UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)
IIASA has worked with UNECE in the following areas:
Atmospheric Pollution and Acid Rain
Options Magazine, September 1989 It was Professor Sten Nilsson of IIASA’s Forest Study who first drew attention to the impact of pollution on Europe's forest resources, advocating the formulation of a convention on forest decline in Europe. More
Cleaning Europe’s air without burdening economic development
Options Magazine, Winter 2007: IIASA scientific model guides successful multilateral treaty to protect environment. More
Forthcoming Meetings
Task Force on Integrated Assessment Modelling: 42nd Meeting More
From RAINS to GAINS and international legislation
The RAINS model was a "pioneer" international negotiations on air pollution, gave non-technical users like diplomats the confidence that they were negotiating on a level playing field. Its successor GAINS does the same, but on a much greater scale. More
Integrated Assessment Modelling for negotiations under the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution (LRTAP)
IIASA's Mitigation of Air Pollution & Greenhouse Gases Program develops modeling tools that identify strategies for European efforts to control air pollution in a cost-effective way. More