Who we are

The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE) Consortium is a collaborative initiative created in 2017. FABLE is a global network of researchers who develop national pathways that are consistent with global sustainability objectives, including the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Climate Agreement targets.

Our Vision

Our vision is collective science-based political action driving the pressing global challenges each of our countries is faced with. We believe that global collaboration between nations can be used to address global goals by recognizing each country’s autonomy, capacity, responsibility, and contribution. We create a collaborative space to support and challenge each other in support of evidence-based decision-making.




Country Teams

FABLE country teams are at the heart of FABLE's mission. Country teams develop national bottom-up pathways for sustainable food and land-use systems that describe the changes needed to achieve mid-century sustainability objectives. They also engage with national governments to promote ambitious sustainable policies.


FABLE Secretariat

The Secretariat is led by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and the Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT (the Alliance). The Secretariat provides consortium members with modelling and policy engagement support, and promotes experience sharing across countries.

Aline Mosnier

Aline Mosnier

Scientific Director
SDSN

Michael Obersteiner

Michael Obersteiner

Scenathon and Global Modelling (Co-founder)
IIASA

Valeria Javalera

Valeria Javalera

Scenathon, Linker and Dashboard
IIASA

Fabrice DeClerck

Fabrice DeClerck

Food System Boundaries and Science Policy Interface
Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT

Sarah Jones

Sarah Jones

Agroecology and Biodiversity
Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT

Fernando Orduña-Cabrera

Fernando Orduña C.

Scenathon and FABLE Calculator APIs
IIASA

Clara Douzal

Clara Douzal

FABLE Calculator and Global Analysis
SDSN

Maria Diaz

Maria Diaz

Consortium Management
SDSN

Lucie Adenauer

Lucie Adenauer

FABLE Calculator, Agriculture and GHG
SDSN

Yiorgos Vittis

Yiorgos Vittis

Agricultural Cost and Employment
IIASA

Marcial Sandoval

Marcial Sandoval G.

Linker and Dashboard
IIASA

Alejandro Rios

Alejandro Rios-Ochoa

Linker and Dashboard
IIASA

Former members of the FABLE Secretariat: Guido Schmidt-Traub (FABLE Co-founder), Marine Formentini, Jordan Poncet, Rudolf Neubauer, Katya Pérez-Guzmán, Frank Sperling, Marcus Thomson, and Piero Visconti.


Advisory Council

The FABLE Advisory Council brings together experts in food and land-use issues to the Consortium to provide critical thinking and strategic direction and oversight. The council gathers FABLE Consortium members ekected by the consortium and external experts, leaders in the field of food and land-use systems. They all bring different perspectives, all aimed at moving forward FABLE's mission. The term of Advisory Council members is two years.

Namukolo Covic

Namukolo Covic

International Livestock Research Institute

Federico Frank

Federico Frank

National Agricultural Technology Institute

Line Gordon

Line Gordon

Stockholm Resilience Centre

Thomas Hertel

Thomas Hertel

Purdue University

Gordon McCord

Gordon McCord

UC San Diego

Vartika Singh

Vartika Singh

Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Hermann Lotze-Campen

Hermann Lotze-Campen

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)

Former members of the Advisory Council: Alison Smith.


Technical Partners

The technical partners are the core modeling teams who share their models with Consortium members and provide support for their adaptation to the national context. Currently, these are the modeling teams from Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) MAgPIE and IIASA GLOBIOM.

Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM)

Global Biosphere Management Model (GLOBIOM)

International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

Model of Agricultural Production and its Impact on the Environment (MAgPIE)

Model of Agricultural Production and its Impact on the Environment (MAgPIE)

Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)


Our Supporters

The FABLE Consortium is grateful for the generous financial support from many supporters, including the Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF); Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ); the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; the William, Jeff and Jennifer Gross Family Foundation; the MAVA Foundation; Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI); the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida); the Swedish Postcode Lottery Foundation (Svenska Postkod Stiftelsen); the World Resources Institute (WRI); and Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología of Mexico. Many others have provided direct assistance to members of the FABLE country teams.