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Climate, energy & economic security – A U.K. wide proposal to meet the challenge defined by the science
| June 18, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm | to | 8:30 pm |
Zero Carbon Britain from Zero Carbon Britain on Vimeo.
On Thursday June 18th Solar One will be honored to host our British colleague Paul Allen from the Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) for a discussion of Zero Carbon Britain, a bold alternative energy policy proposal recently developed by his organization. Mr. Allen will be visiting Solar One in advance of a presentation that he will deliver at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History on June 25th, as part of that institution’s Convergence on Zero climate conference. CAT’s series of presentations in the U.S. are part of the 2009 Wales Washington Cymru proram of this year’s Smithsonian Folklife Festival. For more information visit www.wales.com/smithsonian.
The discussion will address the core points of the proposal, and subsequent Q&A will provide insight into where climate and renewable energy policy and potential converge and differ between the U.S. and U.K. contexts.
About the Presentation:
“Many still haven’t really grasped the serious nature of our predicament. Political leaders fail to appreciate that the most recent evidence on both climate security and energy security reveals a situation more urgent than had been expected, even by those who have been following it closely for decades. A clear and widening gulf has now emerged between present policy targets and the rapid de-carbonisation our most recent science tells us is urgently required. To forward the debate, the UK Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) set out to explore Zero Carbon Britain – a policy and technology scenario designed to explore just what it is we would actually need to do if we were to fully meet the challenges defined by our science. Powering down the amount of energy used to deliver our well being and powering up indigenous renewable sources can not only create employment and invest money in the economy; it will offer a very tangible dividend from the sale of the energy harvested.”
Please RSVP: greenrenter@solar1.org; 212 505 605
