Ingenious Talks Online: Engineering Energy Systems For A Climate In Crisis

Ingenious Talks Online: Engineering Energy Systems For A Climate In Crisis

Categories: Lectures and Seminars | Intended for

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM | Add to calendar

Location Details

Online via. Zoom

Contact Information

Laura Kilpatrick, 613-520-5790, FacultyofEngineeringandDesign@carleton.ca

Cost

$0

About this Event

Host Organization: Faculty of Engineering and Design
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The climate change alarm bells are ringing for researchers as mounting evidence reveals the extent of humanity’s impact on the Earth and the growing risks of inaction on carbon pollution. Emissions are rising at 1-2% per year, which sets the world further back from stabilizing the climate at internationally agreed upon temperature targets, like the Paris Agreement’s 1.5ºC goal. An aggressive, clear-eyed response is required to address climate change — first and foremost by decarbonizing the global energy system. This response should be similar to pandemic and wartime mobilizations in both scale and urgency.

In this talk, Professor Ahmed Abdulla will discuss energy system design in this radically new context, presenting results from recent research on the role of unproven technologies, like direct air capture (DAC) of carbon dioxide and carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS). He will conclude by discussing how his research group at Carleton is working to develop a new generation of energy system models that integrate real-world challenges to energy deployment.