In August, IIASA leadership and researchers joined global business leaders, investors, and academics in Alpbach, Austria, to discuss the challenges of our time, including the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). How can the public, private, and social sector contribute? What are the fundamental changes that are required for sustainability? More
The Alpbach-Laxenburg Group (ALG), at its 2015 retreat, devoted its expertise to examining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and, specifically, to meeting the challenges involved in making the transformation to sustainability a reality. More
Leaders from across many sectors of society–politics, business, science, civil society, and the arts –have increasingly recognized the unprecedented dangers and opportunities of our age. More
Inequalities are usually discussed and analyzed in terms of income or some related monetary measure. However, disparities in energy access and use both within and across countries mirror or are at times starker than inequalities in income. More
All policies aimed at improving human well-being need to be aware of the fact that there is inequality/heterogeneity within human populations. This population heterogeneity can be partly captured in terms of relevant observable characteristics such as age, gender, and level of education. But there always remains some hidden heterogeneity. More
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