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Decarbonizing Transportation

April 8, 2021 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am MDT

PAYNE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SPRING WEBINAR SERIES
DECARBONIZING TRANSPORTATION

Topic: DECARBONIZING TRANSPORTATION

 

SPEAKER: Amy Meyers Jaffe, Research Professor and Managing Director of the Climacy Lab at Tufts University

 

Moderator: Dr. Sara Hastings-Simon, Payne Institute for Public Policy

 

Hosted by: ENERGY VS. CLIMATE, A PAYNE INSTITUTE PARTNER

 

Time: THURSDAY, APRIL 8, 2021 – 10:00AM – 11:00AM MT

 

ZOOM WEBINAR – REGISTRATION NECESSARY – FOLLOW THIS LINK

 

FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION, PLEASE FOLLOW THIS LINK 

 

EVENT VIDEO

Please join Energy vs. Climate and the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines as we welcome Amy Meyers Jaffe, Research Professor and Managing Director of the Climacy Lab at Tufts University, presenting a webinar titled Decarbonizing Transportation on Thursday,  April 8, 2021 from 10:00am – 11:00am (MT).

From personal transportation to long haul freight, how fast can we decarbonize, how much will be electrified vs other solutions, and what are the limiting factors affecting the pace of change?  They’ll dig into what the transition will mean for Alberta and Canada in terms of demand for oil, changes to local transportation infrastructure, and the potential to capture a part of the new market. 

They’ll dig into what the transition will mean for Alberta and Canada in terms of demand for oil, changes to local transportation infrastructure, and the potential to capture a part of the new market. 

About your co-hosts:

Amy Myers Jaffe is a leading expert on global energy policy, energy and sustainability, and geopolitical risk. She is a research professor and Managing Director of the Climate Policy Lab at Tufts University Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. A frequent media commentator and former journalist, Jaffe’s research focuses on oil and natural gas geopolitics, corporate investment strategies in the energy sector, sustainability and energy, and energy economics. 

David Keith is a professor at Harvard in Engineering and the Kennedy School. He is the founder of Carbon Engineering and was formerly a professor at the University of Calgary. He splits his time between Canmore and Cambridge. 

Sara Hastings-Simon is a senior research associate at the Payne Institute for Public Policy at the Colorado School of Mines and a research fellow at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy. Prior to that she was the manager of the cleantech practice at McKinsey & Company, and director of Clean Economy at the Pembina Institute.

Ed Whittingham is a clean energy policy/finance consultant and fellow at the Public Policy Forum. He is the former executive director of the Pembina Institute.

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Details

Date:
April 8, 2021
Time:
10:00 am - 11:00 am MDT
Event Category:
Website:
https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/7616172160006/WN_M7_IqCX_SSmLvorYgoC2Kg

Organizer

Payne Institute
Phone:
(303)384-2730
Email:
Payne-info@mines.edu
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