VODCAST - 02 November 2015
On 2 November, IIASA co-hosted a public lecture with Rattan Lal, a distinguished Professor of Soil Sciences. The symposium discussed the functionality of soil, and the interconnected issues associated with it - such as water, climate, food, and environmental security.
VODCAST - 31 August 2015
Life expectancies in the EU have increased significantly over the past decades and are expected to continue increasing. Age-specific health statuses have also generally been improving. In contrast to these profound changes, the concepts that demographers have used to analyze aging on a population level have remained largely static. The substantial changes in life expectancy and health status have rendered these traditional demographic measures inadequate for the analysis of aging at the population level in the 21st century.
VODCAST - 29 June 2015
Opening Speech VEF 2015 - Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Deputy Director General, IIASA
VODCAST - 01 June 2015
Public lecture by Vaughan Turekian, Director of the Center for Science Diplomacy, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and Editor-in-Chief of “Science and Diplomacy”
VODCAST - 01 June 2015
Dr. Kandeh Yumkella - IIASA Distinguished Visiting Fellow, UN Under Secretary General, Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Sustainable Energy for All and former Director General of UNIDO, explores the issue of Science to Policy in a Global Context. The public lecture was followed by the awarding ceremony of the IIASA Distinguished Policy Fellow to Kandeh Yumkella.
VODCAST - 04 May 2015
Public Lecture "Global Change and the Earth System: A Planet in Transition" by Professor Will Steffen, Executive Director of the ANU Climate Change Institute at the Australian National University
VODCAST - 13 April 2015
Vital decisions are taking place this year that will shape the future of our planet. Most notably, the world’s nations will set a global agenda for sustainable development by adopting the Sustainable Development Goals in September, and in December many hope our nations will agree a new global climate change treaty.
MoreVODCAST - 12 March 2015
Vital decisions are taking place this year that will shape the future of our planet. Most notably, the world’s nations will set a global agenda for sustainable development by adopting the Sustainable Development Goals in September, and in December many hope our nations will agree a new global climate change treaty.
MoreVODCAST - 23 February 2015
Professor Cees Veerman (Former Dutch Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality, Member of the Governing Board of the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NOW) and Member of the Supervisory Board at Rabobank Nederland)
Dr. Franz Fischler (President of the European Forum Alpbach and Former EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development and Fisheries)
Dr. Florian Kraxner (Deputy Director for IIASA’s Ecosystems Services and Management Program and representing IIASA’s Agriculture and Food related programs and project)
Introduction and moderation by
Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat, Director General and CEO of IIASA
VODCAST - 19 January 2015
"Art and culture will be key in helping us overcome some of the most pressing global problems we face today. Only if we manage to leave self-interest behind and come together as one, will we be able to overcome imminent threats, such as global warming, and be able to peacefully share our planet amongst 7 billion people and more. The key quality we will need to posess, especially in the western world, is empathy. And it is not economics, not science but art and culture that cultivates this quality."
- Gloria Benedikt (www.gloriabenedikt.com)
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