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Eighth Annual Meeting of the Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) 2021

Last update on Nov. 3, 2021.

Eighth Annual Meeting of the Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) 2021

The eighth ICEF was held online over two days (October 6 and 7) as part of Tokyo "Beyond-Zero" Week 2021, which is an intensive series of international conferences related to energy and the environment with a view toward achieving carbon neutrality—and even going "beyond zero" (i.e., reducing the accumulated amount of CO2).

Minister Hagiuda delivered a written message to ICEF in which he stated that it will be important that countries pursue various pathways in line with their respective circumstances in order to become carbon neutral, and that creating innovation through research and development will be the key ...

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SGI Response to the Consultation on the Energy Strategy for Northern Ireland

Last update on Oct. 13, 2021.

SGI Response to the Consultation on the Energy Strategy for Northern Ireland

The context for energy has changed substantially since the 2010 Strategic Energy Framework (SEF) was published. In June 2019 the UK became the first major economy to commit to a 100 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. This ‘net zero’ target represents a significant step-change in the commitment to addressing the climate crisis.

The Department for the Economy has begun the process of developing a new energy strategy to decarbonise the Northern Ireland energy sector by 2050 at least cost to the consumer.

Any new strategic direction for energy in Northern Ireland must consider the existing energy ...

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SEAI Energy Research

Last update on Aug. 20, 2021.

SEAI Energy Research

We are sharing an update with details of upcoming energy research funding opportunities, as well as a Save the Date for the 2021 National Energy Research & Policy Conference this November 25th.
For any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us at energyresearch@seai.ie.
Best wishes,
SEAI Energy Research

Save the Date: 2021 National Energy Research & Policy Conference
Thursday 25th November 2021

You are kindly invited to the 2021 National Energy Research & Policy Conference. This conference will take place on Thursday the 25th of November with a thematic focus of decarbonising transport – please save the date!
This annual conference ...

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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Sixth Assessment Report

Last update on Aug. 12, 2021.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - Sixth Assessment Report

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. The IPCC prepares comprehensive Assessment Reports about the state of scientific, technical and socio-economic knowledge on climate change, its impacts and future risks, and options for reducing the rate at which climate change is taking place. In this Sixth Assessment Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, the report addresses the most up-to-date physical understanding of the climate system and climate change, bringing together the latest advances in climate science, and combining multiple lines of evidence from paleoclimate, observations ...

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Press Release - The official birth of the EU DSO Entity

Last update on June 14, 2021.

Press Release - The official birth of the EU DSO Entity

Press release - The official birth of the EU DSO Entity

On 8 June 2021, the long-awaited official launch of the EU DSO Entity took place. E.DSO members experienced a prestigious momentum by attending the constitutive General Assembly and the first meeting of Board of Directors and constituting its governance along with various organisation aspects.

The launch of the Entity is a remarkable achievement for the four electricity DSO Associations (CEDEC, E.DSO, Eurelectric and GEODE) that have been working intensively in the past couple of years towards its creation. It has been challenging since there are around 2500 DSOs ...

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