INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS IIASA

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1 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED SYSTEMS ANALYSIS IIASA Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat IIASA Director General and Chief Executive Officer Professor Earth System Science Wageningen, Netherlands

2 THE EARLY 1970s Sources: nuclearweaponarchive.org, The Guardian

3 Signing the IIASA Charter in London, October 1972

4 Austrian chancellor Bruno Kreisky with Roger Levin and Jermen Gvishiani

5 From 18th century Habsburg palace

6 .. to 2 nd World War and allied occupation

7 Seat of IIASA: Schloss Laxenburg by Vienna, ~ 400 in residence staff from > 50 countries

8 Minister of Science Hertha Firnberg with IIASA Director Roger Levien in IIASA renting the Schloss for 1 symbolic Schilling a year

9 23 MEMBER COUNTRIES NATIONAL MEMBER ORGANISATIONS International, independent, interdisciplinary Research on major global problems Solution oriented, integrated systems analysis

10 23 MEMBER COUNTRIES and IIASA membership is growing Representing: 71% of the world s economy US$54,797,000 million from World GDP of US$77,302,000 million (including 8 of the world s 10 largest economies) 63% of the world s population 4,599.7 million people from World population of 7,247.9 million Sources: GDP figures from IMF (2014); population figures from IIASA (2015)

11 23 COUNTRIES - NATIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS MIDDLE EAST 25 expected by end of

12 INCREASED MAPPING OF ACTIVITIES IN ORDER TO STRATEGICALLY BUILD ON CURRENT INTERACTIONS In production: Mexico, Norway, Ukraine. Then: Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam 12

13 Member Countries Networks: Example USA ( ) National Member Organization Membership start date Research partners Areas of research collaborations Capacity Building Publication output Staff National Academy of Sciences (NAS) 1972 (founding member) 59 organizations in the US Advancing Energy and Integrated Assessment Modeling in the US Global Energy Assessment and the US Curbing the Release of Black Carbon and Methane Projecting Changing Population in the US Improving the Use of Land for Food and for Combating Climate Change Advising Countries with Economies in Transition Increasing the Resilience of Vulnerable Communities Analyzing Ecological and Evolutionary Dynamics 68 young scientists from the US have participated in IIASA s Young Scientists Summer Program 3 in IIASA s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program 3 in the Southern African Young Scientists Summer Program 605 publications Over 40 US nationals have been employed by IIASA every year

14 SOME LEADING US PERSONALITIES FROM GOVERNMENT AND ASSOCIATED WITH IIASA McGeorge Bundy Steven Chu E. William Colglazier John P. Holdren Robert S. McNamara Norman Neureiter

15 SOME LEADING US PERSONALITIES FROM ACADEMIA AND ASSOCIATED WITH IIASA George Dantzig Nathan Keyfitz Tjalling Koopmans Donella & Dennis L Meadows William D. Nordhaus Jeffrey Sachs Thomas C. Schelling

16 Increasing International Competition Increasing International Collaboration IIASA in 2025 Increasing Investment (R&D as % of GDP) Germany 3% by 2015 Japan 4% by 2016 Sweden 4% in 2011 China 2.2% by 2015 UK 2.5% by 2014 Researched in UK +66% Researched in UK + 2 years abroad

17 IIASA TRULY INTERNATIONAL Today s IIASA 1,445 visitors & collaborators in 2014 Plus ~25% of IIASA alumni (3,505 people worldwide) remain actively involved in IIASA research Plus ~600 partner institutions In sum, ~2500 researchers from some 65 countries involved in IIASA s research network (external faculty) And it is not just research networks: IIASA researchers took part in 112 advisory boards and steering committees in 2014

18 INTERDISCIPLINARY 28% 35% Natural Scientists & Engineers Social Scientists 37% Mathematicians and others

19 JOURNAL ARTICLES & CITATIONS Peer-reviewed journal articles according to SCOPUS Citations of IIASA publications according to SCOPUS * Jan to June 2015 Citations Citations Journal Articles Journal Articles H-index SCOPUS 100 Web of Science

20 RESEARCH INTO POLICY GEA EU negotiation on air pollution IPCC AR5 Report: Authors and Observer Status Post 2015 development goals Human Development Report

21 Policy Relevance UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon visits IIASA

22 Benefits of Systems Approach: Bridging across research and policy making silo s Jan 2014: European Commission announce 2030 climate and energy goals for a competitive, secure and low-carbon EU economy. These include: A reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below the 1990 level An EU-wide binding target for renewable energy of at least 27% Goals were informed by an extensive impact assessment, for which IIASA researchers contributed data and model results to help policymakers understand future emissions, as well as the potential benefits and costs of various climate policies. Source: EU Trends to 2050 Update 22

23 Benefits of Systems Approach : Global Energy Assessment involving 500 experts around the world 2009 to date: GEA provides critical input to Un Secretary-General s Sustainable Energy For All Initiative including defining the aspirational yet feasible objectives: 1. Ensure universal access to modern energy services 2. Double the global rate of improvements in energy efficiency 3. Double the share of renewable energy in the global energy mix 23

24 RESEARCH INTO POLICY 2011: IIASA model GAINS identifies 16 measures to curb the release of either black carbon or methane (pollutants that harm human or plant health while simultaneously exacerbating climate change). Feb 2012: US State Secretary Hillary Clinton launched the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to Reduce Short Lived Climate Pollutants Today, CCAC has 33 member countries, 39 International Organizations and IIASA s Markus Amann on scientific committee DOI: /science

25 IIASA AS A CONVENOR OF GLOBAL AND REGIONAL SCIENCE & SCIENCE DIPLOMACY March 2015 Launch meeting of The World in 2050 project and public lecture Towards a sustainable future. Participants: 400

26 HOT SPOTS of Global and Regional Transitions ARCTIC PACIFIC RIM TROPICS MIDDLE EAST PACIFIC RIM SADC

27 (Hot Spot) Central Europe & IIASA H.E. DR. HEINZ FISCHER H.E. DR. VÁCLAV KLAUS DR. PETR AVEN

28 EURASIAN ECONOMIC INTEGRATION Challenges and benefits of greater economic integration between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan Future collaboration between Ukraine, Russia and EU Scenarios of Eurasian integration from Shanghai to Lisbon, its global integration, and future roles of key players including China, EU, Japan and Russia Partners include: Administration of the President of the Russian Federation, European Commission Russian Academy of Sciences, Eurasian Development Bank, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies 28

29 Thank you and hope to welcome you soon at IIASA!!