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Online
While feeding 8 billion people, current food systems have negative impacts on the environment, human health and on social equality. Join us for this webinar where experts will present key leverage points to mitigate food system impacts and utilize a positive tipping point framework to exemplify how technological innovations, strategic policy design, and human agency can help accelerate a food system transformation.
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29 April 2024
The Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) recently partnered with a local photovoltaic (PV) supplier to implement a 220 kWp system using nearly 500 PV panels. With construction now finished, the investment anticipates yielding financial returns over the next decade. This initiative not only presents a substantial opportunity to reduce the Institute’s greenhouse gas footprint but also provides economical energy savings potential.
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25 April 2024
Global biodiversity has declined between 2% and 11% during the 20th century due to land-use change alone, according to a large multi-model study published in Science. The projections show that climate change could become the main driver of biodiversity decline by the mid-21st century.
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23 April 2024
H.E. Ambassador Laura Holgate, US Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna, met with IIASA Director General John Schellnhuber to discuss advancing collaboration on leveraging systems analysis for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The visit strengthened ties between IIASA and the US, emphasizing a commitment to interdisciplinary collaboration and knowledge exchange for informed decision making.
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Bergen, Norway
The Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR) group (ASA program) will be delivering presentations at this year's international scientific conference on Human Geographies of Climate Change Adaptation in Bergen, Norway.
Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)
Systemic Risk and Resilience (SYRR)
Integrated Disaster Risk Reduction for extreme climate events: from early warning systems to long term adaptation and resilience building (DIRECTED)
Tools for Raising and UnderStanding Trust in systems science through citizen engagement (TRUST)
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22 April 2024
Wildfires are a growing threat to the boreal north, especially under the rapidly changing climate. IIASA researchers modeled and analyzed how climate change may impact future burned area in boreal forests and highlighted the importance of mitigation and adaptation strategies to reduce climate-fueled impacts on wildfires.
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Austrian Academy of Sciences, Dr. Ignaz-Seipel-Platz 2, 1010 Vienna
IIASA and the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) are co-hosting the public lecture "Sternenlos durch die Nacht" (Starless through the night) on the impacts of light pollution on the nocturnal biosphere. Please note that the lecture will be in German.