Science into Policy

News

04 August 2022

Keywan Riahi joins the Vienna Climate Council

IIASA is proud to announce that Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Director, Keywan Riahi has been selected as a member of the scientific advisory board of the Vienna Climate Council. Members of the council are appointed by the mayor and agree to hold this position for at least two years.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Austria

Asian couple using digital tablet to take picture of rice field

28 July 2022

Tapping the potential of citizen science to monitor the Sustainable Development Goals

A new policy brief from the EU-funded Crowd4SDG project offers guidelines for National Statistical Offices on how to unleash the potential of citizen science in monitoring progress on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Advancing Systems Analysis (ASA)

Novel Data Ecosystems for Sustainability (NODES)

People with placards and posters on a global strike for climate change

13 July 2022

Supporting Austria’s path to climate neutrality

Over the next three years, more than 120 scientists will be working on a new comprehensive climate report for Austria. IIASA is taking a leading role in the activities with IIASA researchers Keywan Riahi and Daniel Huppmann serving as co-chairs of the Austrian Panel on Climate Change.

Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE)

Austria

Focus

18 June 2022

Gaining popular support for green tax reform

Options Magazine, Summer 2022: In the effort to combat climate change, the notion of green tax reform has become increasingly common, but how do different carbon tax designs affect people at different income levels?

14 June 2022

Reflection: Looking back on 50 years of risk research at IIASA

Options Magazine, Summer 2022: JoAnne Linnerooth-Bayer, former director of the IIASA Risk and Resilience Program, reflects on a rewarding career.