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Toranomon Hills Forum (Toranomon Hills Mori Tower 5F) Toranomon, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 105-6390, Japan Online: Zoom
The event, co-organized by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOEJ), the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) and IIASA, will showcase a collaborative research project on urban transformation. The project will lay the groundwork for the forthcoming special report on "Climate Change and Cities" which will be a valuable addition to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 7th assessment cycle. IIASA Director General John Schellnhuber and several IIASA experts will participate as speakers and panelists.
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United Arab Emirates
IIASA colleagues will join world leaders and diplomats at the 28th Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC (COP28) in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. IIASA researchers are organizing and/or participating in several side events where they will present the latest research on how to reach ambitious targets on climate.
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Virtual Seminar
IASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava participated in the Institute of Energy Economics Japan (IEEJ) / Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC) International Energy Symposium exploring the multiple pathways to carbon neutrality for Asian developing countries.
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New Delhi
IIASA 50th anniversary celebrations will include a conference hosted by the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC) and IIASA. The event will build on the expertise and interlinkages between the system analysts’ communities in Asia to discuss and analyze transformative approaches to achieving sustainability across multiple stakeholder, sectors and regions.
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Online and at Institute Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) of the CAS
IIASA Regional Conference "Systems Analysis in Asia" will take place on 20-22 October 2021 as a hybrid event, combining online and in person attendance. The physical part of the meeting will be hosted by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) at the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research (IGSNRR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China.
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Virtual Symposium
IIASA Deputy Director for Science, Leena Srivastava, will give a keynote speech at the National Institute for Environmental Studies International Forum, recommending pathways to provide scientific evidence to feed into societal decision-making processes to improve the state of the environment.
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Virtual event
Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations (EDITS) side-event at COP26 as part of the Japan Pavilion.
The event presented the frontiers in energy and material demand knowledge, the role of digitalization, innovation and equity efforts in a deep social, economic and technological transformation of energy demand. We presented recent work from the EDITS network, and discussed how a demand-side transition can contribute to rapid and successful climate change mitigation towards a 1.5°C pathway.
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Virtual meeting
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will give a keynote lecture at the virtual International Symposium: Developing Research towards Achieving the SDGs in the Post COVID-19 Era. She will present findings from the IIASA-ISC Consultative Science Platform identifying sustainable pathways in the post-COVID recovery process.
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IEEJ/APERC International Energy Symposium
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava joined the Institute of Energy Economics Japan (IEEJ) / Asia Pacific Energy Research Centre (APERC) International Energy Symposium presenting the challenges of meeting carbon neutrality targets and achieving economic growth for developing countries.
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Mexico City, Mexico
IIASA attendance at this event will not go ahead due to the current coronavirus situation and possible travel restrictions.
IIASA Deputy Director General for Science Leena Srivastava will attend the inaugural STS Forum - Latin America and the Caribbean High-Level Conference.