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Workshop: Extreme Events and Energy Transitions - Tackling the Challenges of Climate Change by Integrating Social and Complex Systems Science

  • applied sciences
  • Monday 23 September 2019, 10:30 - Friday 27 September 2019, 20:00 (CEST)

Practical information

When
Monday 23 September 2019, 10:30 - Friday 27 September 2019, 20:00 (CEST)
Languages
English

Description

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Extreme Events and Energy Transitions - Tackling the Challenges of Climate Change by Integrating Social and Complex Systems Science

Human activities exposes us to ever more frequent extreme events such as:

  • power black-outs
  • droughts
  • extended floods

This poses challenges to energy sustainability and actions to tackle climate change through renewable energies.

The workshop on extreme events and energy transitions aims at exploring how enable important advancements in this area by

  • integration of complex system approaches with
  • elements of social organisation and adaptation.

How to Apply and Practical Information

Toapply and for further details, please visit the European Energy Efficiency Platform(E3P).

Deadline for application: 20 June 2019

Deadline for selection of participants: 5 July 2019

Audience

The event is open to people from EU countries working on extreme events and energy transition sustainability from both a social and a physical/engineering perspective.

  • Practitioners,
  • PhD students and
  • postdoc/advanced researchers

Venue

Ispra, IT