Energy Transition Conference
29 March, Trondheim
NTNU Energy Transition Conference 2022
Accelerating Transition
Plan for the day:
The conference starts with welcoming greetings and an introduction to this year's topic: Accelerating Transition. Keynote speakers include Vera Songwe from the United Nations, the Norwegian minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Aasland, Carri Lockhart from Equinor and NTNU's Anne Borg, who will talk about the need for urgency in the energy transition. Ruth Astrid Sæter is the Conference Moderator.
The finance industry seems to be one of the new driving forces of accelerated transition. This may be explained by the fact that investors care, but also with expectations for future income. Are we seeing a shift in the international finance landscape?
This first Session will examine topics like international cooperation, taxonomy and sustainable investment and potential side-effects, finance and technology transfers to emerging economies, climate risk vs. market risk, and how can finance create positive traction?
After these speakers have presented, they will participate in a moderated panel discussion.
This session discusses urgent actions needed to reach our climate
and energy targets. Urgent actions may focus on new industrial value chains and technologies and will include social reorganization. What kind of actions are needed to meet these goals? What sectors should be involved?
For these all-eccompassing challenges, speakers and panelists could have many topics to discuss. Like what COVID can teach us about rapid implementation of supply chains, markets and business models for negative emission technologies, social innovation as part of the acceleration, large scale circular economies, dematerialisation etc.
Probably, the IPCC report scheduled for March will influence most discussions at the conference.
The starting point of this session is the 1,5-degree scenario and it will focus on what do (regional) mitigation strategies mean for development locally and globally. With accelerated transition strategies follow the need for accelerated innovation. Transition strategies need to be resilient and feasible in terms of policy, acceptance, finance, and industry. The cooperation between industry, local communities and government is key to utilizing regional opportunities and removing barriers in this process. What does this mean in practice in terms of the schemes supporting the transition both locally and globally?
Transition policies run the risk of moving faster than people’s capacity for change. How can transitions prevent/not reinforce injustices? What is the role of media and education in the current transition debate?
Media seems forced to compete for attention by polarizing, focusing on personalities before situations, exaggerating, and using other distortion-tools to succeed in a information-rich society. Then, how do you get everyone on board for an energy transition; Do we even want that, and is it possible? How do we adress those that aren't on board.
Speakers and panelists will discuss the feasibility for the transition and change of mindset, citizen engagement and trust in science, alignment of political objectives and democratic choice.
Professor and Director of NTNU Energy Transition Initiative, Asgeir Tomasgard and Conference Moderator Ruth Astrid Sæther end the conference.
About:
The NTNU Energy Transition Conference is an annual meeting for academia, industry and policymakers to share knowledge and debate the transition to a sustainable energy system.
The event is part of the NTNU Energy Transition Week, which lasts from 28 March to 1 April and includes in addition the Trondheim Tech Port Conference, dedicated workshops, and some smaller events.
The NTNU Energy Transition Conference is free and available to everyone. The venue is Clarion Hotel in Trondheim, for those attending in person.
Contact:
Programme Committee:
• Asgeir Tomasgard, NTNU
• Rita V. Bouman, NTNU
• Tor Ivar Eikaas, Norwegian Research Council
• Gunnar Eskeland, NHH
• Bjørn Haugstad, MPE
• Anne Jortveit, Norwegian Climate Foundation
• Steffen Kallbekken, CICERO
• Christian Klöckner, NTNU
• Tone Knudsen, Statkraft
• Anne Neumann, NTNU
• Pål Rasmussen, Gassco
• Marianne Ryghaug, NTNU
• Astrid Sørensen, Equinor