Thanks to all members of the community who contributed to the newsletter January 2026 edition! Please find below updates on institutional highlights, upcoming IAMC webinars and more.

The Energy Policy Unit of the Institute of Communications and Computer Systems at the National Technical University of Athens (EPU-NTUA) and E3-Modelling (E3M) are organizing the Nineteenth IAMC Annual Meeting . To find out more, please click here.

IAMC Annual Meeting: Call for Thematic Areas - Parallel Session

We invite the community to contribute ideas for parallel sessions in new thematic areas that are not yet included in the existing list. More...

ICONICS Webinar: 

"Scenario Evolution Process of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways"

The International Committee On New Integrated Climate change assessment Scenarios (ICONICS) announces Launching the Scenario Evolution Process Webinar on 12 February. Speakers will provide detail on the motivation, vision and process for the Scenario Evolution Process. More...

NEWATHWAYS Webinar: 

“Do the new climate targets make a difference? An analysis of 2035 NDCs”

This webinar taking place on 19 February provides an overview and assessment of the latest round of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) with a focus on countries’ 2035 climate targets. More...

PRISMA Webinar

This webinar, taking place on 11 March, explores what drives public support for energy policy and climate mitigation across Europe, even in the face of uncertainty, drawing on large-scale empirical studies and innovative methods. More...

Updated SSP “Basic Drivers” and a new SSP Scenario Explorer

The “Basic Drivers” (GDP & population projections) of the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs) have now been updated by the teams at IIASA (Samir KC et al.) and the OECD (Rob Dellink et al.) to reflect recent trends. More...

Call for Abstracts: International Conference on Carbon Dioxide Removal

The conference will take place from June 10-12 in Milan, Italy. The abstract submission deadline is on January 30. More..

Call for Papers: International Energy Workshop

The workshop will take place from June 22-24 in Cape Town, Africa. The abstract submission deadline is on February 1. More..

Call for Papers: Special Issue on “Computing and Digitalization through a Multi-Disciplinary Lens”

This Special Issue welcomes accessible, decision-relevant research geared toward informing solutions and strategies relevant to overcoming the challenges linked with next-generation computing and digitalization. The deadline is on September 30. More..

Holding the course: Annual Net-Zero Report 2025

The ELEVATE Annual Net-Zero Report 2025 provides a timely overview of global progress toward Paris-aligned net-zero targets, unpacking key challenges around geopolitics, trade barriers, market-based instruments, and climate justice. More...

E3SM-GCAM: A Synchronously Coupled Human Component in the E3SM Earth System Model Enables Novel Human-Earth Feedback Research

A new modeling framework now dynamically couples human decision-making with Earth system processes, enabling more realistic assessments of how land use, emissions, and socio-economic responses feed back into climate change across regions and sectors. More...

2025 Global Change Outlook

The 2025 Global Change Outlook from MIT’s Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy presents new projections of global energy and climate futures under current policies and a Paris-aligned 1.5 °C pathway. More..

Junior Researcher Positions

The CMCC Foundation – Centro Euro-Mediterraneo sui Cambiamenti Climatici is seeking two junior researchers specializing in biodiversity economics to join its interdisciplinary research team. More...

Post-Doc Position

National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) in Tsukuba, Japan, is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in computational modeling, quantitative analysis of environmental and economic systems, or related fields. More...

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