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SUMMARY:Emissions constraint: global leadership in social disruption? - Jo
 hn Buckley\, International Renewable Energy Trade Promoter
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CONTACT:Miss Clare Buckley
DESCRIPTION:ABSTRACT\n\nThere is a pressing need for reduction in global e
 missions of greenhouse gases.  The extent of the reduction needed\, at lea
 st 60% globally\, has challenging implications for our future lifestyles a
 nd our use of energy\, and for the ability of all countries to cooperate i
 nternationally.   \nWe already have a number of renewable and other low-ca
 rbon energy technologies.  To achieve sufficient emission reductions\, we 
 need to develop further technologies that are so successful that they coul
 d be termed “disruptive”.  Our everyday purchasing decisions need to r
 eflect a new set of imperatives.  And sustainable solutions need to be in 
 place for the world’s emerging economies to use\; as their solutions of 
 choice.\nThe UK has taken a prominent position in addressing these issues.
   We will all start to notice the effects in the next year or two.  We can
  look ahead to some of the changes that will be involved\; within the UK a
 nd internationally. \n\nBIOGRAPHY\n\nAfter an earlier career in the oil in
 dustry\, John Buckley has been working with the international business dev
 elopment of UK companies in renewable energy for over 10 years. He has see
 n the business drivers for the use of renewables evolve from aid and rural
  development objectives\, through energy independence ambitions\, to conce
 rn about climate change and the contribution that renewables can make to t
 he constraint of greenhouse gas emissions. He has worked with numerous cou
 ntries in the early stages of their use of modern renewables.  In his addr
 ess\, John will offer his perspective on the use of renewables and on nati
 onal and international issues affecting their adoption and that of other m
 ethods of emissions constraint.
LOCATION:Nihon Room\, Pembroke College
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