by nina | Mar 8, 2018 | Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases, Building a sustainable future, Global, Part of RANDOM POSTS - Yes
Research shows that reducing the emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) will play an important role in meeting the 2°C target of the Paris Agreement. Although these emissions will be partially reduced as a consequence of carbon dioxide (CO2) mitigation,...
by nina | Mar 8, 2018 | Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases, Leadership in ASA, Part of RANDOM POSTS - Yes
In October 2016, a global decrease in the use of certain greenhouse gases commonly used in a number of industries across the globe was agreed under the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol. A new study by the IIASA Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases program...
by nina | Feb 28, 2018 | Asia, Part of RANDOM POSTS - Yes, Risk and resilience
The failure to foresee the catastrophic earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident of 2011 was seen by many as a fundamental shortcoming of disaster risk science in Japan. In light of this, the use of scientific knowledge came under renewed scrutiny. Debates continue...
by nina | Feb 28, 2018 | Part of RANDOM POSTS - Yes, Risk and resilience
With the impacts of climate change already being felt across the globe, it is imperative to manage and avoid further irreversible loss and intolerable damage. According to IIASA researchers, adaptive learning linked to climate risk management can help overcome...
by nina | Feb 28, 2018 | Oceania, Part of RANDOM POSTS - Yes, Risk and resilience
Simultaneous crop losses in different parts of the world can pose a serious risk to global food security. However, little is currently known about the spatial dependency of crop yield losses between global breadbaskets. In a recent study, IIASA researchers focused on...
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