Snowmass Workshop - Assessing the Linkages between Energy, Modeling, Finance, and Integrated Assessment
Event Details:
Location
Snowmass, CO
United States
Monday, July 24, 2017
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Planning Committee: Haroon Kheshgi, Bryan Mignone and John Weyant
Introduction
- John Weyant
Scene Setting: Assessing nearer-term and longer-term goals
Session 1: Assessing Longer-term Climate and Sustainable Development Goals
- Chair: Jae Edmonds
- Jim Skea
A Modeler's Perspective on IPCC Special Report and AR6
- Elmar Kriegler
Interactions among the SDGs, NDCs and Longer-term Climate Goals
- Keywan Riahi
Session 2: Assessing Climate Action in the Near-term
- Chair: Valentina Bosetti
The Role of Economic Models in Meeting the Transparency Requirements of Paris Agreement
- Jake Jacoby
Additional Perspectives on Paris including Gap and CD-LINKS Work
- Detlef van Vuuren
- Shinichiro Fujimori
Session 3: Perspectives on the Role for Integrated Assessment
- Chair: Max Tavoni
What Lessons Have Been Learned About the Role of IA in Policy and Investment Planning?
- Jae Edmonds
Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Combining insights from energy modeling, finance and integrated assessment
Session 4: Technology Deployment Barriers in Transformation Pathways – Overview
- Chair: Haroon Kheshgi
Review of Global Decarbonization Scenarios: What do they tell us about feasibility?
- Armond Cohen
- Jesse Jenkins
Session 5: Technology Deployment Barriers in Transformation Pathways – Case Studies
- Chair: Bryan Mignone
Competition and Complementarity Between Natural Gas and Renewables
- Dan Steinberg
The Future of Nuclear Deployment in the United States
- John Bistline
Session 6: Role of Finance in Transformation Pathways
- Chair John Weyant
Energy Project Finance & Risk Management + Discussion
- David Nelson
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Combining insights from energy modeling, finance and integrated assessment (cont.)
Session 7: Using IA to Inform Energy Modeling and Energy Finance
- Chair: Haroon Kheshgi
Session 8: Enhancing the Connections between Energy Modeling, Finance and IA
- Chair: Leon Clarke
Wrap-up and next steps
Session 9: Emerging Topics and Next Steps
- Chair: John Weyant, Haroon Kheshgi and Bryan Mignone
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Wrap-up and next steps – (Cont.)
Identify emerging topics and focus on next steps
- John Weyant, Planning Committee, and Invited Attendees