Fulfilling the Enlightenment dream: Arts and science complementing each other
Gloria Benedikt, IIASA Associate for Science and Arts, contemplates how science and art can work together towards a sustainable future.
Do scientists need the media?
Do scientists need the media? A visit from award-winning journalist Andrew Revkin brings insight on science communication.
Back to the future: using scenarios to road-test the policies of tomorrow
IIASA researcher Amanda Palazzo on how IIASA models and scenarios are supporting climate policy development around the world.
Making ends meet: Negative emissions for climate stabilization
Current strategies for limiting climate change to no more than 2°C above pre-industrial levels are centered around a shift towards less carbon-intensive technology, increases in energy efficiency, and changes in management and behavior.
This won’t be enough.
The city resilient – some systems thinking
By Bruce Beck, Imperial College London and Michael Thompson, IIASA Risk, Policy and Vulnerability (RPV) Program. What do Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium in London, the now glorious heritage of Islington’s housing stock, and the cable-car system in Kathmandu for getting...
Crossing tribal lines: Interdisciplinary cooperation in IIASA’s YSSP
A participant in the IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program reflects on the challenges and rewards of crossing interdisciplinary lines.
Accounting for land use in EU climate policy
Accounting for land use in EU climate policy: Guest Post by former IIASA researcher Hannes Bottcher
Black swan sandwich: From one risk to layered risks
Crisis management problems are getting more complex and complicated, but at the same time, governments have less and less resources for their management. How can research help decision makers plan for the unplannable?
Countdown to zero?
Zero net global greenhouse gas emissions must become a reality before the end of the century if humankind is to stave off the worst effects of climate change. How can this be achieved?
Interview: Population characteristics and the climate
IIASA demographer Erich Striessnig talks about new research linking population change with climate change scenarios.