AUTHORS & CONTACT

This website presents the ideas proposed in the paper “New demand goals for energy and climate resilience” co-authored by Nuno Bento, Arnulf Grubler, and Nebojsa Nakicenovic.

Author Bios
Nuno Bento

Nuno Bento is a Researcher and Deputy Director at DINÂMIA’CET-Iscte, the research centre of Iscte – University Institute of Lisbon, in Portugal. He recently led research on energy security showing how a demand-side perspective can strengthen countries’ resilience to energy disruptions. His work has also examined the determinants of corporate climate action, as well as the technological and contextual conditions shaping sustainability transitions and system transformation.

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Arnulf Grubler

Arnulf Grubler is a Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, and Honorary Professor at Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria. He has contributed to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for more than 25 years as a Lead Author, Contributing Author, and Review Editor. He also served as a Convening Lead Author of the Global Energy Assessment and led the Low Energy Demand scenario compatible with the Sustainable Development Goals and net-zero goals.

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Nebojsa Nakicenovic

Nebojsa Nakicenovic is a Distinguished Emeritus Research Scholar at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria, and former Professor of Energy Economics at TU Wien. He is Executive Director of The World in 2050 initiative and served as a member of the United Nations Technical Group of Advisors on Sustainable Development Goal 7, Affordable and Clean Energy.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge support under the EDITS Project for part of the research reported here. EDITS (Energy Demand Changes Induced by Technological and Social Innovations) is a collaborative research initiative coordinated by the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) and the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and funded by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), Japan.