Mitigation of climate change: Climate change: Energy Technology and Mitigation

Meeting Organiser: Dr Simon Buckle, Director of Policy for the Grantham Institute, Imperial College

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13.30   Poster presentations

14.00   Introduction to meeting
Professor Sir Brian Hoskins, Director of the Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College and Professor of Meteorology, University of Reading
14.15   Mitigation of future climate change: a climate scientist's perspective - Dr Jason Lowe, UK Meteorlogical Office's Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
14.45   Energy drivers for emissions - Professor Nigel Brandon, Exeutive Director of the Energy Futures Lab, Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College, London
15.15   Current status and outlook for solar energy generation - Dr Ned Elkins-Daukes, Grantham Institute for Climate Change and Lecturer in the Department of Physics, Imperial College, London

15.45   Coffee break and poster display

16.15   Design of carbon dioxide storage - Professor Martin Blunt, Chair in Petroleum Engineering, Head of Department of Earth & Engineering, Imperial College, London
16.45   Forest and climate change mitigation: carbon and beyond - Dr Jemma Gornall, UK Meteorological Office's Hadley Centre for Climate Prediction and Research
17.15   Panel discussion - Scientific challenges in managing emissions
17.45    Mulled wine and mince pies
18.30    Close

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