FOOD AND CLIMATE
Weighing up trade-offs between food security and climate mitigation
NEW CAMPAIGN
New Citizen Science Campaign on Human Impact on Forests
ON THE BLOG
Bringing some light into the dark
PUBLIC LECTURE
Nebojsa Nakicenovic: From the Cradle of Humanity to Sustainable Future for All
FRESHWATER AND FOOD SECURITY
Trade could be key to balancing the conservation of natural freshwater sources and food security
NEWS
17 May 2019
New study maps symbiotic relationships in forests worldwide
Data collected from over 1 million forest plots reveals patterns of where plant roots form symbiotic relationships with fungi and bacteria. The study is the first proof of a new ecological law, and lends new insight into potential climate feedbacks. More
16 May 2019
Shedding light on the key determinants of global land use projections
Land use is at the core of various sustainable development goals. An international research group consisting of researchers from several institutions including PBL Netherlands, IIASA, and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, endeavored to disentangle the key determinants of global land use projections in a study published in Nature Communications this week. More
15 May 2019
Horizon 2020 project launches innovative earth observation
IIASA will play a key role in a Europe-wide project to transform earth observation data into useful products and services to support action on sustainable development and climate change. More
14 May 2019
Fixing a broken food system
In a comment in Nature, researchers lay out a solution for climate change and food security that draws on an integrated view of agriculture, biodiversity, trade, and nutrition. More