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SUMMARY:UNFCCC Workshop: Strengthening national systems of innovation in developing countries (+ live webcast)
DESCRIPTION:On 13–14 October\, the Technology Executive Committee (TEC) of the UNFCCC will hold a workshop on Strengthening national systems of innovation in developing countries\, covering the entire technology cycle for climate technology. This workshop will be webcast (see link below).  \nThe workshop includes a presentation by David Ockwell\, convenor of the STEPS Centre’s Energy and Climate Change domain\, on the subject of Transferring climate technology knowledge and developing national capacity to absorb knowledge. \nThe TEC is organizing the workshop to facilitate the implementation of its 2014-2015 rolling workplan. The workshop will support the TEC’s work on enhancing enabling environments for and addressing barriers to technology development and transfer\, in accordance with its mandated functions. It will have three sessions: \n\nStrengthening national systems of innovation\nIssues related to knowledge transfer between national systems of innovation\nKnowledge transfer mechanisms: enhancing collaboration.\n\nFull details of the event\, including an agenda\, background note and speaker biographies\, can be found on the TEC web page about the workshop. \nWebcast and virtual participation\nAll stakeholders are invited to follow the workshop through the live webcast and participate in the workshop discussions via social media. By using the Twitter hashtag #climatetech\, you may tweet questions for the consideration of the workshop participants.\n \n\nView webcast\nTweet questions using #climatetech\n\n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/unfccc-workshop-strengthening-national-systems-innovation-developing-countries-live-webcast/
LOCATION:Wissenschaftszentrum\, Bonn\, Germany
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Technology & innovation
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20141007T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20141007T140000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
CREATED:20141003T130947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T222224Z
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SUMMARY:Energías renovables. ¿Cuáles son las oportunidades de desarrollo y qué obstáculos enfrenta la búsqueda de alternativas energéticas sustentables?
DESCRIPTION:Centro Cultural Borges – UNTREF\, Viamonte 525 C.A.B.A. Aula 3 \nOrganizan: CENIT/UNTREF\, Centro STEPS para América Latina \nEl actual régimen de generación de electricidad en Argentina depende en exceso de la producción de gas y otros hidrocarburos que requieren grandes inversiones en exploración y explotación mientras que cierran el camino a otras alternativas. Sin embargo\, existen alternativas energéticas como el desarrollo de la energía eólica. En la actualidad\, el sector de energía eólica en Argentina es relativamente pequeño\, con 140 kW de capacidad instalada (ya sea en o fuera de la red general de suministro de electricidad)\, que representa alrededor de 0\,4% del total de capacidad de generación de electricidad\, aunque se prevé una expansión considerable para los próximos años. Al mismo tiempo\, empresas estatales y nacionales han desarrollado competencias y se muestran activas en todos los eslabones de producción y generación. Esto incluye: la fabricación de turbinas de gran potencia (IMPSA y NRG Patagonia); manufactura de turbinas de pequeña escala (INVAP y otras pequeñas empresas); una amplia cadena de suministro\, ahora organizada como un cluster industrial; y la construcción\, instalación\, operación y mantenimiento de los parques eólicos. Por último\, la utilización de energías eólicas de baja escala permite crear nichos que favorecen a actores tales como las cooperativas eléctricas que\, a pesar de jugar un papel minoritario en el sistema energético\, cumplen una importante función social. \nEn conjunto\, estos puntos ponen en evidencia que existe la oportunidad de promover el desarrollo de una industria doméstica en este sector\, lo cual resulta crucial dado su alto potencial de creación de empleo\, de desarrollo industrial y regional\, y de exportaciones. En este marco\, proponemos debatir ¿Cuáles son las posibilidades y obstáculos para el desarrollo de las energías renovables\, y en particular la energía eólica para presentar alternativas complementarias a la matriz energética actual? ¿Por qué no se invierte más? ¿Cuáles son los desafíos que se presentan para el desarrollo de la industria doméstica en el futuro? ¿Qué tipo de actores y procesos deberían incentivarse para el desarrollo? ¿Qué podemos aprender de la experiencia internacional (43% de la inversión para generar nuevas capacidades de generación eléctrica a nivel mundial en 2013 fue en energías renovables)? \nModeradores: Patrick van Zwanenberg y Mariano Fressoli \nPanelistas: Daniel Hugo Bouille (Fundación Bariloche)\, Santiago Garrido (Investigador Conicet y IESCT – UNQ). \nEvento en Facebook
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/energias-renovables-cuales-son-las-oportunidades-de-desarrollo-y-que-obstaculos-enfrenta-la-busqueda-de-alternativas-energeticas-sustentables/
LOCATION:Centro Cultural Borges – UNTREF\,\, Viamonte 525 C.A.B.A. Aula 3\, Buenos Aires\, Argentina
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140708T080000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140710T170000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
CREATED:20140602T091219Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T222801Z
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SUMMARY:International Conference: Green Economy in the South
DESCRIPTION:Green Economy in the South – Negotiating Environmental Governance\, Prosperity and Development \nThe momentum gathering behind the idea and practice of the Green Economy is coinciding with financial instability and continued economic woe in the North\, but generally happier economic circumstances in the South. Economies are growing and ‘green economic initiatives’ are part of these changes. Carbon payments\, ecotourism\, community-based wildlife management\, Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives and offsets by mining companies exploiting new resources are all a part of a landscape offering new commodities\, opportunities for commercialization and integration into wealth-generating markets. And so too are growing incidents of land (and water) grabbing\, displacement and alienation of resources required for wealthy tourists\, bitter local conflicts over the locally-defined rules of access to carbon (e.g. firewood) purchased by wealthy northerners\, green washing and other harmful activities that either cause poverty\, or else distribute the fortune and misfortune of the green economy inequitably. Equally demands for alternatives to market-driven environmental degradation\, and for market-dominated solutions are also gaining strength and coherence. \nThe conference will be held in Tanzania and builds on a series of sister conferences held in Europe and North America (most recently Grabbing Green and Nature Inc). We are convening it in Tanzania because we want the focus of this conference to be about the growth of the Green Economy in the South\, and therefore this conference must be more accessible to Southern speakers\, researchers and activists. \nIn addition to the conference itself we will also be organizing field trips to sites after the conference is formally finished to locations where interventions of the green economy are unfolding\, in carbon forestry\, wildlife management and eco-tourism. \nThe conference is hosted by the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies\, University of Dodoma\, Tanzania\, and co-hosted by the Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)\, University of the Western Cape; the Institute for Development Policy and Management (IDPM)\, University of Manchester; The Institute for Social Studies (ISS)\, Erasmus University; and\, the Sustainability Platform\, Copenhagen Business School (CBS). \nSpeakers include Martin Kijazi and others from the STEPS Centre’s Political Ecologies of Carbon in Africa project.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/international-conference-green-economy-south/
LOCATION:University of Dodoma\, Dodoma\, Tanzania\, United Republic Of
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Governance & policy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140515T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140515T193000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
CREATED:20140507T140704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T223150Z
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SUMMARY:Public lecture: Michael Grubb on Planetary Economics: Energy\, Climate Change and the Three Domains of Sustainable Development
DESCRIPTION:The Sussex Energy Group at SPRU in association with the Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand\,  invites you to a public lecture \n\nProfessor Michael Grubb presenting findings from his recently published book: Planetary Economics: Energy\, Climate Change and the Three Domains of Sustainable Development \nChaired by Prof. Johan Schot\, Director of SPRU and with discussants Prof. Jim Watson\, Professor of Energy Policy at the University of Sussex and Research Director of UK Energy Research Centre and Mariana Mazzucato\, RM Phillips chair in the Economics of Innovation at SPRU\nthe University of Sussex\nThursday 15 May 6.00-7.30pm\, followed by a drinks reception\nJubilee Lecture Theatre\, School of Business\, Management and Economics\, University of Sussex\n\nSummary:\nHow well do our assumptions about the global challenges of energy\, environment and economic development fit the facts? Energy prices have varied hugely between countries and over time\, yet the share of national income spent on energy has remained surprisingly constant. The foundational theories of economic growth account for only about half the growth observed in practice. Despite escalating warnings for more than two decades about the planetary risks of rising greenhouse gas emissions\, most governments have seemed powerless to change course. \nIn this public lecture\,  Professor Michael Grubb\,  Chair of Energy and Climate Policy at the Cambridge University Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research\, and Senior Advisor on Sustainable Energy Policy to the UK Energy Regulator Ofgem\, presents findings from his new book Planetary Economics  which shows the surprising links between these seemingly unconnected facts. He will argue  that tackling the energy and environmental problems of the 21st Century requires three different domains of decision-making to be recognised and connected. Each domain involves different theoretical foundations\, draws on different areas of evidence\, and implies different policies. \nThe book shows that the transformation of energy systems involves all three domains – and each is equally important. From them flow three pillars of policy (standards and engagement\, markets and prices\, innovation and infrastructure)  – three quite distinct kinds of actions that need to be taken\, which rest on fundamentally different principles. Any pillar on its own will fail. \nIn this lecture\, hosted by  SPRU\, Professor Grubb will focus in particular on the third pillar of innovation and infrastructure. He will set out the evidence and explain why energy is “different” in terms of innovation\, the elements of successful innovation strategies\, and the factors that tend to lock us in to high-carbon energy systems. \nJoin us for this unique opportunity to hear about and discuss analysis which brings together the lessons from 25 years of research and implementation of energy and climate policies. \nBiography\nProfessor Michael Grubb is Chair of Energy and Climate Policy at the Cambridge University Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research\, and Senior Advisor on Sustainable Energy Policy to the UK Energy Regulator Ofgem . He is editor-in-chief of the journal Climate Policy \, is on the editorial board of Energy Policy and was recently the Specialist Advisor to a House of Lords European Committee enquiry: ‘No Country is an Energy Island: securing investment for the EU’s Future’ (2013). His former positions include Chair of the international research organization Climate Strategies; Chief Economist at the Carbon Trust; Professor of Climate Change and Energy Policy at Imperial College London; and Head of Energy and Environment at Chatham House\, and he continues to be associated with these institutions. In 2008 he was appointed to the UK Climate Change Committee\, established under the UK Climate Change Bill to advise the government on future carbon budgets and to report to Parliament on their implementation. \nMichael Grubb is author of seven books\, fifty journal research articles and numerous other publications. He has held numerous advisory positions with governments\, companies and international studies on climate change and energy policy\, and has been a Lead Author for several reports of the IPCC on mitigation\, including the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/grubb/
LOCATION:Jubilee Lecture Theatre 144\, Jubilee Building\, University of Sussex\, Brighton
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy
ORGANIZER;CN="Sarah Schepers":MAILTO:s.m.schepers@sussex.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140325T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140325T143000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
CREATED:20140312T112708Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T223744Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: In the Eye of a Cyclone: The Dialectics of Social and Environmental Change in the Sundarban Delta
DESCRIPTION:Dr Debojyoti Das\, ERC Post-Doctoral Research Associate\, Dept. of History\, Classics and Archaeology\, Birkbeck\, University of London \nTropical Cyclones are a yearly event in the Bay of Bengal coastal seaboard. The deadliest cyclones in the world have formed here\, including the 1970 Bhola super cyclone\, which killed 500\,000 people. The misery and destruction caused by cyclones along the coast of Bengal has been greater than anywhere else in the world\, and the environmental and social problems that set the stage for disaster continue to be exceptionally severe. There is very little interest among social scientists in India to study cyclones from a range of disciplinary perspectives: historical\, anthropological and economic. The extensive and sophisticated historiographies of environment in India do not deal at all with maritime hazards. Therefore\, it is a case in point to analyse cyclones from a critical political\, economic and ecological standpoint \nI contend in this presentation that cyclone disasters\, like any other natural calamity owing their origin solely to natural causes\, are also politically and socially produced. Like revolutions and wars\, they are moments of extreme stress that can reveal the underlying structures of social and political life. I want to rethink the cyclone in the Sundarban delta as trans-national disaster—as an event that are shaped\, and in some sense created\, by the unequal power relations characteristic of British imperial policies and the consequence of political violence triggered by partition and the creation of Bangladesh during 1947 and 1971 respectively\, that led to the forced migration of people across the newly created national boundaries. There is a dialectical relationship between nature\, society and disaster that lead to environmental change with deep impact on marginalised communities. \nEveryone Welcome!
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/stepsseminardas/
LOCATION:Convening Space\, Institute of Development Studies\, University of Sussex\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Harriet Dudley":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140320T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140320T180000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
CREATED:20140320T104412Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T223921Z
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SUMMARY:IDS Rising Powers & Rio+ Centre High-Level Round-Table: BRICS & the Green Transformation: Mutual Learning for Sustainability
DESCRIPTION:Speakers will debate the dynamics and drivers for low-carbon development policies in Brazil\, India and China\, and the implications for Africa.  \nAdrian Ely\, Deputy Director and Head of Impact and Engagement\, STEPS Centre\, is taking part in this event and wrote a blogpost to coincide:\nMore than just a “clean energy race”? BRICS invesment and innovation could lead the way on green transformation \nThe ‘BRICS and the Green Transformation – Mutual Learning for Sustainability’ round-table will explore the BRICS’ contribution to the Green Transformation\, drawing out the positive lessons which arise from these countries’ own experience in this\nfield. The event will be co-hosted by the Rising Powers in International Development programme at the Institute of Development Studies; and the RIO+ Centre\, set up as a joint venture between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Brazil after the Rio+20 Summit in 2012 to promote\, articulate\, inform and inspire policies in sustainable development globally. \n14:00-14:30 Registration \n14:30-14:40 Welcome\, Layla Saad (Rio+) \n14:40-15:00 Hubert Schmitz (Institute of Development Studies) Who drives low carbon policies: lessons from China \n15:00-15:20 Emilio Lèbre La Rovere (Centro Clima\, COPPE-UFRJ) Low carbon policies in Brazil: insights from Rio de Janeiro \n15:20-15:40 Ambuj Sagar (Indian Institute of Technology) Meeting multiple energy challenges: lessons from India \n15:40-16:00 Coffee break \n16:00-16:10 Adrian Ely (STEPS Centre) Diversity of Pathways \n16:10-16:20 Nozipho Mabebe Wright (Energia-Africa) What does this mean for Africa? \n16:20-17:00 Q&A\, facilitated discussion\, Leisa Perch (Rio+) \n17.00-18.00 Reception
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/bricsrio/
LOCATION:Hotel Sheraton\, Leblon\, Av Niemeyer\, 121 - Leblon\, Rio de Janeiro\, Brazil
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Governance & policy
ORGANIZER;CN="Rio+ World Centre for Sustainable Development":MAILTO:rio.plus@undp.org
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20140311T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20140311T143000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
CREATED:20140304T103842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T224016Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Changing political climates: Chinese environmental journalism and sustainable development
DESCRIPTION:Sam Geall\, Research Fellow SPRU and executive editor Chinadialogue\nChina’s current leadership recently made “Beautiful China” and “Ecological Civilization” two of its most prominent official slogans and enshrined sustainable development as core state policy\, but what are the dynamics of this drive for “low-carbon development” and how are those dynamics framed? \nExploring how Chinese environmental journalists make framing decisions around the science and politics of climate change helps to illustrate how spaces for political engagement have emerged in a restrictive and changeable media and governance environment\, one that not only reflects a changing history of attitudes towards the environment in China\, but also debates within the international arena of sustainable development. \nSam Geall is Research Fellow at SPRU\, working on Low Carbon Innovation in China: Prospects\, Politics and Practice\, an international research project led by Lancaster University\, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and an affiliate project of the STEPS Centre. Sam is also Executive Editor of chinadialogue.net\, editor of China and the Environment: The Green Revolution (Zed Books: 2013)\, and was recently the International Coordinator of a Special Policy Study for the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED). \nEveryone welcome! \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/samgeallseminar/
LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Governance & policy,Seminars
ORGANIZER;CN="Harriet Dudley":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20131127T090000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20131127T120000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
CREATED:20131101T111215Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T225007Z
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SUMMARY:Our Future in the Anthropocene
DESCRIPTION:STEPS Centre director Melissa Leach will be giving a talk entitled ‘science-governance challenges in the Anthropocene’ as part of a half-day seminar\, Our Future in the Anthropocene\, hosted by the Stockholm Resilience Centre and Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics. \nThe other speakers are: \n\nStaffan Normark\, Permanent Secretary the Royal Swedish Academy of Science (introduction)\nWill Steffen\, chair of the Prize Jury (The epoch of the Anthropocene)\nJohan Rockström (Planetary boundaries and resilience)\nQin Dahe (The role of the glaciers and poles in the earth system)\nElisabet Lindgren\, KI (Human health and global environmental change)\nGarry Peterson\, SRC (A positive Anthropocene)
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/future-anthropocene/
LOCATION:Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences\, Sweden
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20131122T131500
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20131122T144500
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
CREATED:20131023T192931Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T225034Z
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SUMMARY:COP19 side event: Beyond Technology Transfer
DESCRIPTION:The STEPS Centre’s energy and climate change co-convenor Dr Rob Byrne is presenting at a side event for COP19 entitled: Beyond Technology Transfer: Insights for the Technology Mechanism from low C energy policy research\, organised by The Sussex Energy Group (University of Sussex) and SusTec (ETH Zurich) \nSummary \nLow-carbon technology transfer is a central aim of the Technology Mechanism (TM). This event will draw on insights from new social science research on innovation and development to discuss how the TM can best deliver on its mandate. The event will focus on the role of national technological capabilities in low-carbon technology research\, development and deployment (RD&D) that fulfill the needs of developing countries. We will also discuss implications for the specification and implementation of supportive and collaborative actions under the TM. \nShort inputs from international organizations and academic researchers will be followed by a plenary session on experiences with capacity building\, local private sector involvement\, and the various aspects of ‘national appropriateness’ of mitigation and adaptation actions. \nProgramme \n\n\n\nTime\n\nTopic\nPresenter\n\n\n13.15\n13.20\nIntroduction by the Chair\nDr. Oliver Johnson\, SEI   International (Kenya)\n\n\n13.20\n13.30\nOverview   over the NAMA registry\nJules   Williams\, UNFCCC Secretariat\n\n\n13.30\n13.40\nLocal and   global knowledge – the role of value chains and technology differences\nJoern Huenteler\, ETH Zurich   (Switzerland)\n\n\n13.40\n13.50\nEnergy   Efficiency – the case of India (tbc)\nProf. Ambuj   Sagar\, IIT Delhi (India) (tbc)\n\n\n13:50\n14:00\nDe-risking   renewable energy investment – the role of building local capabilities\nMartin   Krause\, UNDP\n\n\n14:00\n14:10\nIncremental   innovation for pro-poor technology transfer\nDr. Rob   Byrne\, University of Sussex (UK)\n\n\n14:10\n14:40\nPanel   discussion on experiences with capacity building\, local private sector   involvement\, and the various aspects of ‘national appropriateness’\nPresenters\nShikha Bhasin\, DIE/GDI (Germany)\n\n\n14.40\n14.45\nWrap-up\nDr. Oliver   Johnson (SEI International)\n\n\n\n  \nContacts: \nUniversity of Sussex–Sussex Energy Group (SEG) & STEPS Centre: Dr. Rob Byrne\, r.p.byrne@sussex.ac.uk \nETH Zurich – Group for Sustainability and Technology (SusTec): Dr. Tobias Schmidt tobiasschmidt@ethz.ch \n 
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/cop19-side-event/
LOCATION:Torun Room (B3)\, National Stadium\, Al. Ks. J. Poniatowskiego 1\, Warsaw
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy
ORGANIZER;CN="Rob Byrne":MAILTO:R.P.Byrne@sussex.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20131107T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20131107T210000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
CREATED:20131003T144419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T225239Z
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SUMMARY:Controlling the climate? Public debate on geoengineering
DESCRIPTION:As climate change intensifies\, some scientists suggest the need for a ‘plan B’ if immediate emissions reductions don’t prove feasible. Research into geoengineering (the large scale intentional manipulation of the climate) has begun\, and includes research into technologies that might enable us to cool the planet by shielding some sunlight from the earth\, or technologies that might speed up the removal of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. But research in this area is controversial. Could the very idea of a technological solution take momentum away from the need for emissions reductions? If research continues\, might there be a ‘slippery slope’ to eventual deployment? Should we even be contemplating attempting to control nature in this way? \nThis public debate on geoengineering research will bring leading scientists and campaigners together with members of the public to explore the complex ethical and political questions associated with research on climate engineering\, to debate the motion: \n‘We need to do more research on geoengineering.’ \nSpeakers: \n\nDr Matt Watson (Bristol University)\nOliver Morton (The Economist)\nProf. Andy Stirling (Sussex University and co-director of the STEPS Centre)\nHelena Paul (Econexus)\n\nPart of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2013. \nRelated project: Climate geoengineering governance
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/controlling-climate-public-debate-geoengineering/
LOCATION:The Old Market\, 11A Upper Market Street\, Hove\, BN3 1AS\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy
ORGANIZER;CN="Sussex Energy Group":MAILTO:b.zenz@sussex.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20131106T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20131106T140000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
CREATED:20131031T101532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T225154Z
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SUMMARY:Putting the Power in 'Socio-Technical Regimes'- E-Mobility Transition in China as Political Process
DESCRIPTION:Dr David Tyfield\, Co-Director\, Centre for Mobilities Research\, Lancaster University\nOne of the greatest challenges regarding contemporary research into socio-technical transition concerns the possibility of ‘sustainable transport’.  Transportation\, which accounts for at least one quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions\, is key to efforts to mitigate ‘climate change’.  But with the particularly ‘locked-in’ and entrenched socio-technical system of ‘automobility’ at the core of contemporary mobility\, it is also arguably a uniquely challenging case for low-carbon transition.  In this respect\, perhaps the most significant single development is the recent transformation of mobility within contemporary China.  In little more than 3 decades\, China has gone from a society dominated by bicycles and beasts of burden to the largest car market in the world\, and with prospects for massive further growth.  Conversely\, China is also engaged in an experiment regarding electric vehicles that is receiving globally unique levels of governmental and corporate support. \nThe talk will introduce a new 30-month ESRC project – involving colleagues at Lancaster\, SPRU\, the STEPS Centre and in China – that will explore the broader prospects for low-carbon transition in China.  Focusing on the work package on low-carbon e-mobility by way of illustration\, the talk will ask in particular how thinking about low-carbon transition in the entirely different socio-economic\, political and cultural context of China forces a confrontation with some key challenges for contemporary theories of low-carbon innovation and system transition.  In particular\, while acknowledging the significant insights and benefits of two theoretical perspectives emerging as dominant in this field – the ‘multi-level perspective’ and practice theory – both need also to place issues of power at the heart of their analyses.  In this way\, the specific and different challenges of constructing an ‘entrepreneurial state’ in China (vs. for example in the UK) may also be illuminated. \nEveryone welcome.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/e-mobility-china/
LOCATION:Room G22\, Jubilee Building\, University of Sussex\, Brighton\, BN1 9RH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Technology & innovation
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130724T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130724T143000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
CREATED:20130723T093138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T225611Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS/IDS Seminar: Jon Morris - Reimagining development 3.0 for a changing planet
DESCRIPTION:Reimagining development 3.0 for a changing planet \nProfessor Jon Morris\n24 July 2013 at 13.00 – 14.30\nRoom 221\, Institute of Development Studies \nAbout the seminar: \nThe need to ‘re-imagine’ development studies in today’s world arises because of sweeping changes which invalidate the earlier globalization emphasis which has guided social science involvement in applied policy.  Business analysts tell us we work now in World 3.0\, with a rise of emerging markets and a digital world\, where also unexpected events occur frequently.  Drawing on this business literature by Ghemawat and Ramo (and others)\, this seminar explores implications of these changed circumstances\, which suggest we craft Development 3.0 to address planetary needs.  Such an emphasis would privilege sustainability over efficiency\, would look at all nations\, would anticipate urban problems and populations\, and would try to cope more effectively with ‘mashups’: unexpected\, major changes (such as we faced in 2008 and now again in the Arab Spring).  The aim here will be to explore better narratives and changed metrics\, to break out of the earlier assumptions (taken as facts) which guided Development 2.0\, looking to globalization to yield a better world.  \n\nAbout the speaker: \nProfessor Jon Morris is based in southeast Utah\, where he teaches courses in his retirement on Southwest Indian Nations for Utah State University.  His career began in East Africa in the mid-1960s\, on topics related to land settlement\, rural development\, extension\, and education\, finishing as Professor in what is now Sokoine University of Agriculture\, Tanzania.  In the 1980s he worked on pastoralism for ODI\, London\, and on Tanzanian development for Uma Lele in the Bank. In the 1990s\, his focus became African Irrigation and livestock policies\, under USAID funded projects.  For this occasion he looks back on a half century’s development efforts\, tracking how emphases and assumptions change but persistent problems remain. \nAll welcome
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/stepsids-seminar-jon-morris-reimagining-development-3-0-for-a-changing-planet/
LOCATION:Room 221\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Understanding sustainability
ORGANIZER;CN="STEPS Centre / IDS":MAILTO:h.corbett@ids.ac.uk
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130520T203000
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SUMMARY:Public debate: Fuel poverty\, climate change and social justice
DESCRIPTION:Public debate at the Jubilee Library\, Brighton\, UK. Part of the Brighton Fringe Festival 2013.\nFind out more about the 2013 STEPS Summer School \n  \nWatch the video of this debate (on YouTube) \nPanel: \n\nKirsty Alexander\, Head of Communications\, Nuclear Industry Association\nThurstan Crockett\, Head of Sustainability\, Brighton and Hove City Council\nDoug Parr\, Chief Scientist\, Greenpeace\nJim Watson\, Research Director\, UK Energy Research Centre\n\nChair: Alice Bell\, Research Fellow\, SPRU Science and Technology Policy Research\, University of Sussex \nAt a time of rising unemployment\, energy and food costs\, many families are struggling to heat their homes. But can fuel poverty be tackled without tackling climate change? And will tackling climate change – and other planetary boundaries such as water and land use – and keep the planet safe but make the poor poorer? \nThis debate will use the local issues such as fuel poverty and fracking to look at the global issues of environmental sustainability\, poverty and social justice. \n \nAbout the event\nThis debate is co-organised with SPRU – Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Sussex. \nIt is part of a series of public events during the 2013 STEPS Centre Summer School on pathways to sustainability. \nOther events in this series: \n13 May: Michael Jacobs (Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment)\nPublic lecture: ‘Capitalism\, carbon and climate change’\nFulton A Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex \n16 May: CANCELLED: Johan Rockström\, Stockholm Resilience Centre
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/public-debate-fuel-poverty-climate-change-and-social-justice/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130516T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130516T173000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
CREATED:20130411T093456Z
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED: Public lecture: Prof Johan Rockström\, Stockholm Resilience Centre
DESCRIPTION:Planetary boundaries and Sustainable Development Goals \nUnfortunately Johan Rockström\, Stockholm Resilience Centre\, will no longer be able to give this lecture.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/johan-rockstrom-lecture-may2013/
LOCATION:United States
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130513T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130513T190000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
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SUMMARY:Public lecture: Prof Michael Jacobs\, Grantham Research Institute
DESCRIPTION:‘Capitalism\, carbon and climate change’ \nFulton A Lecture Theatre\nUniversity of Sussex\, Falmer\nBrighton \nPublic lecture\, followed by drinks reception\nAll welcome \nMichael Jacobs is a Visiting Professor at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics\, and in the School of Public Policy at University College London. He is a former Special Adviser at the UK Treasury and 10 Downing St. \nAbout the lecture\nClimate change is now upon us: the science is incontrovertible.  But the economic downturn has turned public and political attention to more immediate concerns\, and climate policy in Britain and the EU is going into reverse. \nIn this keynote lecture\, Michael Jacobs will draw parallels between the financial crisis and the crisis of climate change\, both rooted in a failure of orthodox economic theory and political debate to understand the systemic risks built up by an under-regulated capitalism.  Tackling both crises will require a new way of thinking about economic value and economic policy\, and a reassertion of the role of politics in securing the public good. \nOther events\nThis lecture is part of a series of public events linked to the 2013 STEPS Centre Summer School on pathways to sustainability. \nSee the Spring Series events page for more details. \n \nOther events in this series: \n20 May: Fuel poverty\, climate change and social justice\nPublic debate with Jim Watson (UK Energy Research Centre)\, Kirsty Alexander (Head of Communications\, Nuclear Industry Association)\, Doug Parr (Chief Scientist\, Greenpeace) and Thurstan Crockett (Head of Sustainability\, Brighton & Hove City Council). Chaired by Alice Bell (SPRU – University of Sussex)\nJubilee Library\, Brighton \nThe previously advertised lecture by Johan Rockström on 16 May has been cancelled.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/public-lecture-prof-michael-jacobs-lse/
LOCATION:Fulton A Lecture Theatre\, University of Sussex\, Falmer\, Brighton\, BN1 9SJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy
ORGANIZER;CN="ESRC STEPS Centre":MAILTO:steps-events@ids.ac.uk
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20130227T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20130227T143000
DTSTAMP:20260414T183922
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LAST-MODIFIED:20170209T230439Z
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SUMMARY:STEPS Seminar: Alex Arnall\, University of Reading
DESCRIPTION:‘A climate of control: flooding\, displacement and planned resettlement in the Lower Zambezi River valley\, Mozambique’ \nAlexander Huw Arnall\nSchool of Agriculture\, Policy and Development\, University of Reading \nIn recent years\, the potential role of planned\, internal resettlement as a  climate change adaptation measure has been highlighted by national governments and the international policy community. However\, in many developing countries\, resettlement is a deeply political process that often results in unequal distribution of costs and benefits amongst relocated persons. \nThis seminar will examine these tensions in central Mozambique. It will use a political ecology approach to show how a dominant narrative of climate change-induced hazards for small-scale farmers in the Lower Zambezi River valley is contributing to their involuntary resettlement to higher-altitude\, less fertile areas of land. The findings add weight to the argument that a depoliticised interpretation of climate change can deflect attention away from underlying drivers of vulnerability and poverty\, as well as obscure the interests of governments that are intent on reordering poor and vulnerable populations.
URL:https://steps-centre.org/event/steps-seminar-alex-arnall-university-of-reading/
LOCATION:Room 100\, Institute of Development Studies\, Library Road\, Falmer\, BN1 9RE\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Climate change & energy,Governance & policy
ORGANIZER;CN="STEPS Centre":MAILTO:h.dudley@ids.ac.uk
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