- To mitigate climate change and safeguard ecosystems, we need to make drastic changes in our consumption and transport behaviors. A new IIASA study shows how even minor changes to available infrastructure can trigger tipping points in the collective adoption of sustainable behaviors. https://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/news/200124-sustainable-bahavior.html 75 comments science
- Research shows that diversifying crop production can make food supply more nutritious, reduce resource demand and greenhouse gas emissions, and enhance climate resilience without reducing calorie production or requiring more land https://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/news/191119-beyond-the-green-revolution.html 130 comments science
- For a lower climate footprint, vegetarian diet beats local: A new study provides a more comprehensive accounting of the greenhouse gas emissions from EU diets. It shows that meat and dairy products are responsible for the lion's share of greenhouse emissions from the EU diet http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/news/181023-ghg-food.html 44 comments science
- Climate taxes on agriculture could lead to more food insecurity than climate change itself http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/news/180730-food-insecurity.html 3 comments science
- Education, not income, is the best predictor of a long life, finds new research. The researchers point out that better education leads to improved cognition and in turn to better choices for health-related behaviours. http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/news/180416-lutz-kebede-life.html 36 comments science
- Models show how to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C - There are several ways to limit global temperature rise to 1.5°C by 2100, and new research shows under what conditions this could happen. http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/news/180305-limit-temp-rise.html 14 comments science
- Next ten years critical for achieving climate change goals http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/news/170413-carbon-cycle.html 7 comments science
- Global methane and ethane emissions from oil production from 1980 to 2012 were far higher than previous estimates show, according to a new study which for the first time takes into account different production management systems and geological conditions around the world. http://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/about/news/170201-oilgas.html 3 comments science