Workshop - Governing Decarbonisation: Implementing Transition Policies in Scotland
| Description | This workshop will explore practical issues around policy making for decarbonisation in Scotland. |
| Presenter | See full programme Decarbonisation workshop (PDF, 142 KB) |
| Type | Conference, Environment |
| Open to | Staff |
| Start date | Wednesday, 18 November 2009 |
| End date | Thursday, 19 November 2009 |
| Where | Institute for Advanced Studies in Glasgow |
| Contact | If you have any questions please contact Nils Markusson at +44 (0)78 1639 8401 or nils.markusson@ed.ac.uk |
| More info: |
This is the second workshop of the Governing Decarbonisation in Scotland
Programme - supported by the Institute for Advanced Studies and the
Scottish Government. The first workshop introduced academic thinking on
an energy system transition to decarbonisation, and on how policy for
this might work. Experience from the Netherlands and Denmark was
explored with the help of international experts. Materials from the
first workshop and more information about the programme can be found on
the programme website (you will need to register with the website to
access documents):
www.instituteforadvancedstudies.org.uk/Programmes/GoverningDecarbonisation.aspx.
This second workshop will build on the first, but shift the focus onto *practical action and policy making* for decarbonisation in Scotland. The workshop calls for input from policy makers, civil servants, industry and NGOs to be added to the academic ideas. Speakers at this workshop will include *Philip Wright, Head of Climate Change, Scottish Government*. See appended workshop programme for further speakers. The workshop will first set the scene in terms of the scope for decarbonisation policy given the different *levels of governance* involved: local, Scottish, UK and EU. We will then explore how to make policy to support and evaluate concrete projects that have a potential to support system transformation (as inspired by the Dutch frontrunner experiments presented in the first workshop). To help focus the discussion, this part of the workshop will build on presentations of innovative projects in the area of *local authority and* *community level low carbon energy initiatives*. This will include a presentation of the Sustainable Glasgow project. Finally, we will discuss the style of policy making necessary for a decarbonisation policy based on experimentation and support for innovative projects. If you are interested in attending this workshop *please register by emailing: decarbonisation@instituteforadvancedstudies.org.uk * You do not need to have attended the first workshop to participate in this workshop. The event is free of charge, but places are limited. Please let us know if you have any special dietary requirements. |