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SUMMARY:Climate Change and Technology - Myles Allen\, Erwin Reisner\, Cori
 nne Le Quéré\, Jerome Neufeld 
DTSTART:20181101T133000Z
DTEND:20181101T170000Z
UID:TALK113755@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Alison Ming
DESCRIPTION:Meeting organised by Cambridge Centre for Climate Science\n\nC
 oncentrations of greenhouse gases can potentially be limited by one the on
 e hand reducing emissions through meeting energy needs from non-fossil-fue
 l sources and on the other by actively reducing concentrations\, through g
 reenhouse gas removal. Both approaches present significant technological c
 hallenges. This meeting brings together experts in the science of climate 
 change and experts in the science that underpins promising technologies.\n
 \nMyles Allen (Professor of Geosystem Science at University of Oxford) wil
 l speak about the recently recommended 1.5 degree C target and what measur
 es will be necessary to reach it. Erwin Reisner (Professor of Energy and S
 ustainability at the University of Cambridge) will describe developments o
 n sunlight-driven synthesis of sustainable fuels and chemicals. Corinne Le
  Quere FRS (Professor of Climate Change Science and Policy at University o
 f East Angia) will discuss greenhouse gas removal including the findings o
 f the recent Royal Society/Royal Academy of Engineering Report of which sh
 e was a co-author. Jerome Neufeld (Reader in Earth and Planetary Fluid Dyn
 amics at the University of Cambridge) will describe prospects for carbon s
 equestration.\n\nProgramme:\n\n1:30 to 2:15 Myles Allen (Oxford) \nThe IPC
 C Special Report on 1.5°C: key findings and implications for\ncarbon diox
 ide removal\n\n2:15 to 3:00 Erwin Reisner (Cambridge)\nSunlight-driven Syn
 thesis of Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals\n\n3:00 to 3:30 Coffee break\n\n
 3:30 to 4:15 Corinne Le Quéré (East Anglia)\nFeasibility of Greenhouse G
 as Removal to meet the Paris Climate Goals\n\n4:15 to 5:00 Jerome Neufeld 
 (Cambridge)\nThe fluid dynamics of geological carbon storage\n\n5:00 Refre
 shments and further discussion\n\nIf you are hoping to attend the meeting 
 please can you sign up at https://goo.gl/forms/dzXl4D70NnBdMo1S2\nto help 
 us make catering arrangements. (This is definitely not required -- but it 
 would be very helpful.)\n\n\nFurther details\n\nMyles Allen: The IPCC Spec
 ial Report on 1.5°C: key findings and implications for carbon dioxide rem
 oval\n\n\nErwin Reisner: Sunlight-driven Synthesis of Sustainable Fuels an
 d Chemicals\n\nAbstract: A key societal challenge of our century is to sec
 ure and harness environmentally sustainable energy supplies. An attractive
  approach to this issue is the production of 'solar fuels' through a proce
 ss known as artificial photosynthesis. This\ntechnology is inspired by nat
 ural photosynthesis and aims to use sunlight as the energy source to gener
 ate a renewable fuel such as hydrogen or ‘green gasoline’ from water a
 nd the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide. Solar fuel synthesis thereby address
 es\nimportant elements of the current energy challenge such as sustainabil
 ity\, security of supply and energy storage. This lecture will give an ove
 rview of the prospects of artificial photosynthesis and discuss some of th
 e many fundamental science and\nengineering approaches that are currently 
 being pursued on the road to a fossil-fuel free economy.\n\n\nCorinne Le Q
 uéré: Feasibility of Greenhouse Gas Removal to meet the Paris Climate Go
 als\n\nAbstract: The Paris climate agreement aims to limit climate change 
 well below two degrees Celsius and below. The emissions pathways that meet
  this goal have net zero CO2 emissions well before the end of the century.
  Whereas some sectors can meet zero emissions with known technologies\, th
 ere are sectors where there are currently no available\, practical\, and/o
 r affordable options (e.g. aviation\, agriculture\, some industries). The 
 potential availability of Greenhouse Gas Removals technologies could\, in 
 theory\, offset some of the most difficult sectors to decarbonise\, hence 
 providing additional (and potentially cheaper) pathways to reach net zero 
 CO2 emissions globally. This presentation will provide an overview of a re
 port on Greenhouse Gas Removal published in September 2018 by the Royal So
 ciety and the Royal Academy of Engineering\, and offer personal thoughts o
 n the real-life blockages to deliver Greenhouse Gas Removals at scale. \n\
 n\nJerome Neufeld: The fluid dynamics of geological carbon storage.
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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