Seminar: RETHINKING PERSONAL MOBILITY: POLICY, TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS THINKING
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Lera Miles, UNEP-WCMC
Jan 19, 2009, 7:46:48 AM1/19/09
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SEMINARS ON ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Capability and Sustainability Centre
VHI, St Edmund's College
and
Centre for Energy Studies
Judge Institute
Cambridge
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RETHINKING PERSONAL MOBILITY: POLICY, TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS THINKING
Dr Bernie Bulkin
Commissioner for Energy and Transport, UK Sustainable Development
Commission
Tuesday 20 January, 5 pm
Garden Room, St Edmund's College
Everyone most welcome. Drinks and discussion afterwards.
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WHAT IS THE TALK ABOUT?
Personal transport, for business, leisure, or just the demands of
everyday life, represents a material part of the overall UK climate
problem. Unlike other segments of our energy use, it is dominated by a
single fuel source, oil. Can we envision as scenario, or more than one
possible scenario, where emissions from transport are reduced by 80%
by 2050? How much of this will come from mitigating the emissions by
new technologies or modal shifts, and how much by adapting our
personal lifestyles to a carbon constrained world?
This talk will suggest policy approaches to the transport problem,
explore the role that technology can play, and emphasise that unless
we think systemically, any actions we take have just as big a chance
of making the problem worse as they do of making it better.
THE SPEAKER
Dr Bernard J. Bulkin
Bernie Bulkin is a leading voice on issues related to energy and
environment. His activities span business, government advisory, and
educational roles. He is Chairman of AEA Technology plc, a leading
environmental consultancy, Chairman of Swedish company Chemrec AB, and
a board member of Severn Trent plc, Ze-gen Corporation, and Accelergy
Corporation. He is Venture Partner with the California firm Vantage
Point, associated with their Clean Tech practice. Bernie is
Commissioner for Energy and Transport at the UK Sustainable
Development Commission, and a member of the UK Government's Energy
Board. He is a Professorial Fellow of Murray Edwards College,
University of Cambridge, and serves on numerous charitable boards. He
is the author of more than 100 papers and two books.
Dr Bulkin was formerly Chief Scientist of BP.
******************************************
SEMINARS ON ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Capability and Sustainability Centre
VHI, St Edmund's College
and
Centre for Energy Studies
Judge Institute
Cambridge
******************************************
PROGRAMME - LENT TERM 2009
13 Jan ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE: NECESSITIES AND PRIORITIES
Professor Martin Parry, Chair, IPCC's Task Group on Scenarios
for
Climate Impact Assessment
20 Jan RETHINKING PERSONAL MOBILITY: POLICY, TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS
THINKING
Bernie Bulkin, Commissioner for Energy and Transport, UK
Sustainable
Development Commission
27 Jan ADAPTATION IN POOR COUNTRIES
Dr Flavio Comim, Director, Capability and Sustainability
Centre,
St Edmund's College; Senior Economist, UNDP, Brazil
05 Feb INTEGRATING ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION SOLUTIONS
Professor Julian Hunt (Lord Hunt of Chesterton), Professor of
Climate Modelling, University College, London
10 Feb SMARTLIFE: GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION ADAPTING TO
CLIMATE
CHANGE
David Arkell, Director, SmartLIFE and Head of Innovation &
Partnerships, Cambridgeshire County Council
17 Feb CREATING NEW AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
Professor Peter Guthrie, Professor of Engineering for
Sustainable
Development, Cambridge; Fellow, St Edmund's College
24 Feb CAN WE ADAPT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN TIME?
Professor Michael Kelly, Prince Philip Professor, Cambridge;
Chief
Scientific Adviser, Department for Communities and Local
Government,
London
03 Mar RESPONDING TO CHANGES IN NATURE
Chris Smith (Lord Smith of Finsbury), Chair, Environment
Agency;
former MP and Cabinet Minister; former President Cambridge
Union
Society
10 Mar THE POPULATION FACTOR- HOW DOES IT RELATE TO CLIMATE CHANGE?
Professor Malcolm Potts, Bixby Professor, Community Health and
Human Development, Berkeley, University of California
Everyone most welcome
Drinks and discussion afterwards
Time: 5 pm
Venue: St Edmund's College, Garden Room
(contact: Sir Brian Heap rb...@cam.ac.uk)
SEMINARS ON ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Capability and Sustainability Centre
VHI, St Edmund's College
and
Centre for Energy Studies
Judge Institute
Cambridge
******************************************
RETHINKING PERSONAL MOBILITY: POLICY, TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS THINKING
Dr Bernie Bulkin
Commissioner for Energy and Transport, UK Sustainable Development
Commission
Tuesday 20 January, 5 pm
Garden Room, St Edmund's College
Everyone most welcome. Drinks and discussion afterwards.
******************************************
WHAT IS THE TALK ABOUT?
Personal transport, for business, leisure, or just the demands of
everyday life, represents a material part of the overall UK climate
problem. Unlike other segments of our energy use, it is dominated by a
single fuel source, oil. Can we envision as scenario, or more than one
possible scenario, where emissions from transport are reduced by 80%
by 2050? How much of this will come from mitigating the emissions by
new technologies or modal shifts, and how much by adapting our
personal lifestyles to a carbon constrained world?
This talk will suggest policy approaches to the transport problem,
explore the role that technology can play, and emphasise that unless
we think systemically, any actions we take have just as big a chance
of making the problem worse as they do of making it better.
THE SPEAKER
Dr Bernard J. Bulkin
Bernie Bulkin is a leading voice on issues related to energy and
environment. His activities span business, government advisory, and
educational roles. He is Chairman of AEA Technology plc, a leading
environmental consultancy, Chairman of Swedish company Chemrec AB, and
a board member of Severn Trent plc, Ze-gen Corporation, and Accelergy
Corporation. He is Venture Partner with the California firm Vantage
Point, associated with their Clean Tech practice. Bernie is
Commissioner for Energy and Transport at the UK Sustainable
Development Commission, and a member of the UK Government's Energy
Board. He is a Professorial Fellow of Murray Edwards College,
University of Cambridge, and serves on numerous charitable boards. He
is the author of more than 100 papers and two books.
Dr Bulkin was formerly Chief Scientist of BP.
******************************************
SEMINARS ON ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
Capability and Sustainability Centre
VHI, St Edmund's College
and
Centre for Energy Studies
Judge Institute
Cambridge
******************************************
PROGRAMME - LENT TERM 2009
13 Jan ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE: NECESSITIES AND PRIORITIES
Professor Martin Parry, Chair, IPCC's Task Group on Scenarios
for
Climate Impact Assessment
20 Jan RETHINKING PERSONAL MOBILITY: POLICY, TECHNOLOGY AND SYSTEMS
THINKING
Bernie Bulkin, Commissioner for Energy and Transport, UK
Sustainable
Development Commission
27 Jan ADAPTATION IN POOR COUNTRIES
Dr Flavio Comim, Director, Capability and Sustainability
Centre,
St Edmund's College; Senior Economist, UNDP, Brazil
05 Feb INTEGRATING ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION SOLUTIONS
Professor Julian Hunt (Lord Hunt of Chesterton), Professor of
Climate Modelling, University College, London
10 Feb SMARTLIFE: GOVERNMENT, INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION ADAPTING TO
CLIMATE
CHANGE
David Arkell, Director, SmartLIFE and Head of Innovation &
Partnerships, Cambridgeshire County Council
17 Feb CREATING NEW AND SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES
Professor Peter Guthrie, Professor of Engineering for
Sustainable
Development, Cambridge; Fellow, St Edmund's College
24 Feb CAN WE ADAPT THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IN TIME?
Professor Michael Kelly, Prince Philip Professor, Cambridge;
Chief
Scientific Adviser, Department for Communities and Local
Government,
London
03 Mar RESPONDING TO CHANGES IN NATURE
Chris Smith (Lord Smith of Finsbury), Chair, Environment
Agency;
former MP and Cabinet Minister; former President Cambridge
Union
Society
10 Mar THE POPULATION FACTOR- HOW DOES IT RELATE TO CLIMATE CHANGE?
Professor Malcolm Potts, Bixby Professor, Community Health and
Human Development, Berkeley, University of California
Everyone most welcome
Drinks and discussion afterwards
Time: 5 pm
Venue: St Edmund's College, Garden Room
(contact: Sir Brian Heap rb...@cam.ac.uk)
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