IIASA at the UN Climate Change Conference

Monday, 9 November, Antalya Expo Center, Meeting Room 01, 15:00-16:30
Technical session on assessing and analyzing socio-economic impacts of response measures to be implemented to achieve outcomes of GST and net zero scenarios and pathways - Mandated event
Setu Pelz
The technical session will explore the socioeconomic impacts of climate policies and measures designed to achieve the outcomes of the first Global Stocktake (GST) under the Paris Agreement and different pathways towards net-zero emissions.

Monday, 9 November, Side Event Room 1 - GORDIYON, 16:45-18:15
Building for Forests: Advancing Forest-Positive Construction
Florian Kraxner
The 90-minute session will bring the forest and built-environment agendas together and explore how responsible timber construction can contribute to climate action while supporting resilient forests, nature and communities. The event is organized in collaboration with Built by Nature, PEFC International and other international partners.  

Tuesday, 10 November, All In Pavilion, 09:30-10:30
Policy Brief: Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Paris-aligned Mitigation Pathways
Keywan Riahi
Science Panel for the Global Energy Transition will present the brief’s main findings on the role of fossil fuels in Paris-aligned mitigation pathways and discuss what global benchmarks can tell us about national transition planning.

Tuesday, 10 November, Cryosphere Pavilion, Blue Zone (spot C250), 11:30-12:30
Impacts of Climate Overshoot and the Case for Ambitious Action
Inga Menke
The session will explore emerging evidence on the socioeconomic costs of climate overshoot across regions and sectors. It will highlight how conventional, average-based risk assessments can understate the impacts of compound and extreme events, obscuring the scale and urgency of the challenges ahead.
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Tuesday, 10 November, Ukraine Pavilion, 15:00-16:00
Implementation and Monitoring of the Effectiveness of Climate Policy based on International Best Practice
Keywan Riahi
Ukraine has enshrined the goal of climate neutrality by 2050 in law, has approved the updated National Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) and is working to integrate climate considerations into sectoral policies and measures, as well as to develop a climate policy monitoring system. Participants at the event will discuss Ukraine’s experience in implementing the NECP and the Law of Ukraine ‘On the Basic Principles of State Climate Policy’ on the path to European integration.

Wednesday, 11 November, Mexico Pavilion (Blue Zone), 11:00-11:00
Accelerating ambition to manage overshoot of 1.5°C
Setu Pelz
Electrification is increasingly recognized as a cornerstone of climate action, energy security, and sustainable development. This panel will explore how electrification can accelerate the energy transition while advancing national development priorities, from clean power and transport to infrastructure. Speakers will discuss what a just transition requires within countries, balancing affordability and security with fossil fuel phase-out frictions, and across countries through regional and international cooperation. The session will highlight how scenario-based evidence can inform these choices and help ensure the benefits of the transition are broadly shared.

Thursday, 12 November, Korean Pavilion, 10:04:10:14
Carbon Budgets and Fair shares: National Pathways Consistent with 1.5℃
Shanta Barley (tbc)
This side event convenes research institutions and experts from developed and developing countries to discuss the scientific basis of national mitigation pathways under the global carbon budget. It will examine how the budget can be fairly a located into 1.5°C-consistent national pathways, share Korea’s experience in setting its 2030 and 2035 NDCs, and explore how to assess the fairness, adequacy and emission gaps of national targets. It also seeks to strengthen research collaboration.

Thursday, 12 November, 10:00-11:00
Accelerating Electrification for a Just Energy Transition
Setu Pelz
Electrification is increasingly recognized as a cornerstone of climate action, energy security, and sustainable development. This panel will explore how electrification can accelerate the energy transition while advancing national development priorities, from clean power and transport to infrastructure. Speakers will discuss what a just transition requires within countries, balancing affordability and security with fossil fuel phase-out frictions, and across countries through regional and international cooperation. The session will highlight how scenario-based evidence can inform these choices and help ensure the benefits of the transition are broadly shared.

Thursday, 12 November, 13:00-14:30
WIM Executive Committee - Grounding Knowledge, Growing Action: Lessons for Loss and Damage
Elisa Calliari
The side event will explore how knowledge products of the Executive Committee (ExCom) of the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM) and its thematic expert groups can be put to work to advance action and support on loss and damage, while drawing on country and community experiences to strengthen future guidance and knowledge products of the WIM ExCom. 

Friday, 13 November, Japan Pavilion, 16:30-17:30
The future of high well-being in carbon-neutral societies
Keywan Riahi and Inga Menke
Side event: Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) & The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) 
Drawing on scientific evidence and data from the Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations (EDITS) network, colleagues will present the frontiers of low-demand knowledge and practice.

Friday, 13 November, Side Event Room 5 - HATTUŞA, 18:30-20:00
Global benchmarks for near-term climate action & multilat. sovereign guarantees for just transitions
Keywan Riahi and Inga Menke
Latest scenarios since the AR6 show overshoot causes irreversible impacts and loss & damage. The event presents global benchmarks to put the world on track.

Monday, 16 November, Luxembourg Pavilion
Global Landscape Forum Rio Changemakers launch
Ping Yowargana
An AI-enabled marketplace connecting climate and nature projects with sustainable finance. Ping Yowargana has been invited to the Sustainable and Ethical AI Advisory Board.

Monday, 16 November, Side Event Room 8 - BERGAMA, 16:45-18:15
Energy Transition Across Sectors: Global Pathways, National Complexity
Shonali Pachauri
Achieving a Paris-aligned transition requires both supply-side and demand-side energy transitions. We explore scenarios, implications, and realistic options, e.g., electrification of end-use sectors, to help translate global pathways into clearer, equitable reference points for national action.

Tuesday, 17 November, German Climate Pavilion, 13:30-14:30
Pathways to Just and Deforestation-Free Landscapes: Combating Environmental Crimes and Navigating Competing Demands for Land and Biomass
Ping Yowargana
The event addresses deforestation, environmental crime and competing demands for land and biomass.

Tuesday, 17 November, Press Conference – Mevlana, Blue Zone, 15:00-16:00
Launch of the UNEP “Wildland Fires in the Circumboreal Forest under Climate Overshoot” Report
Florian Kraxner
This follow up report to Limiting Overshoot, coordinated by Natural Resources Canada, looks at the implications of climate overshoot for wildfire risk across the circumboreal forest, including changing fire regimes, ecological, socioeconomic, and social impacts, and mitigation and adaptation responses.

Tuesday, 17 November, Side Event Room Brown, Blue Zone, 15:00-16:30
From National Frameworks to Global Action: South-South Collaboration on Loss and Damage
Elisa Calliari
This session tells the story of building national loss and damage assessment frameworks, from evidence to institutions. It shares lessons for climate-vulnerable countries, strengthens South-South collaboration, and opens a call for partnership on national implementation.

Wednesday, 18 November, DoubleTree by Hilton Antalya City Centre
9th Global Landscape Forum Investment Case Symposium
Ping Yowargana
The session will explore how AI, information and partnerships can make sustainable investment faster, smarter and more effective.

Wednesday, 18 November, Bangladesh Pavilion, 16:30
From Assessment to Action: Bangladesh's National Loss and Damage Framework
Elisa Calliari
The event showcases the Framework taking a closer look at Bangladesh's losses on the ground, from cyclones and floods to salinity and displacement.

Thursday, 19 November, Evidence for Climate Action Pavilion, 14:00-15:00
Technical Capacity-Building, Measuring Resilience, Planning
Reinhard Mechler, Jung-Hee Hyun and Raquel Guimaraes
From Evidence to Action: Measuring and Strengthening Climate Resilience.