Africa

Ecological network analysis reveals systemic impact of threats to ecosystems

Ecological network analysis provides a systematic approach to assess the direct and indirect influences that one network node has on another. Researchers from the IIASA Advanced Systems Analysis Program engage in projects to develop these methodologies further and to...

Exploring sustainable biofuel feedstock potential in Sub-Saharan Africa

The Worldwide Fund for Nature South Africa (WWF-SA) has commissioned IIASA to assess pathways towards large-scale, sustainable aviation biofuel deployment in Sub-Saharan Africa, and to address the complex interlinkages in different dimensions of the...

Informing sustainable water management options

Pressure on the world’s water resources has been mounting substantially in recent decades, and is expected to be further exacerbated by climatic and socioeconomic changes in the future. The Extended Continental-scale Hydro-economic Optimization Model (ECHO) developed...

Solutions for a water secure East Africa in 2050

The IIASA Water Futures and Solutions Initiative seeks to incorporate science into water policy and planning, and applied water management issues. Set up as an interdisciplinary scientific initiative, the project identifies and tests solution...