IIASA - an international IIASA - an international global change instituteglobal change institute

Professor Leen HordijkProfessor Leen Hordijk

August 2005August 2005

1972 initiative of U.S. and Soviet Union Created research center as a “neutral bridge

between east and west” Original Charter of 1972: 12 countries 1994 Ministerial Conference: renewed mandate

as independent, scientific institution 2002-2003: China, Egypt, Estonia joined

Brief historyBrief history

Independent; non-governmental Interdisciplinary; natural and social scientists

collaborate in one project International scientific staff (140 research

scholars, post docs and assistants from 27 nations)

North-South orientation, in addition to East-West

Large networks

CharacteristicsCharacteristics

16 Member Organizations16 Member Organizations• Austria

• China

• Czech Republic

• Egypt

• Estonia

• Finland

• Germany

• Hungary

• Japan

• Netherlands

• Norway

• Poland

• Russian Federation

• Sweden

• Ukraine

• USA

Goal of IIASAGoal of IIASA

The Institute’s strategic goal will be to conduct international and interdisciplinary scientific studies to provide timely and relevant information and options, addressing critical issues of global environmental, economic and social change, for the benefit of the public, the scientific community, and national and international institutions.

From: IIASA Enters the Twenty-first Century, 2000

ENERGY and TECHONOLOGYENERGY and TECHONOLOGY

Dynamic Systems Dynamic Systems EnergyEnergyTransitions to New TechnologiesTransitions to New Technologies

ENVIRONMENT and NATURAL RESOURCESENVIRONMENT and NATURAL RESOURCES

Atmospheric Pollution and Economic DevelopmentAtmospheric Pollution and Economic DevelopmentLand-Use Change and AgricultureLand-Use Change and AgricultureEvolution and EcologyEvolution and EcologyForestryForestry

Research Programs 2006-Research Programs 2006-20102010

Special ProjectsSpecial Projects

Greenhouse Gas InitiativeGreenhouse Gas InitiativeIntegrated Modeling Environment Integrated Modeling Environment Health and Global ChangeHealth and Global Change

POPULATION and SOCIETYPOPULATION and SOCIETY

World PopulationWorld PopulationPopulation and Climate ChangePopulation and Climate ChangeRisk and Vulnerability Risk and Vulnerability International NegotiationsInternational Negotiations

Research Themes and Research Themes and ProgramsPrograms

SAC Members Bert Bolin, Sweden, Chair Barbara Boyle Torrey, Population Reference Bureau,

Washington DC, USA Bill Clark, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA Joyeeta Gupta, Free University, Amsterdam, Netherlands Thomas Johansson, Lund University, Sweden Yoichi Kaya, Tokyo University, Japan Eric Lambin, Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium Katherine Richardson, University of Aarhus, Denmark Rusong Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China A.B. Zhizhchenko, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia Thomas Zylicz, Warsaw University, Poland

Young Scientists Summer Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)Program (YSSP)

Advanced students June – August Work with IIASA

programs Funded by NMO &

other sources Publication Peccei and Mikhalevich awards

Uncertainty, robustness Spatial specificity Integrated assessment for climate change Problem interdependencies Stakeholder involvement Bridge science-policy divide

Important Current Science Important Current Science IssuesIssues

New NMOs in Asia, Africa, Latin America (India, South Korea, South Africa, Chile, Brazil, Mexico)

Return of major European countries (Italy, UK, France) and Canada

Strengthen membership in Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland

Maximum 25 NMOs

Membership strategyMembership strategy

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