Date
Thursday March 23, 2023 from 1:15 PM to 5:00 PMLocation
TU/e campus | filmzaal zwarte doosCo-organizer
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Free
CAN WE END FOSSIL FUELS?
Date
Thursday 23 March 2023
Location
Filmzaal Zwarte Doos, TU/e campus
Organized by
Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems (EIRES)
Introduction
Reducing the use of fossil fuels is necessary to address climate change. But for national security reasons it seems difficult to rid ourselves of coal, oil and gas. So, can it be done? And should policy focus on fossil fuels, or use generic climate policy instruments?
Different academic perspectives co-exist on this controversial topic. This edition of EnergyDays brought several of these together to discuss whether – and how – we can end fossil fuels.
PROGRAM
CURRENT AND FUTURE ROLE OF FOSSIL FUELS
Word of welcome
Heleen de Coninck, Eindhoven University of Technology & Radboud University Nijmegen
IPCC Synthesis report on fossil fuels
Detlef van Vuuren, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency & Utrecht University
The role of fossil fuels in the Netherlands: past, present and future
Jilles van den Beukel, Energy specialist, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies
Discussion
POLICY: PHASING DOWN OR OUT?
Swimming upstream? Opportunities and challenges for international cooperation on leaving fossil fuels in the ground
Harro van Asselt, University of East Finland
Carbon takeback obligation: putting the brakes on fossil fuels
Margriet Kuijper, Carbon management consultant
Panel discussion
Detlef van Vuuren, Jilles van den Beukel, Harro van Asselt, Margriet Kuijper and Christina Papadimitriou
Closing reflection
Robert-Jan Smits, Eindhoven University of Technology
Heleen de Coninck, Eindhoven University of Technology & Radboud University Nijmegen
Open café & networking
Downloads
Recordings
- Re-watch EnergyDays | Can we end fossil fuels? 23 March 2023
- Click on 'meer tonen' for an overview of all speakers/blocks
Available slides
- Detlef van Vuuren | PCC Synthesis report on fossil fuels (to be uploaded)
- Jilles van den Beukel | The role of fossil fuels in the Netherlands: past, present and future
- Harro van Asselt | Swimming upstream? Opportunities and challenges for international cooperation on leaving fossil fuels in the ground (on request)
- Margriet Kuijper | Carbon takeback obligation: putting the brakes on fossil fuels
Articles by Cursor:
- Fossil fuel dependence in way of quitting cold turkey
- In my opinion | How can we end fossil fuels in a way that is climate just?
Photo impression
- See hereafter (Photo credits: Photodette - Odette Beekmans)
- Unfortunately there are no photos available of speaker Detlef van Vuuren and Robert-Jan Smits (President of Executive Board TU/e).
About EnergyDays
EnergyDays is organized every quarter of the year and are open for anyone interested in the latest developments in societal energy issues. EnergyDays focusses on a specific aspect of the present energy and climate discussion. Different keynote speakers from academia and industry will present their views, solutions and outlooks on the topic. The motto of EnergyDays is to stimulate the audience to broaden their vision on energy and climate.
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