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Farm machinery harvesting wheat in the fertile farm fields of Idaho.

25 August 2026

Climate-driven water scarcity increases wheat prices globally

A new study by an international team of researchers connects drought across the world’s wheat-growing regions with global markets and suggests that 3°C of warming could triple average wheat prices relative to 2010.

24 August 2026

Project "G/ArtenLeben": Turning gardens into biodiversity hotspots together

How can private gardens help support biodiversity in Austria? The new IIASA citizen science project G/ArtenLeben brings science and gardening practice together. At three G/ArtenCafés in Lower Austria, hobby gardeners are invited to contribute their knowledge and experience to research and work alongside scientists to explore how gardening can help biodiversity thrive.

20 August 2026

How can EU battery regulations help improve global sustainability governance in other sectors?

In a new paper, researchers explain how EU battery regulations can help lay the groundwork for a widely shared evidentiary system for global sustainability governance.

The entrance to the main building used by the Forum during the conference in Alpbach, Austria

IIASA at the European Forum Alpbach 2026

IIASA Deputy Director General Karen Lips and Senior Research Scholar Elina Brutschin will participate in the European Forum Alpbach 2026, contributing IIASA expertise to discussions on decision-making under uncertainty and integrated approaches to urban climate transformation.

Innovative Smart City Integrates Renewable Energy Sources and Modern Architecture to Promote Sustainability

Annual Report 2025: Energy, Climate, and Environment Program Highlights

The transition to a low-carbon future requires both ambitious action and a clear understanding of what works. In 2025, the Energy, Climate, and Environment Program produced research that helped clarify the opportunities, trade-offs, and practical pathways for accelerating climate mitigation and strengthening environmental sustainability.

Demographic concept highlighting the challenges of an ageing global population. AI generated

When demographic decline becomes a democratic question

In a new Expert Voices article published in Science, IIASA Population and Just Societies Program Director, Anne Goujon examines the concept of “dejuvenation” – the declining demographic, economic, cultural, and political weight of younger generations – and asks how aging societies can ensure that young people and future generations have a meaningful voice in shaping the decisions that will affect them most.

Researchers Highlight the Need for Ambitious Climate Policy as Austria Faces a Record-Breaking Heatwave

In an interview with Austria's ORF, IIASA researcher Daniel Huppmann explained how the country's current heat extremes align with decades of climate science and what they mean for Austria's future.

African children greeting bypassers from a balcony

When Uganda’s refugee policy meets children’s everyday lives

What does integration mean for a refugee child? Manya Oriel Kagan reflects on the research behind her new book, Schooling Experiences of Refugee Children in Uganda: Rethinking Integration Policies. Drawing on months of research in schools and communities in Kampala, Uganda, she explores how children's everyday experiences reveal both the possibilities and the limits of one of the world's most progressive refugee policies.

Events

24 August 2026 Quebec City Convention Centre, Canada

Fire&Ice Workshop: Mapping boreal wildfire risk, population exposure, and health

26 August 2026 Alpbach, Tyrol, Austria

IIASA at the European Forum Alpbach 2026

02 September 2026 Segovia,Spain

How can insurance further help to manage and address climate risks? IIASA at Climate Change and Insurance Workshop 2026 (CCI26)

Vision and Members

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is an independent international research institute with National and Regional Member Organisations in Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe.

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Vision

The IIASA vision for 2021 to 2030 is to be the primary destination for integrated systems solutions and policy insights to current, emerging and novel global sustainability challenges, threats, and opportunities.

Members

Each IIASA member is represented by a National or Regional Member Organization that governs and funds the institute and acts as a bridge to link the country’s research and policy communities to IIASA.