The Energy Demand changes Induced by Technological and Social innovations (EDITS) initiative was launched in 2019 to deepen the understanding of demand-driven energy system, energy and material demand projections centered around the technological-social-infrastructural interactions at global and granular levels, and their nexus with wellbeing and the SDGs. The EDITS community pursues collaborative research to identify gaps and potentials to enhance modeling, empirical analysis, and communication about demand-side solutions and an energy system transformation.

The Meeting was held in-person in Laxenburg, close to Vienna (Austria) after two years of online presence due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The plenary and breakout sessions provide a platform for dialogues on provocative topics, including (1) what is needed to make the global LED narrative relevant in the diverse subglobal context, (2) how to successfully present and communicate about LED scenarios, (3) what are the benefits of going towards LED futures.

The meeting had 79 in-person participants and 7 people joined online. The attendees comprised individuals from a range of disciplines including modelers, social scientists, economists, and engineers

Overview

Venue

IIASA , Laxenburg, Austria

Organizer

Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth(RITE), International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)

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