Options magazine presents IIASA and its research for a non-specialist audience. The current issue focuses on:

Coping with transformation: What we can learn from natural systems
Society is now at a stage in history in which one pulse is ending and another beginning.

100% renewable electricity in Europe and North Africa by 2050 — from vision to reality
A new blueprint indicates that, while the vision of a Europe powered by renewable energy is technologically feasible, new policies and investment behaviors will be needed to achieve this.

Harnessing the power of satellites
IIASA’s scientists are working closely with space agencies and research institutions to develop and verify the way satellites collect and process information about the global carbon cycle.

Energizing the global MDG effort
Tackling the world’s energy challenges will help achieve many of the Millennium Development Goals, says IIASA’s Nebojsa Nakicenovic.

Global Energy Assessment: Sticks, carrots, and tambourines
To mitigate global warming and to safeguard and sustain our health and the environment, buildings must be urgently transformed.

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