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
Co-organizer
Team Energy
Price
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.

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  • 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).

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 VuurenJilles van den BeukelHarro van AsseltMargriet 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

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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EIRES enables a CO2-neutral energy system by developing solutions that deliver the energy transition to people’s homes in a manufacturable, scalable, and affordable way.