CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY TRANSITION ON THE MEDITERRANEAN
The Mediterranean region is a hot spot of climate change, dominated by a significant warming, a sharp decrease in average annual rainfall, and an increase in the probability of occurrence of flood- and drought-prone events. The Mediterranean region is under pressure from significant increase in the population and its quality of life. Current economic practices and policies primarily follow conventional development models that result in higher emissions, the depletion of natural resources, growing ecological deficits and the externalization of social and environmental impacts. This pressures contributes to the over-exploitation of already scarce water resources and to an increase in energy demand for which supply is not always ensured. A long-term strategy is required to support sustainable economic growth while at the same time improving living conditions, social equity and preserving the environment. Energy generation must evolve toward sustainable trajectories in the Mediterranean.
This conference is supported by MISTRALS (Mediterranean Integrated Studies at Regional And Local Scales), an interdisciplinary research program led by CNRS in association with ADEME, CEA, IFREMER, INRA, IRD, IRSTEA, Météo-France.
>> The objective of the workshop is to bring a cross-look research, industrial, public authorities on an implementation of a sustainable energy transition and compatible with international negotiations.
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Each half-a-day session will focus on a plenary presenting a keynote, and 4 workshops in parallel between which the participant will be able to choose.
The goal of the workshops is to promote cross-fertilization debate.
Poster sessions will be open during the breaks between “Keynote presentation" and “workshop”.
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QUESTION 1:
HOW IS THE CLIMATE CHANGING IN THE MEDITERRANEAN AND WHAT ARE THE EXPECTED IMPACTS?
Keynote presentation :
›› How the Mediterranean climate evolution compares with the global trend?
Workshops :
›› How does the Mediterranean Sea control the regional climate and resources?
›› How does climate change affect energy resources and demand in the Mediterranean?
›› Is there a need for Mediterranean climate services for energy?
›› What could be the consequences for water/ energy nexus?
QUESTION 2:
HAS A MEDITERRANEAN IDENTITY EMERGED IN INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS?
Keynote presentation :
›› What are the consequences for the Mediterranean countries of the COP24 outcome on the Paris Accord implementation rules?
Workshops :
›› The Mediterranean identity in the COPs.
›› The Blue Economy: who, when, where?
›› Economic Cooperation: from Europe to Africa.
›› INDC in the Mediterranean Countries: case studies.
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QUESTION 3:
WHAT ARE THE ADAPTATION AND MITIGATION CHALLENGES IN THE ENERGY SECTOR?
Keynote presentation :
›› Do we have the tools to evaluate energy strategies in the Mediterranean region?
Workshops :
›› Changing landscape: energy scenarios.
›› Supra-regional partnerships for energy transition in the Mediterranean: DESERTEC
›› Clean energy for Mediterranean islands.
›› Financing the energy transition.
QUESTION 4:
WHAT «4.0» SOLUTIONS CAN ENSURE A SUSTAINABLE ENERGY TRANSITION THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS?
Keynote presentation :
›› How to invent change in sustainable energy?
Workshops :
›› North-South Mediterranean electricity grid development contrast.
›› Mediterranean regulatory framework.
›› Carbon regulation and stranded assets: what we do with oil and gas?
›› Mobilizing the Mediterranean citizens in renewable energy development.
The systemic complexity of energy transition in a region under such high anthropogenic pressure has led the multi-agencies MISTRALS program on the Mediterranean, to joint efforts with the École Polytechnique and its Executive Education in order to organize this workshop where researchers of various expertise will meet with public stakeholders and industrials, in a collective analysis of the energy transition pathways for the Mediterranean countries in the context of climate change.
Researchers and Academics: supported by MISTRALS
Public stakeholders: 600 € incl.taxes
Companies & Industrials: 1200 € incl.taxes
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›› Philippe Drobinski – Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) & École Polytechnique, France
›› Abdelghani Chehbouni – Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Morocco
›› Anna Creti – University Paris-Dauphine, France
›› Gianmaria Sannino – Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), Italy
›› Víctor Homar Santaner – University of the Balearic Islands, Spain
›› Guilhem Vidiella – École Polytechnique Executive Education, France
›› Robert Vautard – Centre National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), France
›› Jordi Badosa Franch – École Polytechnique, France
›› Alexis Tantet – École Polytechnique, France
›› Yves Tramblay – Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD), France
›› Imma Bastida Valbuena – École Polytechnique Executive Education, France
Michal Kurtyka : X93, Head of COP24, deputy minister to the Minister for Energy and Minister for the Environment of Poland
Fatima Driouech : Vice-Chair of Working Group I of the IPCC, lead author of the fifth IPCC report, Co-Chair of the Focus Area I of the Commission Climatology
