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Professor Dr. Pavel Kabat
Director General and CEO, IIASA
www.iiasa.ac.at
About IIASA
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis,
located near Vienna, Austria, is an international scientific
institute that conducts policy-relevant research into
problems too large or complex to be solved by a single
country or academic discipline.
IIASA’s scientists research
+ energy and climate change;
+ food and water; and
+ poverty and equity.
IIASA produces
+ data, models, and research tools;
+ refereed scientific literature; and
+ policy-relevant information.
IIASA helps
+ countries make better-informed policy;
+ develop international research networks; and
+ support the next generation of scientists.
IIASA is sponsored by its National Member Organizations
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Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Japan, Netherlands, Norway,
Pakistan, Republic of Korea, Russia, South Africa, Sweden,
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I I A S A
Bringing systems
analysis down to Earth
Mathematical models can often seem complex and theoretical,
only thinly tethered to
reality.But
this is an illusion. In our complex modern age, the mathematical
tools of systems analysis are in fact some of the most useful methods
we have to understand the world around us, and solve the interlinked problems
facing humanity and the planet.
In September, the United Nations adopted the Sustainable Development Goals,
a
set of 17 goals with 169 targets aimed at achieving major progress on poverty,
health, energy, climate, and other topics. Efforts to reach one goal will not
happen in isolation—they will ripple out and affect the headway made
toward the others.
In this issue, you will read about new IIASA research that aims to understand
these ripple effects, to project interactions so that policymakers can plan policies
that bring benefits on multiple goals, rather than working against each other
(page 14). You will discover new insights into the interaction between climate
mitigation and adaptation policies, which are too often addressed in isolation
(page 12). And you will find a unique visualization of the process of systems
analysis and its application to real-world problems (page 18).
The research you read about in each issue of Options is grounded in
methods and
models that were developed by the pioneers of systems analysis,
and which continue to be advanced by IIASA researchers and their
global network of collaborators.
IIASA has been a hub for systems analysis research since its very beginnings:
Howard Raiffa, the institute’s first director, is a pioneer in the field of
decision analysis, one of the first to apply statistical and behavioral theories
to the
questions of policymaking. At the 2015 Systems Analysis Conference
in November—which is dedicated to Raiffa—Laxenburg will once again
welcome the brightest minds in the field. The research that they present
will demonstrate the unique ability of systems thinking to provide real,
practical solutions to almost overwhelmingly complex global problems,
giving us the basis for a truly sustainable future. + About Options
Options magazine features recent IIASA research and activities
Executive editor Philippa Brooks
Managing editor Katherine Leitzell
Copy editor Daisy Brickhill
Writers Daisy Brickhill, Katherine Leitzell, Kathryn Platzer
Contributing writers Kerry Skyring, Christine Whitehouse
Expert reviewers Markus Amann, Jesse Ausubel, Ligia Azavedo,
Ulf Dieckmann, Oskar Franklin, Sabine Fuss, Nils Johnson,
Matthias Jonas, Pavel Kabat, Zbigniew Klimont, Nadejda
Komendantova, Florian Kraxner, Mia Landauer, Sylvain Leduc,
David McCollum, Reinhard Mechler, Junko Mochizuki, Raya
Muttarak, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Michael Obersteiner, Shonali
Pachauri, Amanda Palazzo, Sebastian Poledna, Narasimha Rao,
Wolf Reuter, Keywan Riahi, Joeri Rogelj, Elena Rovenskaya,
Warren Sanderson, Sergei Scherbov, David Shanafelt, Anatoly
Shvidenko, Benedict Singleton, Nadia Steiber, Erich Striessnig,
Laixiang Sun, Stefan Thurner, Brian Walsh, Matthias Wildemeersch
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