[Peakoil] Fw: Michael Grubb at ANU Crawford School, Tue 6 Dec: Energy Transition in Theory and Practice

Jenny Goldie jenny.goldie at optusnet.com.au
Fri Dec 2 08:00:11 EST 2016


Michael Grubb at ANU Crawford School, Tue 6 Dec: Energy Transition in Theory and Practice

           
                             
                       
                 
           
                                  
                             
                                Michael Grubb at ANU Crawford School, Tue 6 Dec: Energy transition in theory and practice

                                Professor Michael Grubb of University College London will give a lecture at ANU Crawford School on 6 December on 'Delivering the energy transition in theory and practice: Planetary Economics and the three domains of sustainable development'. The lecture and discussion will be highly relevant to the current debate about low-carbon energy supply in Australia. Registration here. 
                                 
                                The energy sector globally has entered an era of radical transition. Driven by combinations of technological change and environmental concerns from the local to the global, the change is most obvious in the electricity sector but will spread far more widely. Government policy may help or hinder the transition, but the momentum including from pro-active businesses and social movements make it ultimately unstoppable. Drawing on Professor Grubb’s book ‘Planetary Economics: energy, climate change and the three domains of sustainable development’, this talk maps out the theory, sketches emerging experiences, and offers some initial lessons for a transition which – if handled well – can leave the 21st Century cleaner, smarter, and wealthier.

                                Michael Grubb is Professor of International Energy and Climate Change Policy at University College London (Institute of Sustainable Resources) and Senior Advisor to the UK Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (the Energy Regulator OFGEM). His former positions include Senior Research Associate in Economics at Cambridge University; Chair of the international research organisation Climate Strategies; Chief Economist at the Carbon Trust; Professor at Imperial College London; and head of Energy and Environment at Chatham House. Professor Grubb has also served on the UK Climate Change Committee, established under the UK Climate Change Act to advise the government on future carbon budgets and to report to Parliament on their implementation. He is author of eight books, fifty journal research articles and numerous other publications. He has held many advisory positions with governments, companies and international studies on climate change and energy policy. His book Planetary Economics presents a new approach to both the theoretical underpinnings and the practical policies for tackling energy and climate change challenges.  
                             
                       
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                                Michael Grubb, Professor of International Energy and Climate Change Policy, University College London, and Senior Advisor, UK Office of Gas and Electricity Markets 

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                                Date and time
                                Tuesday 06 Dec 2016
                                5:30pm-7pm



                                  
                                 
                             
                       
                 
           
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