global Energy Interconnection Development and Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) led by GEIDCO Executive Vice Chairman Liu Zehong.

Influencing science policy and its outcomes continues to pose many challenges for scientists. In his recent half-day workshop at IIASA, acclaimed policy expert, incoming president of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), and inaugural Peter de Jánosi Visiting Fellow at IIASA, Adil Najam, engaged participants of the 2023 IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) in a lively discussion and simulation on negotiating science policy.

The International Committee on New Integrated Climate Change Assessment Scenarios (ICONICS) is hosting a webinar to discuss recent work on the Climate Change Scenarios Framework.

Scenario development expert meeting under Work Package 2: Health co-benefits of mitigation policies of the CATALYSE project

IIASA is proud to announce that no less than 32 researchers and alumni affiliated with the institute have been included in the 2023 Research.com Top Scientists ranking in various areas of expertise.

Public Webinar on the new Climate Solutions Explorer website

IIASA, the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC), and the Population Division of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA) have joined forces to conduct a survey among world experts in demography to better understand the future of the world population and its impact on various global trends.