A major new IIASA report highlights new and emerging policy trends in the Arctic, a region on the front lines of climate change, geopolitics, and global governance. More
Blog posts by Lassi Heininen in Pan-Eurasian Experiment Arctic-Boreal Hub PEEX Blog. More
IIASA-AFI is partner in a new project consortium for developing a regional think tank in the Northern Dimension area. The aim is to enhance evidence-based policy-making as well as improve policy relevance of research conducted in the region. More
Options Winter 2018/19: The vast 15 million square kilometer territory surrounding the North Pole commonly referred to as “the Arctic” may seem to be remote and intangible, but what happens there affects us all. More
The Third Pole region (Hindu-Kush, Pamir, Himalaya and Tibetan Plateau) is a global hotspot region characterized by high levels of geological, ecological and socio-cultural diversities, providing critical life-supporting resources and ecosystem services to two billion people. The Arctic Futures Initiative (AFI) and the Third Pole Environment (TPE) co-organized a breakout session in Reykjavik, the first session organized on the Third Pole region at the Arctic Circle Assembly. More
The Arctic Circleis the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic. IIASA partnered with the Arctic Circle on AFI in the Arctic Circle Assembly 2017 and held three breakout sessions during the Assembly 2018: 1) Interplay Between Science, Politics and Business, 2) Foreseen Ecological and Socio-Economic Impacts and Feedbacks, 3) Third Pole as Complex Socio-Ecological System. More
Mia Landauer (RISK and AFI) participated the Arctic Biodiversity Congress 2018 on October 12th in Rovaniemi, Finland More
A new study has for the first time comprehensively accounted for permafrost carbon release when estimating emission budgets for climate targets. The results show that the world might be closer to exceeding the budget for the long-term target of the Paris climate agreement than previously thought. More
Lecture by Mark Roger Petersen on 28 June 2018, 11:00-12:00 in the Raiffa room. More
Shanghai Forum, launched in 2005, is known as one of the most famous international forums held in Shanghai. Co-hosted by Fudan University and Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies, undertaken by Fudan Development Institute (FDDI), the Forum is a non-governmental and non-profit academic organization, which holds an annual symposium each May in Shanghai. Shanghai Forum 2018 will be held from May 26 to May 28, 2018 in Shanghai. The theme is “Asia’s Responsibilities in A World of Change” More
The Northern Dimension (ND) is a joint policy of the EU, Russia, Norway and Iceland based on dialogue and practical, result-oriented cooperation between the four partners. The transnational approach of the ND allows the countries and regions in the ND area to tackle joint challenges more efficiently in a variety of sectors, including the environment, nuclear safety, health, energy, transport, logistics, research, education and culture. More
Dr. Lassi Heininen, Professor at University of Lapland and Senior Research Scholar (associate) at IIASA, lectured at Masaryk University in Brno, the Czech Republic on March 12, 2018. The lecture was titled “Actors in Global Politics”, and it was a part of the “Global Politics” BA course for group of Czech and foreign students. More
The fifth ISAR has been planned at the recommendation of the science steering committee of ISAR-4, which was held in Toyama, Japan in April 2015. The fifth ISAR will be devoted to discussions on environmental changes in the Arctic and their regional and global implications, to seek additional international scientific collaboration in this area by gathering, synthesizing and sharing information related to these changes occurring in the Arctic. Special emphasis will be placed on the fields of the social sciences and humanities, which were not included in the previous ISARs. More
AFI is building a coalition of partnerships with institutes, organizations, projects, and programs. Here we feature the Global Infrastructure Basel (GIB) Foundation. More
The IIASA-led Arctic Futures Initiative (AFI) has entered into a unique partnership with the Arctic Circle. This alliance combines the expertise of IIASA, a world leader in systems analysis, with the convening power of the Arctic Circle, the largest network of international dialogue and cooperation on the future of the Arctic. More
European Commission and EU External Action together with the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs co-hosted a high-level joint event in Oulu, Finland, on June 15-16, 2017 on integrated European Union policy for the Arctic "A Sustainable Arctic - Innovative Approaches". More
Based on the success of the First Top of the World Arctic Broadband Summit in 2016, the Arctic Economic Council (AEC) decided to organize the Second Arctic Broadband Summit together with the City of Oulu, 14-15 June 2017. Arctic Futures Initiative (AFI) Core Group member, President and CEO of Arctia Ltd Tero Vauraste is Chair of AEC. More
The Ninth International Congress on Arctic Social Sciences “People & Place” (ICASS IX) More
The Arctic Science Summit Week (ASSW) is an annual meeting of national and international organizations focusing on Arctic research and exploitation, including academia, government agencies, local communities, industry, non-governmental organizations and others.This year, the conference theme was “A dynamic Arctic in Global Change” and the conference was held in Prague, Czech Republic. More
Ambassador Hannu Halinen, Special Advisor to the IIASA Director General and CEO, met with Prof. Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organisation at the WMO Headquarters in Geneva. The Arctic is one of the priority areas in WMO's work. The Secretary-General is interested to collaborate with IIASA on the Arctic Futures Initiative project. More
The Arctic Futures Initiative will collaborate with playwright and research artist Chantal Bilodeau on developing work at the intersection of art and science that promotes a deeper understanding of changes in the Arctic, their impact on human and non-human lives, and how, ultimately, it connects us all. More
IIASA Research Scholar affiliated with the Arctic Futures Initiative broadened the AFI Russian network at historical UArctic Congress that took place in St. Petersburg, Russia. More
The Geophysical Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Arctic Futures Initiative co-organized a workshop on “Interdisciplinary scientific collaboration towards sustainable Arctic” on 21 July 2016. The workshop was organized in connection to the International Conference “Data Intensive System Analysis for Geohazard Studies” (http://sochi2016.gcras.ru/) that took place in the Sochi Mountain cluster 18-21 July 2016. More
The White House Arctic Science Ministerial (ASM), taking place on September 28, 2016, will aim to foster international scientific collaboration to help guide the future of the Arctic. More
An important element of AFI’s inclusive approach is communication and collaboration with Arctic residents and indigenous communities. In the beginning of this year, AFI team had two opportunities to communicate with indigenous peoples and get their feedback on the Initiative. More
AFI representative Dr. Anni Reissell attended a closed roundtable meeting on the upcoming AC Finnish Chairmanship (2017-2019) organized by the Finnish Institute of International Affairs and the Arctic Centre of the University of Lapland. More
IIASA’s new Arctic Futures Initiative explores the future of the Arctic region in all its dimensions. The initiative launched last week with an expert workshop and a policy-oriented special session in Laxenburg. More
IIASA researchers and Finnish policymakers and scientists met on 16 and 17 May, 2013 to outline a new research agenda addressing the challenges facing the Arctic region. More
Special Advisor to the IIASA Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Ambassador Hannu Halinen, co-chair of the Arctic Futures Initiative (AFI) and IIASA Guest Research Scholar Anni Reissell visited Washington DC on 14-18 June 2015 in connection to the Arctic Council’s Executive Senior Arctic Official (SAO) meeting. Several meetings took place as satellite meetings to the main meeting. More
In a series of more than 60 events in Russia, an autumn seminar The European Study Week was held in Vyborg, 30 Russian undergraduate and postgraduate students as participants, with the overall objective to provide first-hand information on the situation in the EU. More
Features and news articles on IIASA research related to the Arctic.
Special Advisor to the IIASA Director General and Chief Executive Officer, Ambassador Hannu Halinen, co-chair of the Arctic Futures Initiative (AFI) and IIASA Guest Research Scholar Anni Reissell visited Washington DC on 14-18 June 2015 in connection to the Arctic Council’s Executive Senior Arctic Official (SAO) meeting. Several meetings took place as satellite meetings to the main meeting. More
December 2013. Options Magazine, Winter 2013/2014 An IIASA study combines experiments and modeling with practical action to help cut pollution that is contributing to a warmer Arctic More
IIASA researchers contributed to a new joint report from the World Bank and the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative, which lays out measures for reducing pollution that could help slow warming in the Arctic, while also improving health worldwide. More
Gas flaring by the oil industry and smoke from residential burning contributes more black carbon pollution to Arctic than previously thought—potentially speeding the melting of Arctic sea ice and contributing to the fast rate of warming in the region. More
Cutting emissions of short-lived pollutants like black carbon and methane is feasible and could help to slow the warming of the Arctic, according to IIASA research. More
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