Online Series: Oxford net zero - Zero carbon energy systems

1st Feb 2021 13:00 – 14:00

As the UK prepares to host the next UN climate summit, a wave of businesses, cities and countries are pledging to bring their emissions down to net zero. Oxford scientists were among the first to show that net zero is needed to end global warming. Now, the new Oxford Net Zero initiative is bringing together leading academics from across the University to focus on how it can be achieved.

This series of discussions will showcase the diversity of net zero research at Oxford, and point to the burning questions that need to be answered in the race to halt the climate crisis.

Zero carbon energy systems

The combustion of fossil fuels is responsible for the most greenhouse gas emissions, particularly in industrialised countries.

Systemic change in energy systems is therefore a critical component of any net-zero agenda. It is a huge global challenge, but recent developments give cause for optimism that a Green Industrial Revolution is possible. 

Join Professor Nick Eyre, Lead Researcher, Oxford Martin Programme on Integrating Renewable Energy, where he will discuss with Dr Steve Smith, Project Manager, Greenhouse Gas Removal Hub, how the declining costs of renewable electricity mean they can provide cheap mitigation, as well as enabling major improvements in energy efficiency, so that the total amount of energy that will need to be decarbonised is much lower than often projected.

Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/zero-carbon-energy/register?utm_source=Oxford%20Martin%20School%20Academics%20(Past%20%26%20Present)%20%26%20Admin&utm_campaign=6e32acfe89-Oxford_Martin_School_Events_Jan_March_2018_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_9b3128cc0e-6e32acfe89-1243173009