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The third lecture in this year's Distinguished Lecture Series, sponsored
by CMI and The Cambridge University M.Phil Programme in Environmental
Engineering and Sustainable Development, will be given by <b>Tom Delay,
Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust
</b><a href="http://www.thecarbontrust.co.uk/" eudora="autourl">
www.thecarbontrust.co.uk<br><br>
</a>Title: <x-tab> </x-tab><font size=4 color="#008000"><b>A
sustainable climate for the future: applying engineering skills to the
challenge of climate change<br><br>
</font><font size=4>Abstract: </b>Tom Delay, CEO of the Carbon Trust,
will be addressing the following questions:<br>
What is the global response to climate change?<br>
- why it is necessary to develop technical solutions to reduce both
energy supply<br>
- how international climate change trading mechanisms and targets support
these reductions<br>
- the response from business and the role of the consumer What
technologies will help us tackle climate change?<br>
- an overview of the technologies that can be utilised to create a low
carbon economy<br>
- how new low carbon technologies can be brought down the cost curve<br>
- marine device development: the engineering challenges of bringing down
pence/kWhr<br>
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Tom will be showing case studies ranging from early stage technology
device development to FTSE 350 businesses.<br><br>
</font>Speaker:
<x-tab> </x-tab><b>Tom Delay,
Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust
</b><a href="http://www.thecarbontrust.co.uk/" eudora="autourl">
www.thecarbontrust.co.uk<br>
</a>Tom was appointed as the first Chief Executive of the Carbon Trust in
2001. The Carbon Trust is an independent company funded by Government.
The Carbon Trust works to help the UK move to a low carbon economy by
helping business and the public sector reduce carbon emissions now and
capture the commercial opportunities of low carbon technologies.
Tom is a chartered engineer with extensive experience of the energy
sector.<br><br>
Date & Time:<x-tab> </x-tab>Wednesday,
February 22, from 1 - 2:30<br><br>
Location:<x-tab> </x-tab>The
lecture will be broadcast from the UK and received in MIT Room
8-404.<br><br>
For details on other lectures in the series, visit
<a href="http://ceeserver3.mit.edu/CMI%20Distinguished%20Lectures.pdf" eudora="autourl">
http://ceeserver3.mit.edu/CMI%20Distinguished%20Lectures.pdf<br><br>
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</a>-Gayle</body>
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