Global Recession & Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities for the Energy Industry

Please join WCEE in again welcoming Dr. Lawrence Jones a frequent lecturer on issues such as climate change, smart grid technologies, and other energy and water related topics both in the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Jones will be discussing how the global recession will impact the energy industry in the U.S. ad around the world.

Global recession and climate change are perhaps, the two most discussed subjects in the world today. While both crises present us with major challenges, these should also be viewed as catalysts for industry transformation, new markets, business innovation and entrepreneurship, as well as the drivers for sustainable development. Governments around the world are working hard to simultaneously solve the financial crisis and to seriously begin addressing global climate change. Growing awareness of the faster pace of change occurring to the earth’s climate has resulted in consensus that bold and concerted actions are required now to abate this matter. However, there are legitimate concerns about the lack of clarity and consistency in the domestic and international legal frameworks for dealing with climate change and the impacts on different sectors. In their recent fiscal policies and efforts to promote economic recovery and begin to deal with climate change, the U.S, Canada, EU and several other countries included special provisions to support and spur investments in clean technologies, smart electricity grids, and renewable energy resources.

This presentation discusses how different ‘stimulus’ packages around the world impacts the energy industry. It will include a review of some of the trends and forecasts for the clean tech sector and highlight emerging ‘green’ jobs and required skills that may be attractive to women. Finally, the presentation will preview the various climate change initiatives that will take place leading up to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, December 2009 and the potential implications for the energy sector long term.Speaker: Dr. Lawrence E. Jones, AREVA T&D Inc.

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