In this issue:
Options Magazine Winter 2016: Scientists at IIASA helped create a new toolbox for researchers to explore how humanity will respond and adapt to climate change—and potentially provide insight into sustainable development. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: Taking all we can get, as fast as we can get it, will end in tragedy for all—building resolutions based on all voices, as clumsy as that may be, might be our best hope. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: Planning for the future to ensure no one goes hungry. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: Could cities drive a global transition towards sustainability? More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: Heinz Fischer was the president of Austria from 2004 to 2016, and is a member of the Alpbach-Laxenburg Group. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: Pascal Lamy was European Commissioner for Trade from 1999 to 2004, and Director General of the World Trade Organization from 2005 to 2013. He currently serves as a president emeritus of the Notre Europe - Jacques Delors Institute. He is a member of the Alpbach-Laxenburg Group. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: While policymakers around the world grapple with the complex problem of setting their countries’ climate commitments, IIASA research has been helping to provide a clear, quantitative evidence base. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: Just a small increase in energy investment could cut premature deaths from air pollution in half by 2040, says a new report which was underpinned by key contributions from the IIASA Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases Program. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: Climate change and rising demand could contribute to significant depletion of groundwater in Africa by 2050. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: Investor's views of risks influence how much they are willing to contribute to financing new renewable energy projects, according to IIASA research in North Africa. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: IIASA researchers investigate the impacts of the US lifting its crude oil export ban . More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: A significant proportion of Beijing's air pollution comes from household cooking and heating, according to IIASA research. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: When it comes to carbon emissions, Beijing today is a different city than the same city before 2000. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: A historical preference for sons in South Korea is weakening, according to IIASA population research. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016: YSSP’16 participant helps improve climate change predictions by furthering understanding of how plants use CO2. More
Options Magazine Winter 2016:As the first YSSP participant of the Arctic Futures Initiative, Malgorzata Smieszek worked on ways to bring science closer to decision making in the Arctic Council. More
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