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SUMMARY:Stepping up climate change mitigation - Dr Andre Cabrera Serrenho\
 , Department of Engineering
DTSTART:20200207T174500Z
DTEND:20200207T191000Z
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CONTACT:Ali Mashhadi
DESCRIPTION:Despite fundamental efficiency improvements in energy devices 
 and industrial processes\, global annual energy demand and greenhouse gas 
 emissions keep growing. Climate change mitigation remains thus one of the 
 main challenges of engineering practice\, for which a systems approach is 
 required to account for the complex networks of energy and material transf
 ormations to supply consumers’ needs. In this talk\, I will discuss the 
 trade-offs of alternative interventions in cars and buildings\, since thes
 e account for most fuel combustion emissions. These trade-offs enable the 
 prioritisation of technology deployment in these sectors to enhance their 
 mitigating potential. The results also show that new technologies in cars 
 and buildings cannot be deployed at a fast-enough pace to meet current emi
 ssions targets\, unless there is a reduction in the demand for the utilisa
 tion of these goods. This reduction would likely require profound changes 
 in social organisation and urban planning.
LOCATION:Wolfson College\, Gatsby Room
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