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Based on my experience from the first week, I would say that a few clear themes have emerged from the talks: finance, the role of non-state actors, an enhanced focus on industry, partnerships and collaboration, a socially just transition, as well as moving from ambition to action.
Chalmers are looking for master thesis students for two different thesis: “Material use in a low carbon energy system” and “Concrete change: analysis of strategies to reduce the climate impact of concrete use”.
The transition towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions will require non-conventional decisions by policymakers, businesses and households to foster investments in new low carbon technologies. Even when low carbon technologies exist, structural and psychological barriers often stand in the way towards taking these decisions.
During two days in November nearly 50 participants from the Mistra Carbon Exit Consortium met for an internal program conference in Stockholm, Sweden. The aim was to present and discuss results from a number of work packages and case studies and allow for all participants to take part of what is done in the program.
I’m on my way to Sacramento, the capital of California. The grass is brown and the air is yellowish and hazy due to fires. In a week from now the fires will spread rapidly, consume homes and vineyards in the wine districts north of San Francisco and kill more than 20 people. The fires fuel the debate of climate change and strengthen the engagement from people and politicians in California. One may think that with Trump as United States’ president climate action has halted in the US. But not here in California.
The brief outlines different perspectives on the past performance of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) in terms of its allowance price (Section 1), analyses how the recent reform responded to related challenges (Section 2), and considers the case for introducing a carbon price floor in the EU ETS (Section 3). The main part of the brief (Section 4) identifies five myths in the debate of an EU ETS price floor and critically confronts them. Section 5 concludes by discussing potential entry points for introducing a carbon price floor in the context of the upcoming EU climate policy process.
The Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C was approved by the IPCC on Saturday in Incheon, Republic of Korea. It will be a key scientific input into the Katowice Climate Change Conference in Poland in December, when governments review the Paris Agreement to tackle climate change. Lars Zetterberg, IVL, Program director Mistra Carbon Exit and Filip Johnsson, Chalmers, Vice Program Director Mistra Carbon Exit, comments on the report in Ny Teknik.
Sverige gick i spetsen för att reformera EU:s system för handel med utsläppsrätter förra året. Förändringen innebär en mycket stor klimatnytta eftersom utsläppsrätter framöver kommer att annulleras när utsläppen minskar mer än tänkt. Nu bör Sverige inkludera utsläppen från den "handlande sektorn" i vår nationella klimatpolitik och våra klimatmål. Då kan utsläppen minska snabbare, skriver Lars Zetterberg, IVL Svenska Miljöinstitutet och programchef för Mistra Carbon Exit, och Jessica Henryson, Westander i en debattartikel i Svenska Dagbladet.
Last week marked the start of focus group interviews that contribute to Mistra Carbon Exit Work Package 3. Feeding particularly into the project Focus groups on Swedish leadership, niche markets and low carbon business models, the group interviews aim to examine how sustainable societies and climate leadership are made sense of by key actors. More precisely the focus is to elaborate how different actors, including Swedish industry representatives, and representatives of Swedish environment politics and administration, perceive efforts towards achieving Sweden’s target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.
Uppsala Municipality, one of Mistra Carbon Exits partners, mainly working in the local arenas case study, has been awarded this year's Global Climate City in WWF's urban challenge One Planet City Challenge.
The jury's motivation states, among other things, that "Uppsala has ambitious, innovative and scientifically set goals, for example renewable energy and sustainable mobility. Investments in transport infrastructure were especially appreciated by the jury. Although Uppsala is a small city, the jury believes it serves as a global model."
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The Mistra Carbn Exit Programe Conference for program partners and stakeholders will be held in Stockholm om 6th and 7th November. For more information please contact Programme Director Lars Zetterberg.
The conference is internal and has the objectives to:
Present and discuss selected results from different parts of the program
Allow for all program participants to meet
Find opportunities for collaboration between work packages and case studies
Filip Johnsson, Chalmers, Vice programme Director of Mistra Carbon Exit will participate at MISTRAS session on Almedalsveckan.
Eight Mistrafinanced programs invite you to an afternoon at Clematis House to explain, problematize and inspire listeners under themes such as sustainable consumption, sustainable finance, and improved resource efficiency in production and design.
Welcome to the Mistra Carbon Exit session "Future transports in a climate neutral world: knowledge gaps and needed policies" on the 26th of June, 13:45-15:15 pm.
The CCC Summit 2018/Hi-dagen 2018 is an international conference...
Johan Rootzén from the Mistra Carbon Exit Case study on Buidlings and Transportation infrastructur will present "Towards zero-CO2 production and practices in the supply chains for buildings and infrastructure" during the panel "Sustainable production towards a circular economy" during the Industrial Efficiency 2018 Conference in Berlin.
EPS Energy Climate House and Mistra Carbon Exit invites you to a High-Level Annual Conference on Steps towards the EU Low-Carbon Economy: Industrial challenges, actions & requirements, 4-5 June 2018.
Lars Zetterberg och Filip Johnsson medverkar från Mistra Carbon Exit. En konferens fylld av debatter, aktuella presentationer och samtal om den snabba utvecklingen inom miljö- och hållbarhet.
This first workshop focuses on energy carriers in the iron, steel and cement industry, and will be followed by a workshop dedicated to electricity
consumption in transport and buildings.
Välkommen till ett frukostseminarium där rapporten "Nio budskap från Mistra Carbon Exit" presenteras...