Dear GEP-ed community,
On May 24 at 13.00 CEST we will launch our new report Petrochemicals and climate change: Powerful fossil fuel lock-ins and interventions for transformative change. The report is the result of a collaborative research project on petrochemicals and climate change governance.<https://www.ivl.se/projektwebbar/petrochemicals.html> The launch event takes place online as well as at the Pufendorf Institute of Lund University<https://www.pi.lu.se/en/>, Sweden. Links to register for both in-person and online attendance are available below. If you register for the webinar you will also get a link to the report when it becomes available. The report provides an investigation into the petrochemical sector. Both to strengthen awareness of its relevance to the climate crisis and to provide tools and recommendations for decision-makers in different domains to initiate, support, and accelerate much-needed transformation. The report highlights the rapid expansion of the petrochemical sector as well as the range and growth of economic, infrastructural, and political interlinkages with the fossil fuel extraction sector. It argues that these developments and dynamics are crucial to understanding pathways, strategies, and interventions for a low-carbon transition for petrochemicals. Transforming the industry to shape a development pathway that leads away from fossil fuels, the climate crisis, negative health impacts, and plastic pollution is not an easy task. It will require committed action by a wide range of actors, including chemical producers, financial sector actors, and governments while acknowledging the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities. We will present key insights from the report as well as discuss the future of the industry with two panels of invited researchers and experts. 13.00 Introduction: Chemicals, climate, and insights from IPCC AR6 (Lars J Nilsson) 13.15 Key insights from the project (Joachim Tilsted, Carolyn Deere Birkbeck, Johan Rootzen) 14.10 Keynote: Pathways to a planet-compatible chemicals industry (Jonathan Cullen) 14.30 Coffee break 14.50 Panel 1: The upstream connections between petrochemicals and fossil fuels (Jakob Skovgaard, Delphine Levi Alvares, Tridibesh Dey) 15.30 Short break 15.40 Panel 2: The global plastics treaty and the need to reform downstream international governance (Carolyn Deere Birkbeck, Tobias Nielsen, Bethanie Carney Almroth, Anne Aittomaki) 16.20 Wrap-up To register for ONLINE attendance use this LINK<https://lu-se.zoom.us/webinar/register/5416782771022/WN_uJeTHDEXQrC8pnoXviwsRw> To register for IN-PERSON attendance use this LINK<https://survey.mailing.lu.se/Survey/46139> We hope that you find the event relevant, please share the invitation with colleagues who may be interested! Best -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gep-ed/FC411F05-70EA-435C-AE9E-7CD933AA6EA1%40svet.lu.se.
