Workshop Quantifying Carbon Footprint: Challenges and Perspective
Quantifying Carbon Footprint: Challenges and Perspectives
Date: Thursday, 16th May 2024
Time: 9.45 am - 4:30 pm
Location: Scarman (Space 24) | Warwick Conferences | Venue Interactive MapLink opens in a new window | Scarman Road, Coventry CV4 7SHParking: Free (a link to pre-register will be sent once attendance is confirmed)
Do you have an interest in sustainability and environmental management strategies? If your answer is yes, this workshop is for you!
Following the successful first edition of the Quantifying Carbon Footprint: Challenges and Perspectives workshop, we are thrilled to invite you to join us on the event's second edition this May 16th. Come along for a day of thought-provoking conversations and participate in this important discussion.
Reserve your place today, and we look forward to welcoming you on May 16th 2024.
Please note participation is free but registration is compulsory for management purposes. The number of participants on-site is limited to 30.
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| 09:00-09:45 | Arrival at the venue. Coffee/Tea in the Scarman Lounge. |
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| 09:45 (Space 24) | Welcome and Introductions | ||||||||
| Talk 1: ONS: Measuring UK greenhouse gas emissions Neil Wilson, Office for National Statistics |
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| 10:40 | Coffee/tea break in the Lounge | ||||||||
| 11:00 | Talk 2: Calculating Carbon Footprints for UK Climate Policy Dr Anne Owen, University of Leeds |
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| 11:45 | Talk 3: Life Cycle Assessment: Quantifying Carbon impacts and avoiding Greenwash Professor Rachael Rothman, University of Sheffield |
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| 12:30 | Lunch Break (Scarman Restaurant) | ||||||||
| 14:00 | Talk 4: Quantifying & Comparing Different Technologies Dr Stuart Coles, University of Warwick |
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| 14:45 | Coffee/tea break in the Lounge |
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| 15:00 | Talk 5: Update from Defra Andrew Woodend, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs |
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| 16.25 | Concluding remarks. End of the event. | ||||||||
This event stems from the STEM Grand Challenge initiative of the University of Warwick and is funded in the framework of the Ideas Factories of the University.
Organising Committee:
Dr Miryana Grigorova, Dr You Wu, Dr Simoni Da Ros.
Confirmed Speakers
Dr Stuart Coles
Associate Professor – Reader | Associate Dean (Research) | Deputy Director of Research Degrees | Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing | WMG
Dr Anne Owen
Associate Professor | Deputy Programme Leader MSc Ecological Economics | Sustainability Research Institute | University of Leeds
Neil Wilson
Environmental Accounts | Office for National Statistics
Andrew Woodend
Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Professor Rachael Rothman
Professor of Sustainable Chemical Engineering | Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering | University of Sheffield
