FollowUp Climate Framework Workshop

The agenda for the Workshop on May 12th

9:00 - 11:10 AM Part 1 FollowUp Climate Framework

11:15 - 12:30 AM Part 2: Ensuring zero emissions by 2045

AGENDA Part 1
* Introduction by Göran Finnveden (KTH) and Fredrik Hörstedt (Chalmers)

Email break/digital coffee break
* Two parallel, interactive discussions

   Flight and research merit, Fredrik Högberg (GU)

   How to combine climate strategy with sustainability work, Eddi Ormcen (GU)
* Get-together and summing-up discussion
* AI and its climate effects - Vilhelm Verendel (Chalmers)
* Next tasks in the Climate Framework

AGENDA Part 2
* Short introduction on how to compensate for universities’ CO2-e emissions

* Four short seminars:
    Technology for negative emissions - Anders Lyngfelt (Chalmers)
    The carbon is not enough when planning for forest and land use - Madelene Ostwald (GU)
    How will society react? (climate denial) - Martin Hultman (Chalmers)

    Biochar as negative emission technology - Cecilia Sundberg (KTH och SLU)

* Panel: Anders Lyngfelt, Madelene Ostwald, Martin Hultman, Thomas Sterner (GU), Thomas Kåberger (Chalmers), Cecilia Sundberg, Åsa Svenfelt (KTH), Maria Djupström and Jan Pettersson (GU)
* Mentimeter – evaluation and next-step questions.

Climate Framework, background
If universities are to move forward and take responsibility as societal actors, they must act upon their research results into climate change and be bold and clear in their communication and collaboration with companies, society and governmental actors. Therefore a group of 37 Swedish universities and colleges has created a combined climate framework to serve as the basis for individual climate strategies; the aim being to align with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C warming limit by 2030.