Flourishing within limits to growth
The planet’s limits come with opportunities for new priorities, greater equity, and greater well-being, says IIASA researcher Brian Fath.
South-south cooperation for healthy, productive and sustainably managed forests
IIASA researcher Stephan Pietsch explains how cooperation between Southern Hemisphere countries could help protect forests.
Beating the heat with more data on urban form and function
A new project aims to create an open source database to better understand the urban heat island effect in a warming world.
Why education should top the development agenda
IIASA World Population Program Director Wolfgang Lutz argues that education is one of the most important factors in sustainable development.
Emission rates of VW models in Europe as high as in the USA
IIASA researcher Jens Borken Kleefeld explores the data on diesel car emissions in Europe and the USA.
10 steps to removing carbon from the global economy
IIASA Deputy Director General Nebojsa Nakicenovic outlines his view on how to reverse humanity’s reliance on fossil fuels.
A new vision of Trans-Eurasian transportation
How a transportation and infrastructure megaproject could transform Europe, Asia, and Russia.
Interview: Can nature bounce back?
An interview with Rockefeller University Program for the Human Environment Director Jesse Ausubel—an alumnus of IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)—on his optimistic view for the future of our planet.
Science for policy’s sake
By Daisy Brickhill, IIASA Science Writer and Editor “In some senses, the science-policy process can be likened to a sausage being made,” said Dr E. William Colglazier in his lecture at IIASA this week. We could take this in different ways: that it is messy, perhaps,...
Network science and marketing: A virus’ tale
IIASA Advanced Systems Analysis researcher Matthias Wildemeersch explains how mathematical theory could help marketers make their content go viral.
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...