Climate Change and Renewable Energy Workshop Report
Carleton University October 1-2, 2015
Speaker biographies
Presentation abstracts
Keynote panel: Sustainable Energy Transition: The Role of Renewables in Europe and Canada
Christian Hey: “Comparing EU Climate Governance: 2008 and 2014”
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Matthew Hoffmann: “The Politics of Decarbonization and the Shifting Context of Global Climate Governance”
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James Meadowcroft: “Accelerating the Transition to a Low Carbon Emission Society: Reflections on the Canadian Context”
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Top Down or Bottom Up?: Institutional and political contexts for decision-making in the EU and Canada
Kathryn Harrison: “Opportunities – and Limits – of Climate Leadership by Canadian Provinces”
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Douglas Macdonald: “Ontario Renewable Energy and Climate Change Policy in the Canadian Intergovernmental and North American Contexts”
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Francis McGowan: “How Europeanised are European Renewable Policies?”
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Cities, Energy, and Climate Change: Experiences from Europe and Canada
Lena Bendlin: “The Covenant of Mayors Experience: Lessons for Fostering Local Climate Policy”
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Matthew Paterson: “Cities and Climate Governance: From Experimental Initiatives to Reshaping Urban Development”
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Elizabeth Schwartz: “A Lot of Hot Air? Measuring the Climate Change Initiatives of Canadian Cities”
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Anne Tews: “Municipal Reactions to European Energy and Climate Governance: The Case of German Cities”
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City Perspectives: Practitioners’ Insights
Janice Ashworth, Operations Manager, Ottawa Renewable Energy Co-op (OREC)
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David Chernushenko, Councillor for Capital Ward and Chair of Environment Committee, City of Ottawa
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Detlef Gerdts, Department of environment and climate protection, Osnabrück
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Policy Options for Renewable Energy Development in the European Union
Mats Braun: “Popular Support and EU Climate Policy”
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Maya Jegen: “Energy Transition and Challenges for Wind Energy in Switzerland”
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Volkmar Lauber: “Different Transition Paths to Low Carbon Power: Germany, UK, EU”
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Pablo del Río González: “Are the Interactions Between the EU’s Renewable Energy Support and Emissions Trading System (ETS) Really so Negative?”
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Stephan Schott: “The New Energy Union: Priorities and Conflicting Policy Objectives”
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Policy Options for Renewable Energy Development in Ontario and Canada
Stephen Hill: “Divided Power: Social Friction and Green Energy Development in Ontario”
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Nic Rivers: “Lessons Learned from a Decade of Promoting Renewable Energy in Ontario”
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Daniel Rosenbloom: “Choices, Pathways, and Emerging Renewables: Exploring the Role of New Renewable Electricity Technologies within Illustrative Pathways for Ontario’s Electricity System”
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Ian Rowlands: “Vulnerable Households and Distributed Renewable Electricity in Ontario: Emerging Challenges and Opportunities”
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Leah C. Stokes: “The Politics of Renewable Energy and Ambitious Policies: Comparing Ontario, California & Texas”
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Workshop agenda
This event was supported by Carleton University and funded by grants from the European Union and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).