EDITS (short for Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations) is a global effort to raise awareness about the enormous potentials of drastic reduction of energy and resource demand. Our research and messages are brought to the UNFCCC COPs.
EDITS will hold its next session on Friday, 13 November 2026, from 16:30 to 17:30 in the Japan Pavilion, Antalya, Turkey.
Visit us in-person if you are at the COP31 or follow it online. Download the agenda here.
Program
Moderator: Souran Chatterjee (University of Plymouth)
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16:30-16:45 |
Introduction: the multiple benefits of demand-side solutions and the policy innovations in Japan Keigo Akimoto (Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth, RITE) |
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16:45-16:55 |
Innovation gaps across sectors to reach net-zero economies Keywan Riahi (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA) |
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16:55-17:05 |
Costs of demand-side solutions for decision-making Joyashree Roy (Asian Institute of Technology, AIT) |
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17:05-17:15 |
Net-zero built environment in the Global North and in the Global South Nan Zhou (University of California, UC Berkeley) |
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17:15-17:30 |
Discussion and questions from the floor |
The EDITS network has been present at the UNFCCC Conference of the Parties since 2021, and continues to inform participants about demand-side measures and their critical role in climate mitigation.
You can find summaries of our sessions (in reverse order):
- EDITS will be at COP30 in Antalya, Turkey on 13. November 2026. "The future of high well-being in carbon-neutral societies" session will be presented in the Japan Pavilion. Find the agenda here.
- EDITS organized a session at the COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan to discuss "Pathway to the Green Transformation of Society" hosted by the Japanese Pavilion on 15 November 2024. For more information click here.
- EDITS held a session at the COP28 in Dubai, titled: "Demand-side solutions to disruptions", in the Japanese Pavilion on 11. December 2023. For more information click here.
- A hybrid session titled "High wellbeing with low energy demand towards modern net-zero cities" was organized in collaboration with GFSE and AEA at the IVECF on 3 November 2023. More information here.
- EDITS co-organized the side-event "High well-being with low energy demand towards the modern net-zero society", held in the Japanese Pavilion at the UNFCCC COP27 on 17. Nov. 2022. For more information click here.
- A UNFCCC side-event "High level services with low resource demand for low-carbon pathways and the SDGs" was co-organized by EDITS at COP27 on 10. Nov. 2022. For more information go here.
- EDITS was present at UNFCCC COP26 in Glasgow, on 11. November 2021. The event information and the presentations can be accessed here.
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