IIASA at UNFCCC COP27

IIASA colleagues joined world leaders and diplomats at the 27th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP27) in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.

10 November

Organizer: Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) and Development Alternatives (DA)

Event title: High services with low energy and resource demand for low-carbon pathways and the SDGs

IIASA participants: K. Riahi, N. Nakicenovic
Organizer: Zurich Flood Resilience Alliance NGO partners Mercy Corps, IFRC, Concern Worldwide and Plan International

IIASA researcher involved: R. Mechler on this policy brief and expertise of working with flood prone communities across the globe was presented at a side event

11 November

Organizer: Humane Society International & Upfield

Event title: Closing the Global Methane Pledge Gap: policy recommendations for food systems.

IIASA participant: L. Höglund-Isaksson on “Controlling methane emissions in EU’s agricultural sector”

15 November

Organizer: Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) Potsdam

Event title: Methane Science Dialogue: What does ‘net zero’ mean for methane? IIASA participant: L. Höglund-Isaksson on “Methane mitigation in a global perspective”
Event title: Bridging the gap to the Paris Agreement objectives: opportunities for international collaboration to support enhanced national ambition

IIASA participant: B. van Ruijven

16 November

Organizer: Arctic Council’s AMAP and the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI)

Event title: Pathways to reducing Black Carbon and Methane Emissions impacting Arctic Climate and Air Pollution.

IIASA participant: L. Höglund-Isaksson on “Reducing methane emissions from human activities globally and in Artic Council member and observer countries”

17 November

RITE-IIASA side event on EDITS at UNFCCC COP27

Event title: High wellbeing with low energy demand towards a modern net-zero society. EDITS is coordinated by IIASA and the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE).

IIASA participant: B. van Ruijven
Organizer: Harvard Kennedy School

Event title: Uncertainty in methane emissions.

IIASA participant: L. Höglund-Isaksson on “The use of bottom-up emission inventories in methane policy processes”

Policy briefs relating to COP27

IIASA produced two policy briefs published for COP27:

Promising climate progress

Recent net-zero pledges could take the world a long way towards meeting the Paris climate goals, but an ambition gap remains.

A fair climate

Sharing mitigation fairly between countries doesn’t have to be expensive.