"Worlds within Reach: From Science to Policy" IIASA 40th Anniversary Conference

John Schellnhuber, PIK-director, chairs the session "The Multiple Co-benefits of a Cleaner, More Equitable World". The session takes place on October 24th at 5:30 p.m. within IIASA-conference, which will take place from October 24th-26th at Vienna Hofburg.
  • When Oct 24, 2012 from 05:30 PM to 06:45 PM (Europe/Berlin / UTC200)
  • Where Vienna, Austria
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Lack of access to modern energy services imposes enormous health costs and impedes economic development, while the use of fossil fuels by modern, industrialized societies threatens to irreversibly alter the Earth's climate. Transformation to a low-carbon energy system is critical, as global energy production, currently generated largely by fossil fuels, will increase significantly if the nearly three billion people currently living without modern energy are to gain access. This panel will focus on reframing the climate change debate, using a transformation of the energy system as the catalyst for green growth, sustainable development and resource efficient economies.

Moderator:

John Schellnhuber, Director, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Chair, German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU)

Framing Presentations:

Keywan Riahi, Leader, Energy (ENE) Program, IIASA

The Next Global Energy Transformations: Costs and Multiple Benefits

Zbigniew Klimont, Research Scholar, Mitigation Of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases (MAG) Program, IIASA

Co-benefits of Near-Term Climate Change Mitigation

Panel Presentations:

Carlo Rubbia, Nobel Prize Recipient (Physics) and Scientific Director, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) e.V.

New Energy Infrastructures

William Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics, Yale University

Climate Change Policy: The Central Role of Carbon Prices

Kenji Yamaji, Director-General, Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth (RITE) and Professor Emeritus, University of Tokyo

Energy Transformations in Japan

Rapporteur:Jens Borken-Kleefeld, Research Scholar, Mitigation of Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases (MAG) Program, IIASA