The Global Land-Use Modelling and Environmental Economics Group, lead by Michael Obersteiner, focuses on providing policy-oriented results based on scientific modeling of global land use. Modeling of global land use focuses around a model cluster, at the heart of which lies the GLOBIOM model.

Fig. The IIASA model cluster (click for larger image)

In order to reach our research goals, we are leading or participating in a wide variety of projects:
CC-TAME | Climate Change: Terrestrial Adaptation Mitigation Europe
EuroGEOSS | A European Approach to GEOSS
BEE | Biomass Energy Europe
QUEST | Quatermass: Quantifying & Understanding the Earth System
MICDIF | Microbial Diversity and Functions
EC4MACS | EU Consortium for Modelling Air Pollution & Climate