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#36 The Calculator that Could Save the World
How a calculator is helping countries around the world to
lower their greenhouse gas emissions and create more sustainable energy
systems.
When Professor David MacKay of Cambridge University wrote a
book about sustainable energy in 2009, he could not have realised that this
groundbreaking text would go on to form the basis for a calculator that could
save the world from climate catastrophe. By investigating the true impact of
energy demand and supply on carbon emissions he provided much needed
transparency on the link between energy and the climate. Today his calculator
has spread throughout the world from the UK across Europe, through Asia all the
way to Australia – and take up is increasing.
This episode was made at the 2050 Global Calculator
Conference, Windsor, UK
Try out the 2050 Calculator here
Guests
Laura Aylett, Programme Manager 2050 Calculator, Department
for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Sam Friggens, Senior Consultant Energy Strategy and
Innovation, Mott MacDonald
Quoc Khanh, Senior Energy Consultant, 2050 Calculator,
Vietnam
Jenny McInnes, Deputy Director for Partnerships &
Capability, BEIS
Koen Meeus, Climate Change Section, DG Environment, Belgium
Madeleine Rawlins, Programme Leader 2050 Calculator, Mott
MacDonald
Anna Stephenson, Senior Energy Advisor,
DFID
Hoang Van Tam, Deputy Head, Office for Climate Change and
Green Growth, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Vietnam
Professor Yufeng Yang, Asian
Development Bank/Imperial College
Supporter:
Mott MacDonald: Opening opportunities with connected thinking.
Mott MacDonald is a US$2bn engineering, management
and development consultancy involved in:
- solving some of the
world’s most urgent social, environmental and economic challengeshelping governments and
businesses plan, deliver and sustain their strategic goalsresponding to humanitarian
and natural emergenciesimproving people’s
lives
Its expertise by sector includes buildings,
communications, defence, education, environment, health, industry, mining, oil
and gas, power, transport, urban development, water, wastewater and more. Its
skills encompass planning, studies and design, project finance, technical
advisory services, project and programme management, management consultancy and
beyond.
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How a calculator is helping countries around the world to
lower their greenhouse gas emissions and create more sustainable energy
systems.
When Professor David MacKay of Cambridge University wrote a
book about sustainable energy in 2009, he could not have realised that this
groundbreaking text would go on to form the basis for a calculator that could
save the world from climate catastrophe. By investigating the true impact of
energy demand and supply on carbon emissions he provided much needed
transparency on the link between energy and the climate. Today his calculator
has spread throughout the world from the UK across Europe, through Asia all the
way to Australia – and take up is increasing.
This episode was made at the 2050 Global Calculator
Conference, Windsor, UK
Try out the 2050 Calculator here
Guests
Laura Aylett, Programme Manager 2050 Calculator, Department
for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
Sam Friggens, Senior Consultant Energy Strategy and
Innovation, Mott MacDonald
Quoc Khanh, Senior Energy Consultant, 2050 Calculator,
Vietnam
Jenny McInnes, Deputy Director for Partnerships &
Capability, BEIS
Koen Meeus, Climate Change Section, DG Environment, Belgium
Madeleine Rawlins, Programme Leader 2050 Calculator, Mott
MacDonald
Anna Stephenson, Senior Energy Advisor,
DFID
Hoang Van Tam, Deputy Head, Office for Climate Change and
Green Growth, Ministry of Trade and Industry, Vietnam
Professor Yufeng Yang, Asian
Development Bank/Imperial College
Supporter:
Mott MacDonald: Opening opportunities with connected thinking.
Mott MacDonald is a US$2bn engineering, management
and development consultancy involved in:
- solving some of the
world’s most urgent social, environmental and economic challengeshelping governments and
businesses plan, deliver and sustain their strategic goalsresponding to humanitarian
and natural emergenciesimproving people’s
lives
Its expertise by sector includes buildings,
communications, defence, education, environment, health, industry, mining, oil
and gas, power, transport, urban development, water, wastewater and more. Its
skills encompass planning, studies and design, project finance, technical
advisory services, project and programme management, management consultancy and
beyond.
The post #36 The Calculator that Could Save the World first appeared on Engineering Matters.
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