Carleton University’s Centre for European Studies EU Centre of Excellence and the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue will host a policy workshop on climate change and renewable energy on Oct. 1 and 2, 2015.
This international workshop and public forum will examine European and Canadian approaches to renewable energy production and climate change policy. A common theme will be how the linkages between renewables and climate change are addressed in different types of institutional and political contexts.
This event is free and open to the public. Media are invited to attend.
When: Thursday, Oct. 1 and Friday, Oct. 2, 2015
Where: Room 2220 – 2228, River Building, Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa
The workshop provides an opportunity to critically examine action and inertia in the European Union (EU) and its member states on the one hand, and in Canada at the provincial and local levels (with a focus on Ontario and Ottawa) on the other. The workshop will devote particular attention to new renewables such as wind and solar technologies, including issues of public and social acceptance, drivers of innovation, sources of action and inertia in government promotion of these technologies and policy options in implementing renewable energy options. The potential for lower-level jurisdictions (municipalities, provinces, or in the EU, member states) to serve as leadership points will be explored, along with the way in which such initiatives are encouraged by the EU.
Media Contact:
Chris Cline
Media Relations Officer
Carleton University
613-520-2600, ext. 1391
christopher_cline@carleton.ca