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2024.11.15 Fri.

15:45 - 17:00
Achieving Green Transformation through Demand-side Changes Brought by Technology Progress And Social Innovations
Organizer
Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE)
Co-organizer
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
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Abstract

Diffusion of novel digital technologies along with major social innovation trends are expected to bring about changes on the demand-side that roll-out the Green Transformation (GX) in the entire socio-economy. A comprehensive evaluation of these initiatives is important in presenting the pathway to GX of society.
This seminar will discuss the role of technological progress and social innovation in realizing a GX society, including a cross-sectoral perspective.
The speakers will present the frontiers in low energy and material demand knowledge and practices based on recent work from the Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations (EDITS) network, and explore how a demand-side transition can contribute to rapid and successful climate change mitigation, while.

Program

Social and technological transformation with low demand

  • Bas van Ruijven | Research Group Leader and Principal Research Scholar, Sustainable Service Systems Research Group, IIASA, Austria

Importance of demand-side solutions for the net-zero society transformation

  • Keigo AKIMOTO | Group Leader, Systems Research Group, RITE / Specially Appointed Professor, institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Technological innovation to enable low cost climate change mitigation

  • Gregory Nemet | Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, La Follette School of Public Affairs, Wisconsin Energy Institute, USA

Urban space and society: the role of demand-side innovations

  • Diana Ürge-Vorsatz | Professor, Central European University / Vice-Chair, IPCC, Austria

Policy as a catalyst in the green transition for developing countries

  • Joyashree Roy | Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

Panel Discussion

  • Joyashree Roy (moderater) | Professor, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
  • Bas van Ruijven (panelist) | Research Group Leader and Principal Research Scholar, Sustainable Service Systems Research Group, IIASA, Austria
  • Keigo AKIMOTO (panelist) | Group Leader, Systems Research Group, RITE / Specially Appointed Professor, institute of Science Tokyo, Japan
  • Gregory Nemet (panelist) | Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison, La Follette School of Public Affairs, Wisconsin Energy Institute, USA
  • Diana Ürge-Vorsatz (panelist) | Professor, Central European University / Vice-Chair, IPCC, Austria

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