IIASA is an international scientific institute that conducts research into the critical issues of global environmental, economic, technological, and social change that we face in the twenty-first century. 

Topics: Advanced Systems Analysis; Air Quality and Greenhouse Gases; Ecosystems Services and Management; Energy; Evolution and Ecology; Risk and Resilience; Transitions to New Technologies; Water; World Population; The World in 2050; Integrated Solutions for Water, Energy, and Land; Arctic Futures Initiative; Tropical Futures Initiative; Eurasian Economic Integration; Water Futures and Solutions; Global Energy Assessment.