International Council for Science (ICSU)
IIASA is an Associate Member of ICSU and has collaborated with ICSU in a wide range of areas since the 1970s. Collaborations include one of the earliest international assessments of climate change in the 1970s, various international programs sponsored by ICSU including the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme, the International Human Dimension Programme on Global Environmental Change, and DIVERSITAS, an international programme on biodiversity science.
Recently IIASA has worked with ICSU in the following areas:
Eco-evolutionary Vegetation Modeling and Management
The development of eco-evolutionary models will allow scientists to better understand how plants around the world respond to climate change and disturbances such as fires and grazing. More
New global science initiative on urban health
The General Assembly of the International Council for Science has endorsed plans for a new global initiative "Health and Wellbeing in the Changing Urban Environment: A Systems Analysis Approach." More