Climate Proofing the Electric Sector II/II

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Climate Proofing the Electric Sector II/II

A Transatlantic Dialogue

Event
Date
13 December 2021, 11 am - 1 pm (EST) | 5 - 7 pm (EST)
Location
online

The purpose of this webinar series is to discuss the challenges that power grid operators and electricity producers face in Germany and the United States with a changing climate and policy and investment measures for adaptation and resilience. The goal is to share knowledge and best practices, foster transatlantic dialogue and connections, and to think critically about how best to safeguard critical energy infrastructures.

Day 2 (Monday, 13 December 2021) will shift the perspective to policy and discuss the role of policymakers and policy solutions to facilitate adaptation in the electricity sector.

Confirmed speakers include:

  • Dr. Frank Kaspar, Deutscher Wetterdienst
  • Dr. Craig Zamuda, the U.S. Department of Energy
  • Dr. Judsen Bruzgul, ICF International          
  • Dr. Eknath Vittal, Electric Power Research Institute
  • Stephen Torres, Southern California Edison        
  • Neil Weisenfeld, ICF International     
  • Dennis Volk, Bundesnetzagentur (the German Federal Network Agency)
  • Dr. Jesse Keenan, Tulane University   
  • Romany Webb, Columbia Law School            
  • Mike Hogan, the Regulatory Assistance Project  

This webinar series is supported by the Ecologic Institute.

Contact

Organizer
Team
Jonathan Frost
Date
13 December 2021, 11 am - 1 pm (EST) | 5 - 7 pm (EST)
Location
online
Language
English
Keywords
United States, Germany
Draft Agenda (167.46 KB)
PublicationReportA Blueprint for Adaptation
 
Cover of the report "A Blueprint for Adaptation Preparing the U.S. and German Energy Systems for the Risks that Climate Change Poses"

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Climate change poses an increasing threat to our electric system, which we rely on to support a high standard of living and to keep our economies functioning. Extreme weather events, sea level rise and wildfires not only expose vulnerabilities in our electric system but... Read more

Frost, Jonathan (2022): A Blueprint for Adaptation – Preparing the U.S. and German Energy Systems for the Risks that Climate Change Poses. Ecologic Institute, Berlin