Austria and IIASA Highlights

(2008-2014)

December 2014

CONTENTS1. Summary2. National Member Organization3. Leading Austrian Personalities Associated with IIASA4. IIASA’s Headquarters5. Research Partners6. High-profile events and activities7. Research Collaborations: Selected Highlights8. Capacity Building9. Further Information

SUMMARY (2008-2014)National Member Organization

Austrian Academy of Sciences

Membership start date 1973

Research partners 54 organizations in Austria

Areas of research collaborations

Advancing demographic methods and their applicationResearch collaborations to tackle climate changeTransitions toward a sustainable energy futureIncreasing climate and disaster resilience Land use in Austria and EuropeDeveloping expertise in big dataBasic research: Advancing the methods of systems analysis

Capacity building 25 doctoral students from Austria have participated in IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program

Publication output 1052 publications have resulted from IIASA-Austrian collaborations

Other interactions Over 850 researchers, policymakers and diplomats who live in Austria have participated in IIASA events. On average 96 Austrians are employed by IIASA every year.

NATIONAL MEMBER ORGANIZATION

• Austrian Academy of Sciences– Professor Dr Gerhard Glatzel, Austrian Academy of Sciences is IIASA

Council Member for Austria and Chair of Austrian IIASA Committee– Austrian IIASA Committee provides oversight of IIASA and

strengthens its connections with Austrian science and policy communities: • 30 members representing the Academy, ministries, universities

and other research organizations in Austria– Mag Marie-Therese Pitner, NMO Secretary for Austria

SOME LEADING PERSONALITIES IN AUSTRIA AND ASSOCIATED WITH IIASA

Thomas Henzinger Karlheinz TӧchterleClemens Hellsberg

Martin GerzabeckHeinz Fischer Franz Fischler

HOME OF IIASA SINCE 1972

RESEARCH PARTNERS

• 54 institutions in Austria, including: • Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO)• Central Institute for Meteorology and Geo-dynamics (ZAMG)• Climate and Energy Fund• Environment Agency Austria• Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs (BMEIA)• Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy (BMWFW) • Joanneum Research • Universities of Graz, of Innsbruck, of Klagenfurt and of Vienna• University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna (BOKU)• Vienna Institute of Demography (VID)• Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) • Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien)

HIGH-PROFILE EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

• Alpbach Laxenburg Reflection Group• IIASA Anniversary Conference 2012• Vienna Energy Forum and Vienna Energy Club

ALPBACH LAXENBURG GROUPMEMBERS INCLUDE

Ian Chubb Ralph Cicerone

Chen Jining Rajendra Pachauri Jeffrey Sachs

Petr Aven Tarja Halonen

Mary Robinson

THREE-DAY HIGH-LEVEL RETREAT DURING THE POLITICAL SYMPOSIUM OF THE 2014 EUROPEAN FORUM ALPBACH

• Alpbach Laxenburg Group - A new type of global think tank to initiate new dialogue and partnership

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WORLDS WITHIN REACH: FROM SCIENCE TO POLICYIIASA 40TH ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

RESEARCH COLLABORATIONS• Advancing demographic methods and their application• Projecting changing population in Austria• Austrian Climate Change Assessment Report 2014• Global Energy Assessment and Austria• Assessing hydropower in ecosystem services conservation

scenarios in the Alps• Downgrading of land availability for biofuels• Mixed Incentives

ADVANCING DEMOGRAPHIC METHODS AND THEIR APPLICATION

PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN AUSTRIA

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Austria - Base Year 2010

Population in Millions

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8.4 Million8.4 Million FemalesMales

8.4 Million

PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN AUSTRIASUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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Austria - Projections 2030 - SSP1

Population in Millions

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9.1 Million FemalesMales

PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN AUSTRIASUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

TO UPDATE

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Austria - Projections 2060 - SSP1

Population in Millions

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9.7 Million FemalesMales

PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN AUSTRIA

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Austria - Base Year 2010

Population in Millions

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8.4 Million8.4 Million FemalesMales

8.4 Million

PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN AUSTRIASTALLED DEVELOPMENT

TO UPDATE

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Austria - Projections 2030 - SSP3

Population in Millions

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8.4 Million FemalesMales

PROJECTING CHANGING POPULATION IN AUSTRIASTALLED DEVELOPMENT

TO UPDATE

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300.0 200.0 100.0 0.0 100.0 200.0 300.0 400.0

Austria - Projections 2060 - SSP3

Population in Millions

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7.1 Million FemalesMales

AUSTRIAN CLIMATE CHANGE ASSESSMENT REPORT 2014

GLOBAL ENERGY ASSESSMENT AND AUSTRIA

22Source: GEA, 2012: Global Energy Assessment - Toward a Sustainable Future, Cambridge University Press and IIASA

• 2006-12: GEA defines a new global energy policy agenda—one that transforms the way society thinks about, uses, and delivers energy.

• Significant Austrian contribution: – Sponsored by Austrian Development Agency– Three Austrians in leadership roles in GEA

and eleven authors were Austrian scientists• One notable outcome: GEA guides

targets of UN Secretary-General’s Sustainable Energy For All Initiative

ASSESSING HYDROPOWER IN ECOSYSTEM SERVICES CONSERVATION SCENARIOS IN THE ALPS

Business as Usual High Carbon tax

DOWNGRADING OF LAND AVAILABILITY FOR BIOFUELS

Scenario

Original figures

(million ha)

Adjusted for land cover (million ha)

Adjusted for field

size (millon ha)

Adjusted for human impact

(million ha)

S1 320 98 42 34

S2 702 467 201 84

S3 1411 998 N/A 409

S4 1107 786 N/A 264

Published in Fritz, S., et al. 2013. Downgrading recent estimates of land available for biofuel production. Environmental Science & Technology, 47(3), 1688-1694.

• Used crowdsourced data (on land cover and human impact) from Geo-Wiki to validate maps of land availability for biofuels published in Cai et al. (2011)

• Resulted in considerable downgrading of the original estimates, e.g. 1107MHa to 264MHa

MIXED INCENTIVES

• Challenges Game-theoretical analyses of incentives have focused on peer-to-peer interactions; positive and negative incentives are mostly studied in separation

• Innovation We show how institutional positive and negative incentives are best combined

• Results “First carrot, then stick” incentive policy is not only most effective, but also most efficient (cost saving)

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CAPACITY BUILDING• 25 doctoral students from Austria have won places on

IIASA’s Young Scientists Summer Program since 2008.

FURTHER INFORMATION

IIASA www.iiasa.ac.at

Austrian IIASA Committeehttp://www.oeaw.ac.at/iiasa-kom/