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An international scientific institute that conducts research into critical issues of global environmental, economic, technological, and social change. https://iiasa.ac.at
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IIASA's recent exploratory workshop titled, Together for water: Fostering collaboration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), brought together representatives from across the region to explore new pathways for transboundary collaboration on water challenges.

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November 11, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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🌍 IIASA researchers are at #COP30, joining world leaders to discuss how science can drive ambitious climate action.
Our experts are contributing to key side events on adaptation, loss & damage, and resilience. #ClimateAction
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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New EU-funded report by IIASA, @newclimate.bsky.social & @nlenvironagency.bsky.social finds global emissions could peak before 2030 - but not fast enough to meet the 1.5°C Paris target. “The data show progress, but also a warning,” says IIASA’s Zuelclady Araujo Gutierrez. iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
Emissions could peak before 2030 – yet the world is still off track for 1.5°C
A new EU-funded report reveals that while global emissions could peak before 2030, current efforts remain insufficient to meet the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal. The study, produced through collaborati...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
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IIASA researchers have coauthored a report with The Nature Conservancy, identifying where water security threats collide. The report explores how nature-based solutions, paired with enabling policy and finance, can build resilience for people and nature.

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November 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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🌍 Interested in the 2026 IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)? Join our #YSSP26 Application Webinar for Europe & Asia to learn how to prepare a strong application and hear from alumni.
🗓 19 Nov 2025 | 1-2pm CET
📩 Register by 17 Nov: yssp.admin@iiasa.ac.at
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November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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🌍 The latest @unep.org #EmissionsGap Report is out - and IIASA experts played a key role in shaping its insights.
Shonali Pachauri served on the report’s Steering Committee, while @joerirogelj.bsky.social contributed as an author of Chapter 4.
More info: iiasa.ac.at/news/nov-202...
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New national climate plans have barely moved the needle on limiting global warming. Yet there is hope.

According to UNEP's latest #EmissionsGap Report, accelerated adoption of renewable energy and falling costs mean we have the tools to cut emissions now: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
Illustration of a dart missing the bullseye on a colorful target, symbolizing global temperature goals at risk due to inaction.
November 6, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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✍️ On the blog: Jaewon Son reflects on how participation in the Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) opened doors to collaborations, mentorship, & new opportunities.

🎓 Applications for the 2026 YSSP are open!

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➡️ YSSP application details: iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
October 31, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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🚀Apply now and spend the summer of 2026 with us!
If your research aligns with #citizenScience, #AI, deep learning, data fusion, #remoteSensing, #geospatial techniques, explore opportunities with us:
🔗https://tinyurl.com/bdzj3tzb

💡See IIASA’s full range of research areas below
⌛Deadline: 12 January
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🌍 Applications for #YSSP2026 are open!
Spend your summer at IIASA in Austria with researchers from around the world tackling global challenges.
🧠 For advanced PhD students
🗓️ 1 Jun–28 Aug 2026
⏰ Apply by 12 Jan 2026 (midnight CET)
Build your network. Advance your research: iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
October 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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A new international study warns that the global construction sector’s carbon footprint is on track to double by 2050, threatening to derail efforts to meet the Paris Agreement climate targets.

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October 27, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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🌍 Europe’s climate future under the spotlight!
IIASA’s Keywan Riahi joins Radio Ö1’s Europa-Journal to talk trends, 2040 targets & the Green Deal.
🕕 18:25 CEST | interview led by @miriambeller.bsky.social (in German)
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October 24, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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New research shows that near-term mitigation could spare future generations around 0.6 meters of sea-level rise caused by emissions between 2020 and 2090, making today’s decisions critical not only for limiting warming but also for coastal impacts.

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October 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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🔴 We’re LIVE now!
Join us for Justice for Resilient Development in Climate-Stressed Cities 🌆
Hear from leading experts on how cities can build a fair and resilient future. 🎥 Watch via YouTube 👉 youtube.com/live/Wrh0GXJ...
October 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
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👏👏 Congratulations to IIASA Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar and Sherpa for Asia, Wolfgang Lutz, on being awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst).

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October 23, 2025 at 10:32 AM
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IIASA DG John Schellnhuber joined architect Markus Zilker for a public conversation on Sustainable building: using wood as a building material, moderated by @oe1.bsky.social science editor Juliane Nagiller.

📻 Listen to the recording on Ö1 this evening at 21:00 CET.
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October 22, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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🌏 IIASA & the Asian Demographic Research Institute co-host the 4th Asian Population Forum in Shanghai, a key platform of the Asian MetaCentre for Population & Sustainable Development Analysis.
🔗 Register: iiasa.ac.at/events/oct-2...
October 22, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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🌍 Applications for #YSSP2026 are open!
Spend your summer at IIASA in Austria with researchers from around the world tackling global challenges.
🧠 For advanced PhD students
🗓️ 1 Jun–28 Aug 2026
⏰ Apply by 12 Jan 2026 (midnight CET)
Build your network. Advance your research: iiasa.ac.at/capacity-dev...
October 20, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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🌍 Justice for resilient development in climate-stressed cities 🌆 How can cities build resilience while ensuring justice?
Join the IIASA Urban Futures Hub for the 3rd Urban Futures Series:
🗓 Oct 23 | 🕐 13:00–14:00 CET | 💻 Online
👉 Register: iiasa.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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IIASA DG John Schellnhuber will be the keynote speaker at today's @fao.org webinar on developing a resilient and sustainable forest-based bioeconomy, exploring how sustainable wood construction can serve as a nature-based solution to address multiple challenges.

Register here 👉 ow.ly/qjZc50X9yVW
October 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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🌏 We’re hiring! Research Scholar / Modeler – Global Land Carbon Cycle & Land Use Change. Join IIASA’s Exploratory Modeling of Human-Natural Systems & Integrated Assessment and Climate Change research groups groups to advance open-source Earth system models. Apply: iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...
October 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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📢 CALL OPEN!
The Korea Research Foundation–IIASA Postdoctoral Fellowship offers up to 24 months of funded research for Korean PhD holders. Work on climate, systems analysis, and more 🌍

🗓️ Apply by 14 Nov 2025
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October 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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We have reached the first climate tipping point🚨
To prevent further tipping points we must do everything we can to rapidly reduce heating and “𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁”.

Those were the words of Lena Höglund Isaksson @iiasa.ac.at, keynote speaker at a #MethaneMatters coalition conference held today.
October 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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A new study co-led by IIASA researchers and Japanese partners proposes a transparent, inclusive research platform that invites participation from scientists worldwide to ensure that the foundations of climate policy analysis are globally representative.

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October 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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✍️ New on the IIASA blog: IIASA Capacity Development and Academic Training Dean, Fabian Wagner, highlights how the Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP) continues to build enduring networks that influence global science-policy.

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October 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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The Global Tipping Points Report 2025 is out!

I am proud to have made a small contribution to “Governance of Earth System Tipping Points” section which explores what must be done and who must act!

👉🏽 global-tipping-points.org
#GTPR2025 @exeter.ac.uk @pik-potsdam.bsky.social @iiasa.ac.at
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160 scientists, 23 countries, 1 report: The Global Tipping Points Report 2025, together with @exeter.ac.uk, highlights mounting risks across Earth’s systems, from melting glaciers & ice fields to slowing ocean currents, ice sheets & rainforests under pressure. Watch now👇
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October 14, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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It was a privilege to attend the Overshoot Conference at @iiasa.ac.at! We had really insightful interdisciplinary sessions on such a fundamental challenge for climate science and policy. Lots of food for thought & work to do! 💡

Also, I'm really grateful to have received the Poster Prize Award! 🏅😊
Poster prize winners on stage at the Overshoot Conference
October 13, 2025 at 6:37 AM