Past Events

Join British Academy President Lord Stern to discuss whether we can ever get energy companies, financial insitutions and other corporations to change their behaviour and attitutes regarding energy. Who holds the key to change, and what should they be doing?

Speaker: Prof. George Crabtree

Director, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Argonne National Laboratory
University of Illinois at Chicago
US Department of Energy Battery Hub

This seminar will consider the proposal that demand reduction strategies are a crucial part of climate change mitigation strategy.

Theme: History of energy

Speakers and respondents:
Dr Stephen Mosley (Leeds Beckett University)
Dr Paul Warde (History, Univerisity of Cambridge)

Scientific and political context for the upcoming climate summit

Professor Sir Colin Humphreys CBE will explore how the next generation of LED lighting will save energy and improve our health.

By Prof David Mackay, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

Theme: Philosophy and ethics of energy

Speakers and respondents:
Prof. Sabine Roeser (TU Delft)
Prof. Tim Lewens(HPS, CRASSH, U. of Cambridge)

The climate science community has convinced many policymakers and politicians of the need to decarbonise the world economy in short order.

The recent crisis in Ukraine has had a ripple effect on European-Russian economic and political relations. At the heart of the crisis is energy, specifically natural gas and oil. The conflict is shaped not only by physical conditions such as pipelines and Europe's need to import supplies, but also by historical and cultural factors.