MEETING

LCS-RNet 12th Annual Meeting – Accelerating Actions for Leveraging a Climate-Neutral, Sustainable Society

  • Date & Time:
    Day1: Wednesday, 15 December 2021, 18:00- 21:00 (JST) (9:00-12:00 (GMT) /10:00-13:00 (CET))
    Day2: Thursday, 16 December, 2021, 18:00- 21:00 (JST) (9:00-12:00 (GMT) /10:00-13:00 (CET))
  • Venue: Online
  • Organisers: LCS-RNet, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES)
  • Language: English only
  • Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_3yefstwrSLWSZN2Vq0Mrbw

On 15-16 December 2021, the Leveraging a Climate-neutral Society – Strategic Research Network (LCS-RNet) organised its 12th annual meeting, inviting prominent researchers including Prof. Jim Skea, Co-chair of the IPCC WGIII, as well as Prof. Derk Loorbach, who is renowned for research on transition management. This annual meeting set “Accelerating Actions for Leveraging a Climate-Neutral, Sustainable Society” as an overarching theme, featuring sessions to discuss decarbonisation in industries, as well as employment, international cooperation and finance for leveraging climate neutral societies.

Day 1
Wednesday, 15 December 2021
18:00-21:00 (JST), 9:00-12:00 (GMT), 10:00-13:00 (CET)

18:00-18:40 (JST)

Opening Plenary

Opening remarks

  • Mikiko Kainuma, Senior Research Advisor, IGES

Keynote presentation 1:“Just and Sustainable Transition”

  • Jim Skea, Co-chair, IPCC AR6 WG3

Mikiko Kainuma

 


Jim Skea
PDF (2.4MB)

 

18:50-19:50 (JST)  
 

Session 1: Decarbonisation in Industries

Chair: Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Wuppertal Institute (WI)

Presentations:

  • “Transition of Energy-Intensive Industries”
    Fredric Bauer, Lund University
  • “Decarbonisation strategies in industry”
    Imogen Rattle, University of Leeds

Panel Discussion:

  • Fredric Bauer, Lund University
  • Imogen Rattle, University of Leeds
  • Erika Mancuso, National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)
  • Jim Watson, UCL Institute of Sustainable Resources
  • Chris Bataille, Simon Fraser University/IDDRI

 

 


Stefan Lechtenböhmer

 

 
Fredric Bauer
PDF (1.4MB)
 
Imogen Rattle
PDF (4.5MB)
 

Erika Mancuso

 

Jim Watson

 

Chris Bataille

20:00-21:00 (JST)  
 
 

Session 2: Employment for Leveraging Climate Neutral Societies

Chair: Peter Taylor, University of Leeds and UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)

Presentations:

  • “Evaluating Job Creation Potential in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency”
    Robert Gross, UKERC
  • “The opportunity of a low-carbon economy for Japan’s industry: status of local employment under the depopulated society”
    Akihisa Kuriyama, IGES and Naoya Abe, Tokyo Institute of Technology

Panel Discussion:

  • Robert Gross, UKERC
  • Akihisa Kuriyama, IGES
  • Naoya Abe, Tokyo Institute of Technology
  • Richard Hanna, Imperial College and UKERC
  • Philippe Quirion, CIRED
  • Joyashree Roy, AIT

 

 

Peter Taylor

 
Robert Gross
PDF (1.2MB)
 

Akihisa Kuriyama
PDF (1.9MB)

 

Naoya Abe
PDF (1.9MB)

 

Richard Hanna

 

Philippe Quirion

 

Joyashree Roy

 

Day 2
Thursday, 16 December 2021
18:00-21:00 (JST),9:00-12:00 (GMT), 10:00-13:00 (CET)
18:00-18:40 (JST)

Opening Plenary

Chair: Hideyuki Mori, IGES)

Keynote presentation 2:

  • “Mobilizing research and design for sustainability transitions”
    Derk Loorbach, Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT)

Hideyuki Mori


Derk Loorbach
PDF (3.4MB)
18:50-19:50 (JST)

Session 3: International Cooperation for Leveraging Climate Neutral Societies

Chair: Sergio La Motta, National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA)

Presentations:

  • “International collaboration in clean energy technologies innovation”
    Marcello Capra, Italian Delegate at Strategic Energy Technology Plan – SET Plan and at Mission Innovation
  • “International collaboration in Asia”
    Toshihiko Masui, National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES)

Panel Discussion:

  • Marcello Capra, Italian Delegate at Strategic Energy Technology Plan – SET Plan and at Mission Innovation
  • Toshihiko Masui, NIES
  • Julia Terrapon-Pfaff, WI
  • Petra Manderscheid, JPI Climate Central Secretariat
  • Bundit Limmeechokchai, Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University (SIIT-TU)
 

Sergio La Motta

 
Marcello Capra
PDF (5.4MB)
 
Toshihiko Masui
PDF (1.4MB)
 

Julia Terrapon-Pfaff

 

Petra Manderscheid

 
Bundit Limmeechokchai
PDF (1.1MB)
20:00-21:00 (JST)

Session 4: Finance for Leveraging Climate Neutral Societies

Chair: Kirsten Halsnæs, The Danish Technical University)

Presentations:

  • “Scaling up climate finance : The Role of Public Policies” (Title: TBC)
    Yannick Glemarec, GCF
  • “On the difficulty to channel finance ‘on the ground’ and to mobilize capital markets”
    Nokuthula Dube, Climate and Development Finance Advisor – IPCC Lead Author

Panel Discussion:

  • Jean-Charles Hourcade, CIRED
  • Yannick Glemarec, GCF
  • Nokuthula Dube, Climate and Development Finance Advisor – IPCC Lead Author
  • Maiko Morishita, IGES
 

Kirsten Halsnæs

 
Yannick Glemarec
PDF (3.3MB)
 

Nokuthula Dube

 
Jean-Charles Hourcade
PDF (337KB)

Maiko Morishita
PDF (595KB)

 

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