Oxford @ COP23: Deep decarbonisation of materials processing industries – Implications for policy, industry and research
VENUE: Deutsche Post Tower, Bonn
Organisers: Wuppertal Institute, the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the Energy Agency NRW

Session 2: (11:30-13:00) On the road to near-zero carbon processing industries: technologies, infrastructures and pilots Chair by Dr Bettina Wittneben, University of Oxford, School of Geography and the Environment.

Energy-intensive process industries provide basic materials like steel, aluminium, pulp, paper, cement, plastics, chemicals, etc. These are needed for building infrastructures worldwide as well as for producing consumer goods. Steel, insulation materials, silicon and other materials also essentially contribute to GHG emission mitigation and energy transition across sectors. Processes in these industries, however, are still highly carbon-intensive and responsible for a large share of global GHG emissions. Deep decarbonisation requires changes in industrial, research, innovation, trade, energy and climate policies – changes that are still relatively unexplored.

VENUE: Deutsche Post Tower, Bonn
Organisers: Wuppertal Institute, the Government of North Rhine-Westphalia as well as the Energy Agency NRW RSVP www.wupperinst.org
Date: 10 November 2017, 10:00 (Friday, 5th week, Michaelmas 2017)
Venue: Venue to be announced
Speaker: Dr Bettina Wittneben (Strategic Environmental Management)
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editor: Anne Ryan