Prof Cameron Hepburn and Dr Steve Smith in conversation: “Sensitive intervention points for Net Zero”

Event date: February 8, 2021

Prof Cameron Hepburn and Dr Steve Smith in conversation: “Sensitive intervention points for Net Zero

Achieving net zero emissions involves an economic transformation on a scale comparable to the Victorian era, when the foundations of the infrastructure used in the United Kingdom today were put in place. Join us at 1pm GMT on 8 Feb for this discussion.

Date
08 February 2021, 1:00pm – 2:00pm

Location
Online

Achieving net zero emissions involves an economic transformation on a scale comparable to the Victorian era, when the foundations of the infrastructure used in the United Kingdom today were put in place.

The scale of the transformation ahead implies that, if successful, our generation will justly be considered the “Victorians of the 21st century”.

In the fourth discussion in the Oxford Net Zero Series, hosted by the Oxford Martin School, Professor Cameron Hepburn, Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, considers the economics of the key technologies, which are increasingly positive. The costs of renewables, batteries and electric vehicles continue to fall. Similar trends are emerging in low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia, which can decarbonise major parts of heavy industry, as well as some long-distance transportation. As further deployment and innovations cut costs, it is no longer entirely implausible that net zero emissions could be achieved at net zero cost (even ignoring significant co-benefits and large benefits from avoiding the worst climate impacts).

The talk examines 40 potential sensitive intervention points organised into the nine categories, with a particular focus on technological interventions to accelerate progress to net zero.

To register and watch this talk live: www.crowdcast.io/e/sensitive-intervention-points

The talk will also be streamed via YouTube here, but please note you will not be able to take part in the interactive Q&A session unless you join the talk on CrowdCast.

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