The theme of the Winter 2006 issue (pdf) of IIASA’s Options Magazine focuses is climate change.

Featured are articles on: Dealing with uncertainties, Responding to climate change in an uncertain world. Food, water, and climate change, Food production and fresh water supply are under threat from dangerous anthropogenic interference in Earth's climate. From ice age to heat wave, A brief history of climate change research at IIASA. Helping to understand a changing world, The role of Siberia in the global carbon cycle. Running cars on methonol,  The official race fuel for the Indianapolis 500 may soon be coming to a gas station near you. A last resource, Nobel laureates's planet-saving technology.

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is a non-governmental research organization.

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About IIASA:

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) is a non-governmental research organization located near Vienna, Austria. The institute conducts inter-disciplinary scientific studies on environmental, economic, technological and social issues in the context of human dimensions of global change. It is sponsored by its National Member Organizations in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.

IIASA researchers study environmental, economic, technological, and social developments. In doing so, they generate methods and tools useful to both decision makers and the scientific community. The work is based on original state-of-the-art methodology and analytical approaches and links a variety of natural and social science disciplines.

Since IIASA's inception in 1972, it has been the site of successful international scientific collaboration in addressing areas of concern for all advanced societies, such as energy, water, environment, risk and human settlement.

Now, after over three decades of valuable contributions to science and policy, IIASA continues as a reputed center for innovative research, international interdisciplinary collaboration, conferences and workshops, and networking among scientists around the world.

Because of its non-governmental status, IIASA is independent and can provide non-political and unbiased perspectives. This neutrality and impartiality is particularly valued by those who utilize the institute's research findings.

IIASA is sponsored by scientific National Member Organizations in nations from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. Each NMO nominates one representative to IIASA's executive council, which generally oversees the institute's development.

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