7 Jul 2018
What Energy to Power our Future ?
Session 14
If we want to achieve the 2015 Paris Agreement goals, designed to limit the increase in the planet’s temperature to less than 2 degrees (Celsius), we need to drastically improve our energy efficiency and further diversify the supply structure, fostering energies that are renewable and do not emit greenhouse gases. The following issues need to be considered:
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– How fast is awareness for the severe global warming situation taking root?
– Are there available resources accessible in economic and political terms?
– What future is there for nuclear fission energy?
– Can we hope for technological breakthroughs (nuclear fusion, mobility, digitisation)?
– What opposing forces will the desired developments come up against?
– What forms of governance should be preferred (global, national, local)?
– What principles should be adopted for energy policies and taxation?
– What dynamic in terms of changing economic and social costs can we expect?
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