Climate Proofing the Electric Sector I/II

A Transatlantic Dialogue

Event: Digital Event
Date: 9 December 2021, 11 am - 1 pm (EST) | 5 - 7 pm (CET)
Location: online

The purpose of this webinar series is to discuss the challenges that power grid operators and electricity producers face in Germany and the United States with a changing climate and policy and investment measures for adaptation and resilience. The goal is to share knowledge and best practices, foster transatlantic dialogue and connections, and to think critically about how best to safeguard critical energy infrastructures.

Day 1 (Thursday, 9 December 2021) will focus on the risks that climate change poses to the electricity sector and best practices for adaptation and resilience.

Confirmed speakers include:

Dr. Frank Kaspar, Deutscher Wetterdienst (German Meteorological Service)
Dr. Craig Zamuda, the U.S. Department of Energy
Dr. Judsen Bruzgul, ICF International
Dr. Eknath Vittal, Electric Power Research Institute
Stephen Torres, Southern California Edison
Neil Weisenfeld, ICF International
Dennis Volk, Bundesnetzagentur (the German Federal Network Agency)
Dr. Jesse Keenan, Tulane University
Romany Webb, Columbia Law School
Mike Hogan, the Regulatory Assistance Project

This webinar series is supported by the Ecologic Institute.

Organizer: Ecologic Institute, Germany
Team: Jonathan Frost

Sören Haffer
Date: 9 December 2021, 11 am - 1 pm (EST) | 5 - 7 pm (CET)
Location: online
Language: English
Keywords: Adaptation

Climate

Energy

United States, Germany

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Further Links

EventDigital EventClimate Proofing the Electric Sector II/II

The purpose of this webinar series is to discuss the challenges that power grid operators and electricity producers face in Germany and the United States with a changing climate and policy and investment measures for adaptation and resilience. The goal is to share... Read more

Digital Event:Climate Proofing the Electric Sector II/II

Date: 13 December 2021
Location: online

PublicationReportA Blueprint for Adaptation

Cover of the report "A Blueprint for Adaptation Preparing the U.S. and German Energy Systems for the Risks that Climate Change Poses"

Climate change poses an increasing threat to our electric system, which we rely on to support a high standard of living and to keep our economies functioning. Extreme weather events, sea level rise and wildfires not only expose vulnerabilities in our electric system but... Read more

Frost, Jonathan (2022): A Blueprint for Adaptation – Preparing the U.S. and German Energy Systems for the Risks that Climate Change Poses. Ecologic Institute, Berlin