Transition of society – Fair, just and sustainable?
This year´s conference will mark the opening of the Energy Transition Week 2021, which will be organised from 26 - 30 April. The conference will be fully virtual.
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AL COOK
EVP of Global Strategy
& Business Development
Equinor
RADHIKA KHOSLA
Research Director
Oxford India Centre for Sustainable
Development
BENJAMIN SOVACOOL
Professor of Energy Policy
University of Sussex Business School
HAN PHOUMIN
Senior Energy Economist
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and
East Asia
FU SHA
Program Director, Low Carbon
Economic Growth
Director, Strategy and Planning
Energy Foundation China
HENRIK SÆTNESS
Executive Vice President Corporate Staff
Statkraft
KEYWAN RIAHI
Program Director Energy,
Climate, and Environment Program
International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis (IIASA)
JILLIAN ANABLE
Professor, Chair in Transport and Energy
Institute for Transport Studies
University of Leeds
SETH MONTEITH
Associate Director for the
Global Intelligence team
ClimateWorks Foundation
ANNEMIE WYCKMANS
Professor & leader of Smart Sustainable Cities
Faculty of Architecture and Design
NTNU
WANJIRA MATHAI
Vice President And Regional Director
World Resources Institute
TUDOR CONSTANTINESCU
Principal Adviser to the Director
General for Energy
European Commission
JONATHAN STERN
Professor and Research Fellow
Founder, the Natural Gas Research Programme
Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)
ARMIDA SALSIAH ALISJAHBANA
Executive Secretary
United Nations Economic and Social Commission
for Asia and the Pacific
STEVEN STONE
Chief of UN Environment's
Resources & Markets Branch
Preliminary Conference Programme
Preliminary Conference Programme
Fairness and justice in the energy transition
Fairness and justice for consumers and industry in the North and South, the East and the West should be cornerstone of energy and climate policy making. This session addresses the massive polarization in the world, which needs to be removed in order to meet the sustainable development goals we have signed up for.
Confirmed speakers participating:
Phoumin Han, Senior Energy Economist
Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia
Benjamin Sovacool, Professor of Energy Policy
University of Sussex Business School
Wanjira Mathai, Vice President And Regional Director
World Resources Institute
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Executive Secretary
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific
Discussion
Panelists in this session:
MARIANNE RYGHAUG
Professor, leader of
Centre for Energy, Climate and Environment, KULT
NTNU
NICK EYRE
Professor of Energy and Climate Policy
University of Oxford
On track to meet the Paris Agreement?
With COP26 coming up in Glasgow in November 2021 we want to take a short pause and look back at what has been achieved, where new insights are available and if there is a need to adjust pathways.
Confirmed speaker participating:
Keywan Riahi, Program Director Energy, Climate, and Environment Program
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
Discussion
Panelists in this session:
EDGAR HERTWICH
Professor and International Chair
Industrial Ecology Programme, NTNU
HELENE MURI
Senior Researcher
Industrial Ecology Programme, NTNU
Challenges to deep decarbonization
During this session we focus on technical and societal constraints to a deep transition. What are technically feasible options to reduce emissions, the role of sector coupling, which role do consumers play, how can we decarbonize industry, how does the smart city of tomorrow look like are just few topics that are addressed.
Confirmed speakers participating:
Henrik Sætness, Executive Vice President Corporate Staff
Statkraft
Annemie Wyckmans, Professor and leader of Smart Sustainable Cities
Faculty of Architecture and Design, NTNU
Jillian Anable, Professor, Chair in Transport and Energy
Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds
FRANZISKA HOLZ
Professor and Deputy Head of Department
Energy, Transportation, Environment Department
DIW and NTNU
MARK O'MALLEY
Professor and Chief Scientist, Energy Systems Integration,
Senior Research Fellow
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
The colour of hope is green
The European Green Deal, climate action in China and the US, stimulus packages for economic recovery following the global pandemic – several activities have the potential to make the energy transition a global effort. Are these sufficient and what can green growth look like?
Confirmed speakers participating:
Tina Bru, Minister of Petroleum and Energy
Norwegian Government
Tudor Constantinescu, Principal Adviser to the Director General for Energy
European Commission
Fu Sha, Program Director, Low Carbon Economic Growth Director, Strategy and Planning
Energy Foundation China
Steven Stone, Chief of UN Environment's Resources & Markets Branch
Seth Monteith, Associate Director for the Global Intelligence team
ClimateWorks Foundation
Discussion
Panelists in this session:
VOLKER KREY
Research Group Leader, integrated Assessment and Climate Change Research Group
Institute of Energy Research, IIASA
JAE EDMONDS
Chief Scientist and Battelle Fellow
Joint Global Change Research Institute, (PNNL) and Adjunct Professor of Public Policy University of Maryland
Don’t slow me down
In this closing session, we point to the potential controversies that could slow down or hamper the transition of society: the societal dilemma across the globe, the question on how costs and benefits are allocated among customers and industry, geographical perspectives on just transition or if degrowth can be a solution to the Northern hemisphere. Are targets for renewable energy and environmental goals aligned and how do they match with the wishes of individuals and quality of life?
Confirmed speakers participating:
Radhika Khosla, Research Director
Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
Jonathan Stern, Professor and Research Fellow, Founder of the Natural Gas Research Programme, Oxford Institute for Energy Studies (OIES)
Poppy Kalesi, Director, Global Energy
Environmental Defense Fund
Al Cook, EVP of Global Strategy & Business Development
Equinor
