The Centre for Energy Policy at the University of Strathclyde is happy to announce the relaunching of our popular Energy Conversations which will take place online.
While we can’t attract people with wine and nibbles we hope the Energy Conversations will be as engaging and stimulating as ever.
The first event in the series Managing disruptions on the path to Net Zero will take place on 13 January at 16:00, and will explore how disruptors such as the Covid-19 pandemic, which has had such a wide-ranging and significant impact on people’s lives and livelihoods, might affect the UK’s ambitions to meet mid-century net zero emissions targets
The event welcomes participants from a wide range of organisations, backgrounds and is open to members of the public, students and professionals.
The event will be chaired by the established journalist Alf Young who now writes for the Scottish edition of The Times and will encourage open discussion between a diverse panel and audience members.
This Energy Conversation will look to tackle some key questions including:
- Have disruptive events such as the Covid-19 pandemic made governments, industry and citizens think differently about Net Zero ambitions?
- What are the biggest threats and greatest opportunities that disruptors pose to the UK meeting Net Zero ambitions?
- What could Governments do that would both help address disruptors such as the Covid-19 pandemic and accelerate progress to Net Zero?
- What other disruptors could affect the UK’s path to Net Zero?
Speakers include:
- Rozanne Foyer, General Secretary, Scottish Trades Union Congress
- Sam Gardner, Head of Climate Change and Sustainability, Scottish Power
- Alan Brown, MP and Member of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy [BEIS] Select Committee and Shadow SNP Spokesperson (Energy and Climate Change)
- Professor Karen Turner, Director, Centre for Energy Policy
- Alf Young, Journalist (Chair)