| EU bioenergy targets reduce carbon storage potential of forests
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Research led by IIASA’s Hannes Böttcher finds that the carbon storage potential of EU forests will decline by 65 – 125 Mt of CO2 (or 25-40%) by 2030 compared to 2010. This decline is attributed to various factors including the increased demand for wood to produce bioenergy, which is promoted as an emission reduction measure. The findings are published in the latest issue of Global Change Biology-Bioenergy. | |
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| Mitigating climate change and improving health and food security
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The IIASA GAINS model has been used to identify emission reduction strategies for methane and black carbon that mitigate near-term climate change and are beneficial to human health, agriculture, and the cryosphere. The research, involving NASA, SEI, and others, and published in the latest issue of Science (Jan 13) identifies 14 measures that could reduce warming ~0.5°C by 2050 and avoid up to 4.7 million premature deaths annually. More | |
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| Economies in transition - 20 years after conference
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The President of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus was among the distinguished speakers and participants at the Economies in Transition Conference, organized by IIASA and the New Economics School, Moscow,13-14th Jan. The event analyzed economic transitions that have taken place in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20 years since IIASA hosted a series of “planned to market” economy meetings. Discussions focused on how past transitions can inform future economic reform. More | |
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| How to protect public goods
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Institutions charged with safeguarding public goods should combine optional participation in social contracts with penalties for freeloaders. A pioneering IIASA study of cooperation in groups shows how voluntary accession to such contracts greatly reduces institutional costs needed for achieving full cooperation. The Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reports these findings by IIASA’s Evolution and Ecology Program. | |
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