Can we end fossil fuels?

EnergyDays

Date
Thursday March 23, 2023 from 1:15 PM to 5:00 PM
Location
TU/e campus | filmzaal zwarte doos
Organizer
Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems
Co-organizer
Team Energy
Price
Free
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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 Spring's edition of the TU/e EIRES EnergyDays brings several of these together to discuss whether – and how – we can end fossil fuels.

Program

13h15 - 14h00                  
Walk-in with sandwiches
 

CURRENT AND FUTURE ROLE OF FOSSIL FUELS

14h00 - 14h10                  
Word of welcome
Heleen de Coninck, Eindhoven University of Technology & Radboud University Nijmegen

14h10 - 14h40                  
IPCC Synthesis report on fossil fuels
Detlef van Vuuren, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency & Utrecht University

14h40 - 15h10                  
The role of fossil fuels in the Netherlands: past, present and future
Jilles van den Beukel, Energy specialist, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies

15h10 - 15h30                  
Discussion

15h30 - 15h50                  
Break


POLICY: PHASING DOWN OR OUT?

15h50 - 16h10                  
Swimming upstream? Opportunities and challenges for international cooperation on leaving fossil fuels in the ground
Harro van Asselt, University of East Finland

16h10 - 16h30                  
Carbon takeback obligation: putting the brakes on fossil fuels
Margriet Kuijper, Carbon management consultant

16h30 - 16h50                  
Panel discussion 
Detlef van Vuuren, Jilles van den Beukel, Harro van Asselt, Margriet Kuijper and Christina Papadimitriou

16h50 - 17h00                  
Closing reflection
Robert-Jan Smits, Eindhoven University of Technology
Heleen de Coninck, Eindhoven University of Technology & Radboud University Nijmegen

17h00 - 18h00                 
Open café & networking

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.

Organization committee

Heleen de Coninck

Professor of Socio-Technical Innovation and Climate Change - TU/e | Associate Professor in Innovation Studies and Sustainability - Radboud University Nijmegen

David Smeulders

Professor Energy Technology - TU/e | Chair of Engineering Thermodynamics for Energy Systems - TU/e | Director of research at 4TU.Energy

Richard van de Sanden

Scientific director - EIRES | Professor at Department of Applied Physics - TU/e | Research Group Leader - DIFFER

Team Energy

Team Energy realizes events to accelerate the transition towards sustainable energy. We aim to inform, inspire and connect students.

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Organizer

Eindhoven Institute for Renewable Energy Systems

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