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We are excited to announce the third and final symposium of the year.

We look forward to celebrating more of the innovative research being undertaken by our Black postgraduate community here at Cambridge. Staff and students are welcome and encouraged to attend.

Important Dates:

• Call for Papers Deadline: Monday 13 May

We welcome Black students from across disciplines and from any postgraduate program.

• Submit your abstracts here: Call for papers:  Black Postgraduate Research Symposium (Easter Term 2025)

• Symposium Event: Thursday 29 May, 5–7pm Venue: Newnham College (further details TBC)

• RSVP form: RSVP – Black Student Leaders Dinner

Tackling The Energy Trilemma: Delivering Clean, Secure, and Affordable Energy for a Net Zero Future

Topics Include:

• The intersection between energy affordability, security, and sustainability

• Challenges and opportunities in a world of increasing uncertainty and changeThe CUEN Conference is a prestigious annual event that engages Cambridge's extensive academic and industrial ecosystem to address pressing issues in the energy sector.

• This year, our focus will be on the energy trilemma (sustainability, affordability, and security). The topics will be covered through three panel discussions, providing a forum for in-depth discussion and contemplation on challenges current and future energy leaders will encounter in their careers.

• Tickets available now: https://www.cuen.uk/copy-of-2024-energy-conference

Speaker: Dr Emil Dimanchev (Princeton University) 

EPRG Energy & Environment Seminars Easter Term 2025 Tuesdays fortnightly at 12.30-1.30pm (in-person)

Please contact EPRG Administrator (eprgadm@jbs.cam.ac.uk) for further detail

Seminar organizer: Zeynep Clulow (z.clulow@jbs.cam.ac.uk)

MATERIALS RIG SEMINAR

Speaker: Professor Sally Brooker, Department of Chemistry / MacDiarmid Institute / He Honoka Hauwai, University of Otago, New Zealand

ABSTRACT:

The increasingly severe impacts of climate change demand us to: (a) reduce energy use (b) decarbonise existing high emissions industrial processes and (c) rapidly replace our present range of carbon-emitting fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas) with a suite of carbon-zero and carbon-neutral fuels. The best carbon-zero fuel is direct electrification (from renewable generation), followed by batteries and green hydrogen. New Zealand is very well placed to take up this amazing economic opportunity, and become an exporter of green, energy-intense, high-value products. 

After setting the scene, I will briefly introduce the German-New Zealand Green Hydrogen Centre / He Honoka Hauwai and summarise NZ-wide industry green hydrogen activities, before focussing on my team’s research into improved catalysts for H₂ production from water (Figure, second left), and CO₂ reduction into commodity chemicals (Figure, third left). 

Speaker: Dr Natascha Trennepohl, Partner, Trennepohl Advogados | Visiting Scholar, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge

The Easter term seminars of the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance (CEENRG) in the Department of Land Economy takes place in the Main Seminar Room (1.25) on the 1^st floor of the David Attenborough Building. You are cordially invited to join our friendly discussion in person (no registration needed) or online to receive the Zoom link on the day of the seminar.

Register to receive Zoom meeting link

Abstract: Brazil has recently introduced a national emissions trading system (ETS), targeting activities and facilities whose greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions exceed a defined threshold. The compliance market has similarities with the European Union cap-and-trade system but covers emissions from a wide range of sectors. This presentation will delve into the key design features of the system and examine how it is expected to interoperate with the voluntary carbon market. Lastly, it will address the major challenges associated with implementing the compliance carbon market in Brazil and strengthening the role played by the voluntary market.