Competing or collaborating? Synergies between renewable energy and agriculture for accelerating Net Zero
From how and why land is used to the availability of government subsidies for green industrial development, renewable energy infrastructure and sustainable agriculture have often been cast as uncomfortable – if not outright competing – fellows on the path to Net Zero. But with an increasing overlap in decarbonisation activity, what are the shared objectives for agriculture, renewable and green industry and what are the most compelling models for cross-sector collaboration? What are the opportunities and challenges to scaling up renewables in agriculture? How can land-use be complimentary between renewables, crop cultivation, and water usage? This panel explores the synergies between renewable energy, agriculture, and wider green industrial development and makes suggestions for greater collaboration.

Event link: bsg.zoom.us/j/91656786990?pwd=aUtSZ2tmQUtRUXBXYUZCQVE4ZnJMQT09
Passcode: 979373
Date: 27 June 2022, 17:00 (Monday, 10th week, Trinity 2022)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speakers: Prof Kathy Willis (University of Oxford), Dr Zitouni Ould-Dada (Deputy Directory in the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment, FAO), Prof Sue Hartley (Professor and Vice-President of Research, University of Sheffield)
Organiser: Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development
Organiser contact email address: oicsd@some.ox.ac.uk
Part of: OpenAg Symposium: Food Futures in a Changing Climate
Booking required?: Required
Audience: Public
Editor: Vinita Govindarajan