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“Growing” Low Cost Engineered Barrier Reefs for Coastal Protection and Beach Restoration & Erosion Control

17 June 2020
Coral reefs protect against natural hazards by reducing wave energy by an average of 97%. Reef crests alone dissipate up to 86% of this energy. Mineral Accretion Technology, which is more than 40 years old, can be used to grow protective barrier reefs using pre-fabricated steel structures and low-…

Is Electric Power Industry Ready for 5G?

17 June 2020
5G is positioned as the key technologies to support Energy Internet as a reliable and secure communication infrastructure that provides ubiquitous connectivity for Energy Internet. This presentation summarized various existing and future communication services for domains such as generation,…

Reinventing the Grid for a Fully Decarbonized and Resilient Future

17 June 2020
Reinventing the Grid will discuss how the transmission and distribution grid would need to be designed to accommodate a fully decarbonized future, while simultaneously coping with climate change acute and chronic impact, using California as a case study. The session encompassed the total system…

Enhancing Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by Developing Energy Roadmaps

16 June 2020
This presentation gave an overview of the global and regional progress in climate action and emphasized the need for an integrated approach to 2030 energy transition. It also discussed the National Expert SDG Tool for Energy Planning (NEXSTEP), an online tool to help develop national SDG7 roadmap…

Industrial Decarbonization: The Next Challenge

16 June 2020
As per the Paris Agreement at the UNFCC COP of 2015, member states agreed to limit global warming to 2 °C versus pre-industrial levels. Based on this member states have set up targets under Intended Nationally Determined Contributions(NDCs). The industrial sector accounts for about 28 percent of…

The Opportunities and Challenges for Climate Mitigation Actions (NDCs and NAMAs)- The Case of Pakistan

16 June 2020
Pakistan is a developing country, despite low emissions, it is ranked fifth when it comes to being affected by the impacts of climate change. During the period 1994-2013, the extreme climate events caused an economic loss of 4 billion USD. Pakistan having ratified Kyoto Protocol and Paris Agreement…

The Road to Net-Zero in the Context of a Clean and Resilient Recovery

16 June 2020
Net-zero target. The UK was the first major industrialized country to set a net-zero target for 2050. This was a major theme of COP 26 and, we believe, of UNFCCC climate action going forward. We contributed to a discussion and: Raised awareness about the benefit and methodology for setting a net-…

Geothermal Direct Use

16 June 2020
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Beyond the Grid: Driving an Economy-wide Energy Transformation by Cities and Industry in Asia

16 June 2020
Cities and industry play a pivotal role in driving a comprehensive energy transformation within Asian economies. The session unpacked the energy transformation outside of the power sector, shared case studies from low-carbon cities in China and new business models that promote the energy…

Net Zero and Near Net Zero Energy Districts – Case Studies from China, India, and the U.S.

16 June 2020
While first-cost typically governs single building development, entire new districts are able to reach net-zero or near-zero energy/emissions status through technology integration and design across multiple systems on a site. With project examples from China, India, and the United States, this…