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Ep 88: Daniel Huppmann, Energy Research Scholar at IIASA
Published 6 years, 1 month ago
Description
In today’s episode, we cover:
- Role, function and mission of IIASA
- The context around SR15
- UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Dr. Huppmann’s work on the message integrated assessment model for environmental scenario planning
- Significance of selecting a decade as the timeframe for action
- Unpacking the meaning of publicly stated thresholds
- Implications of Dr. Huppmann’s modeling on humanity
- How new research affects older predictive models
- Dr. Huppmann’s view on carbon storage
- Delivering sustainability via initiatives that improve quality of life
- The important role of carbon taxes
- Open-source climate change data movement
Links to topics discussed in this episode:
- IIASA:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Institute_for_Applied_Systems_Analysis
- SR15:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Report_on_Global_Warming_of_1.5_%C2%B0C
- Message IX: https://message.iiasa.ac.at/en/stable/
- UN Sustainable Development Goals: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/?menu=1300
- European Green Deal: https://ec.europa.eu/info/strategy/priorities-2019-2024/european-green-deal_en
- Fridays For Future: https://fridaysforfuture.org/
- Young Summer Scientists Program: https://www.iiasa.ac.at/web/home/education/yssp/Young_Scientists_Summer_Program.html
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