RITE is conducting research on significant greenhouse gas reduction scenarios worldwide, socio-economic impacts and sustainable development.

We presented our research results at the COP27 UNFCCC Side Event and Japan Pavilion.

High services with low energy and resource demand for low-carbon pathways and the SDGs(UNFCCC Side Event)

Satisfying access to decent shelter, mobility, and social services is why society requires materials and energy. The event discussed innovations for energy demand reduction, decarbonization of the urban environment and the construction sector, as well as pathways towards a net-zero society.

[Date/Time] November 10th(Thursday), 2022/16:45-18:15 Local Time, 23:45-25:15 JST

[Venue] Akhenaten Room, for the details, please see the COP website

[Organized] International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth(RITE), Development Alternatives (DA)

[Program]

Speakers/Panelists

• - Keigo Akimoto
  Group Leader of the System Analysis Group at Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
• - Keywan Riahi
  Director of the Energy, Climate and Environment(ECE) Program at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
• - Nebojsa Nakicenovic
  Emeritus Research Scholar, formerly Deputy Director General/CEO at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
• - Joyashree Roy
  Professor of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)
• - Nan Zhou
  Senior Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory(LBNL)
• - Karen Scrivener
  Director of the Laboratory of Construction Materials and Full Professor at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne(EPFL)
• - Soumen Maity
  Chief Technical Officer at the Technology and Action for Rural Advancement (TARA)

Moderator

• - David McCollum
  Senior R&D Staff in the Mobility and Energy Transitions Analysis (META)Group at, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

*For more details, please see the IIASA website

To download the lecture material of RITE,
"High Services with Low Energy and Resource Demand for Low-Carbon Pathways and the SDGs"（PDF File 894KB）

Industrial Decarbonization, Border Measures and Climate Clubs(Japan Pavilion)

This event focused on issues of competitiveness and emissions leakage associated with the decarbonization of global industry. Speakers provided perspectives from the European Union, the United States, and Japan. Speakers drew attention to proposed policies that would impose tariffs on the carbon content of internationally traded commodities and provided opportunities for the development climate clubs established by high ambition nations.

[Date/Time] November 11th(Friday), 2022/ 15:00-16:30 Local Time, 22:00-23:30 JST

[Venue] Japan Pavilion at the COP27 Venue & Online

[Organized] Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth(RITE), Resources for the Future (RFF)

[Program]

Speakers/Panelists

• - Sheldon Whitehouse
  Senate (D-RI) of the United States Senate

• - Jos Delbeke
  Professor of the European University Institute School of Transnational Governance, Italy
• - Kawaguchi Yukihiro
  Trade and Industry, Manufacturing Industries Bureau of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry(METI)
• - Keigo Akimoto
  Group Leader of the System Analysis Group at Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
• - Ray Kopp
  Senior Fellow of the Resources for the Future (RFF)

Moderator

• - Billy Pizer
  Vice President of the Resources for Future(RFF)

* For more details, please see the RFF website

To download the lecture material of RITE,
"The Emissions Reduction Efforts and Effects, and the Impacts on Competitiveness and Border Carbon Adjustment"（PDF file 948KB）

High well-being with low energy demand towards the modern net-zero society(Japan Pavilion)

Ensuring well-being and access to essential and social services is why society requires materials and energy. This seminar presented the roles of technological, social and infrastructural innovations that can deeply reduce demand for energy and stimulate a just transition to net-zero societies, through interdisciplinary research on low energy demand while satisfying high services.

[Date/Time] November 17th (Thursday), 2022/10:30～12:00 Local Time, 17:30-19:00 JST

[Venue] Japan Pavilion at the COP27 Venue & Online

[Organized] International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth(RITE)

[Program]

Speakers/Panelists

• - Keigo Akimoto
  Group Leader of the System Analysis Group at Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
• - Bas van Ruijven
  Research Group Leader and Senior Research Scholar at International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
• - Diana Urge-Vorsatz
  Professor, Co-Vice chair of the Central European University (CEU), IPCC WG3 Co-Vice chair
• - Elena Verdolini
  Senior Scientist of the European Institute on Economics and the Environment(EIEE)

Moderator

• - Joyashree Roy
  Professor of the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT)

* For more details, please see the IIASA website

To download the lecture material of RITE,
"Opening remarks and the background of the Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations (EDITS) network"（PDF file 1,346KB）