International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Heatwaves are complex. Urban communities are complex. Resilience is complex. Can you really measure community heatwave resilience? We think so! The CRMC is a systems-based, holistic, evidence-backed framework for measuring community resilience to heatwaves (and flood and wildfire, if you so choose) - all built into a user-friendly tool. Australian Red Cross has used it in western Sydney. Fire to Flourish has used the flood and wildfire version of the CRMC in regional Australia. Read about the evidence behind the world's first community heatwave resilience measurement approach in the link below. David Nash Michael Szoenyi Tatjana Krivaltsevits Karen MacClune Rachel Norton Briony Rogers Dr Zoe D'Arcy Eilish Maguire Reinhard Mechler

⚕️ According to the World Health Organization, around 2 million people die in China every year as a result of air pollution. 🤝 We work closely with Chinese institutions to resolve this problem. Recently, we signed an agreement with Beihang University to scale up the use of our GAINS model in #China and fight air pollution. 👨💻 GAINS helps to assess strategies that reduce emissions of multiple air pollutants and greenhouse gases at least cost and minimize their negative effects on human health and ecosystems.   ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dhpyQhzR #Research #Science #Pollution #AirPollution #ClimateChange #GHG #Health

IIASA researchers Martin Jung, David Leclere, and Juan Carlos Laso Bayas contributed to Chapter 3 of the IPBES #NexusAssessment dealing with how interactions between biodiversity, food, water, health, and climate will develop under different future scenarios. Watch this space for more on IIASA's contributions to this important publication!

Excited to share that UCC's Dr Kian Mintz-Woo and colleagues have published a new article in Nature Climate Change, defending a philosophical climate justice framework (https://lnkd.in/ekrtPDAg). This work provides a robust foundation for debate, research, and discussion on climate justice. 📖 Read the paper here: https://lnkd.in/e5fFUDHs UCC Environmental Research Institute UCC College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences UCC Research Nature Portfolio #climatejustice #philosophy #Nature #climatechange

🤝 IIASA and the Joint Research Center of the European Commission signed a collaboration agreement. 📜 They will work together to address gaps in the labor market and vulnerability to #ClimateChange, as well as ensure that IIASA research is directly communicated to EU policymakers. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/ds8sX8VP #EU #Europe #Research #Climate #Science #Policy #EuropeanCommission

How can healthy diets shape a sustainable future in China? 🌱🌏 The Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) has just released a groundbreaking report focusing on the role of healthy diets in transforming food systems on #China. As the world's second most populous country, China's role in shaping global food systems is undeniable. The country’s dietary shifts could be key to addressing global health and environmental challenges. The study explores: ✅ How healthy diets in China can reduce environmental pressures. ✅ The need to align food systems with sustainability and nutrition. ✅ The power of collective action to make lasting change. Read the full report and learn how China’s food systems can contribute to a healthier planet: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://lnkd.in/edP455UB #HealthyDiets #Sustainability #FoodSystems #ClimateAction #FOLU Fengwei Ina Liu Seth Cook Gunhild Anker Stordalen Morgan Gillespy Nicklas Forsell Minpeng Chen Renmin University of China International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

"My time at IIASA was truly extraordinary. Professionally, it was an intellectual stimulation of the highest level, offering daily vibrant exchanges with fellow YSSP peers, mentors, and IIASA researchers. As someone whose research falls mostly outside the typical scope of my faculty, IIASA’s focus on systems-thinking offered me the like-minded academic community I’ve been long seeking," says Merav Cohen 梅若华, IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program participant 2024.    More information on the Young Scientists Summer Program and how to apply: https://lnkd.in/dfRYhCem

🌍🤖 The synergy between #CitizenScience and #AI not only drives sustainable development but also addresses key challenges like AI bias. In a new article published in Nature Sustainability (Nature Portfolio), IIASA experts Dilek Fraisl, Linda See, Steffen Fritz, and Ian McCallum, along with Muki Haklay from UCL highlight how integrating diverse citizen data and approaches can help create fairer, more inclusive AI systems while improving sustainability monitoring and achievement. #SDGs ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dGpRGHTw

Last month, we hosted a workshop at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) with fruitful discussions on how to bridge behavioral science backed by conventional data sources with computational social science backed by social media data and digital platforms. We think that this bridge can help covering the data gaps in analyzing societal readiness for new climate solutions and the role of social change in climate change mitigation. Read more about it on this blog post by Sandeep Chowdhary! https://lnkd.in/dsuqxDjA Thanks Kyle Gustafson, PhD for funding this project! Thanks to all participants! Andrea Ghermandi, Finn Müller-Hansen, Carmen Loschke, Sibylle Braungardt, Dilek Yıldız, Sabine Pahl, Sara Constantino, Linda Steg, Xinran Wang, hazel pettifor, Mary Sanford, Nathalie Van Raemdonck, Viktoria Spaiser, Fabian Dablander, Indira Sen and Bas van Ruijven!

👍 It's official: In an in-house research project, UBA is working on the use and further development of the integrated assessment model (IAM)“MESSAGEix” by International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).   ✍ At last week's kick-off workshop, the cooperation agreement was signed by UBA and IIASA Director General Joachim Schellnhuber.   🤝 As part of the cooperation, UBA's “International Climate Action” team will build in-house capacities for the use and further development of transparent climate scenarios with technical support by IIASA.   👉 Further information on our in-house research project“CATS”(Climate Action Transparent Scenarios): https://lnkd.in/ef--McDU   IIASA news: https://lnkd.in/eXPD424v   #IntegratedAssessmentModel #IAM #ClimateScenarios #ClimateAction