9th Annual Meeting of the LCS-RNet in Warwick, UK
■ Theme：Clean growth and innovation
■ Date : 12 -13 September, 2017
■ Venue : Warwick University, UK
■ Theme: Clean growth and innovation in a changing world
■ Host:UK Energy Research Center (UKERC)
■ Organisers: UK Energy Research Center (UKERC), Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), LCS-RNet
The 9th Annual Meeting of LCS-RNet was held in Warwick University, UK on 12 – 13 September, 2017 back to back with the 2017 UKERC annual academic conference which explored the implications of international trends within these themes for UK energy policy and research.
The conference gathered around 200 participants during two days, focused on policy challenges and breakthroughs regarding “Clean growth and innovation“.
This year, we focused on three themes that reflect current debates in international climate change and energy policy, against the backdrop of recent political changes and uncertainties in Europe and the United States. In particular, focused on three main themes in below:
- Innovation: technology, resource productivity and industrial policy.
- Global energy markets and forms of carbon pricing.
- Energy access and low carbon development.
The audience was actively engaged with the speakers during Q&A sessions after each presentation, which allowed productive debates and strengthened understanding of cross-cutting issues. Finally, the conference offered the opportunity to identify collaboration opportunities between participants, notably in the field of policy research.
The full programme of sessions and speakers is also available on the UKERC website.
LCS-RNet 9th Annual Meeting Programme and Presentations
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| Introductory Session / Welcome, Introduction to the meeting Chair: Jim Watson (UKERC,UK) |
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| Jim Watson (UKERC, UK) | ||
| Mikiko Kainuma (IGES / LCS-RNet Secretary General, Japan) | ||
| Plenary Session 1: Innovation, Resource Productivity and Industrial Policy Chair: Stefan Lechtenböhmer (Wuppertal Institute, Germany) |
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| P1_1 | Fossil-free circular industry – how could it evolve? Lars Nilsson (Lund University, Sweden) |
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| P1_2 | BUSINESS AND RESOURCE EFFICIENCY Nick Molho, (Aldersgate Group) |
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| Parallel session 1-1 :Innovation and industrial policy: what can we learn from successful national approaches? Chair: Sergio La Motta (ENEA, Italy) |
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| PS1-1_1 | Innovation and industrial policy Antonio Pflüger (Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany) |
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| PS1-1_2 | Environmental Vision 2050 – Innovation : technology, resource productivity and industrial policy Yoshinori Kobayashi (Toshiba, Japan) |
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| PS1-1_3 | The Italian clustering approach to ‘intelligent’ factories and industrial sustainability Flavio Tonelli (University of Genova, Italy) |
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| Parallel session 1.2: NDCs, resource productivity and innovation: panel of analysts from different countries Chair: Toshihiko Masui (NIES, Japan) |
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| PS1-2_2 | Thailand’s NDC 2030: Resources productivity and Innovation Bundit Limmeechokchai (SIIT-TU, Thailand) |
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| PS1-2_3 | Assessing progress towards deep decarbonisation in Europe Steve Pye (UCL and UKERC, UK) |
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| Plenary session 2: Global energy markets and forms of carbon pricing Chair: Karsten Neuhoff (DIW Berlin) |
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| KN_1 | Seizing a moment of opportunity after Trump’s withdrawal Jean – Charles Hourcade (CIRED, France) |
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| KN_2 | Dipak Dasgupta (TERI, India) | |
| Parallel Session 2-1: Fossil fuel markets and prices: implications for low carbon transition plans Chair: Kentaro Tamura (IGES, Japan) |
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| PS2-1_1 | Towards a geopolitics of energy system transformation Mike Bradshaw (Warwick/UKERC, UK) |
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| PS2-1_2 | Energy security and low carbon societies André Månsson (Lund University, Sweden) |
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| PS2-1_3 | Ex-ante Analyses of Carbon Pricing for the Diffusion of Low Carbon Technologies in China’s Energy-intensive Sectors Kentaro Tamura and Xianbing Liu (IGES,Japan) |
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| Parallel Session 2-2 Carbon pricing and beyond: experience from different jurisdictions and future policy directions Chair: Jean-Charles Hourcade (CIRED, France) |
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| PS2-2_1 | Michael Grubb (UCL) | |
| PS2-2_2 | CNational Emission Tax and International Agreements Gjalt Huppes (CML, Leiden University, Netherlands) |
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| PS2-2_3 | Carbon pricing and beyond – experiences and implications – Karsten Neuhoff(DIW Berlin) |
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| Panel: Global Co-operation on Innovation Chair: Paul Ekins (UKERC,UK) |
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| Panel_1 | David King (UK) | |
| Panel_2 | Antonio Pflüger (Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, Germany). | |
| Panel_3 | CTCN Activities Federico Villatico (CTCN-Climate Technology Centre and Network of UNFCCC) |
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| Plenary Session 3: Energy Access and Low Carbon Development Chair: Jim Watson (UKERC) |
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| P3_1 | World Energy Outlook 2017 Hannah Daly (IEA) |
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| P3_2 | Low-Carbon Energy and Climate Research from DFID Will Blyth (UK Department for International Development: DFID) |
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| Parallel Session 3-1: Progress towards the energy access Sustainable Development Goal Chair: Shuichi Ashina (NIES, Japan) |
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| PS3-1_1 | What can RE contribute to energy access ….and beyond? What is the role of practitioners? What are key success factors? Carmen Dienst (Wuppertal Institute, Germany) |
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| PS3-1_2 | Progress towards the energy access Sustainable Development Goal Jiang Kejun (ERI, China) |
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| PS3-1_3 | Bhutan’s leapfrogging challenge in energy access aiming at carbon-neutral society Shuzo Nishioka and Miho Kamei (IGES, Japan) |
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| Parallel Session 3-2: Interdependencies between energy access and other SDGs Chair: Sergio la Motta (ENEA, Italy) |
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| PS3-2_1 | Fossil fuel production scenarios under carbon budget and equity considerations Paul Ekins (UCL and UKERC, UK) |
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| PS3-2_2 | Trade-offs and synergies between universal electricity access and climate change mitigation in Sub-Saran Africa Anteneh Dagnachew (PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Netherlands) |
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| PS3-2_3 | Climate actions and interactions with SDGs – focus on energy access – Mikiko Kainuma (IGES, Japan) |
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| PS3-2_4 | Energy in the Network of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Zhou Xin (IGES, Japan) |
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| Plenary Session 4: From international context to national strategy Chair: Christophe Cassen (CIRED, France) |
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| P4_1 | Implementing Paris: How to increase the ambition of NDCs? Henri Waisman (IDDRI, France) |
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| P4_2 | Where Will We GO: China’s Future Jiang Kejun (ERI,China) |
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| P4_3 | Latest Climate Change Policies & Long-term Low Carbon Vision in Japan Takeshi Abe (MOEJ) |
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| Panel: What are the implications of international trends for the UK? Chair: Jim Watson (UKERC,UK) |
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| P_1 | Stefan Lechtenböhmer (Wuppertal Institute, Germany) | |
| P_2 | Christophe Cassen (CIRED, France) | |
| P_3 | Jim Watson (UKERC,UK) | |
| P_4 | Andy Kerr (ClimateXChange) | |
| P_5 | Owen Bellamy (UK Committee on Climate Change) | |
| P_6 | Ian Ellerington (UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy) | |