About IIASA Name Position January 2020 IIASA is
About IIASA Name Position January 2020
IIASA is… An international research institute that conducts multidisciplinary/ transdisciplinary research to help policymakers find long-term solutions to global and universal challenges facing countries
IIASA highly cited researchers Clarivate Analytics (top 1%, 2019) Shinichiro Fujimori Energy Program Zbigniew Klimont Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases Program Keywan Riahi Energy Program Hugo Valin Ecosystems Services and Management Program Petr Havlik Ecosystems Services and Management Program Volker Krey Energy Program Andreas Richter Ecosystems Services and Management Program Yoshihide Wada Water Program Klaus Hubacek Water Program Michael Obersteiner Ecosystems Services and Management Program Joeri Rogelj Energy Program
Attracting some of the best researchers Prof. Lawrence Klein Nobel Prize in Economics Prof. Tjalling Koopmans Nobel Prize in Economics 1980 1995 Prof. William Nordhaus Nobel Prize in Economics Authors of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Reports Nobel Peace Prize Prof. Paul Crutzen Nobel Prize for Chemistry and Prof. Leonid Kantorovich 1975 Prof. Thomas C. Schelling Nobel Prize in Economics 2005 2007 2018
Solving global and universal challenges
Systems Analysis: Tools of the trade
Healthy Natural Systems Robust Human & Social Systems Conducive Technology Infrastructure systems
IIASA Integrated Assessment Framework National level Projections Population MAGICC Community Water Model (CWat. M) Economy GEO-WIKI. ORG Hydrological model for water supply, water demand, water quality linking to hydroeconomy Citizen Science MESSAGE GLOBIOM GHG and air pollution mitigation model systems engineering model (all energy sectors, all GHGs, pollutants and water) Integrated agricultural, bioenergy and forestry model MACRO Access Transport Module Aggregated macroeconomic model Fuel choice model for cooking Modal split, cost and value of time Simple climate model GAINS G 4 M Spatially explicit forest management model EPIC Agricultural crop model Be. Where Spatially explicit Technoeconomic energy system optimization model
Multiple benefits of integrated policies 1 Full range of scenarios 0, 6 0, 4 0, 2 Full range of scenarios 0, 8 Full range of scenarios Global policy costs, 2010 -2030 (% of GDP) 1, 2 0 Only energy security Only air pollution Only climate change Integrated solution Source: Mc. Collum, Krey, Riahi, 2012
Multiple benefits of integrated policies Full range of scenarios The 0, 8 cost of achieving all 3 objectives separately is much greater than utilizing 0, 6 integrated solutions 0, 4 0, 2 0 Only energy security Only air pollution Full range of scenarios 1 Full range of scenarios Global policy costs, 2010 -2030 (% of GDP) 1, 2 Separate Only climate goals change Integrated solution Integrated Source: Mc. Collum, Krey, Riahi, 2012
IIASA members 2019 Country National Member Organization Austria The Austrian Academy of Sciences Brazil The Brazilian Federal Agency for Support and Evaluation of Graduate Education (CAPES) China The National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) Egypt The Academy of Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) Finland The Finnish Committee for IIASA Germany The Association for the Advancement of IIASA India (Observer) The Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) Indonesia The Indonesian National Committee for IIASA Iran National Science Foundation (INSF) Israel The Israel Committee for IIASA Japan The Japan Committee for IIASA Korea, Republic of National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Malaysia Academy of Sciences Malaysia (ASM) Mexico Mexican National Committee for IIASA Norway The Research Council of Norway (RCN) Russian Federation The Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) South Africa The National Research Foundation (NRF) Sweden The Swedish Research Council for Environment, Agricultural Sciences and Spatial Planning (FORMAS) Ukraine The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences UK Research Councils of the UK USA The National Academy of Sciences (NAS)
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