Climate refugees and climate policy

When:

23 June 2017

14:00 Hour - 16:00 Hour

Location:Huis van Europa
Korte Vijverberg 5 en 6
2513 AB Den Haag

Event organizer:Electrical engineering

Pricing KIVI leden:Free

Description

Theme "Climate refugees and renewable energy" as part of EU Sustainable Week.

A humanitarian disaster is currently unfolding in Sub-Saharan countries. Many people are fleeing the
drought (sometimes combined with war). We can expect the
climate refugees to become a recurring political theme in the coming years.

The association VZKC, Vereniging voor ZonneKrachtCentrales organises a couple of times a year a
theme afternoon, in this case the theme is: "Climate refugees and renewable energy".

The association aims to tackle climate change by switching to renewable energy as soon as possible, in which the deserts are thought to play an important role.

Sub-Saharan countries are an ideal opportunity for development because of the great sunshine conditions, while these countries generally lack proper electricity infrastructure, one of the prerequisites for
economic development. But also for the ability to produce clean drinking water.

The association VZKC is committed to this in the coming years.
The problem countries are extremely poor.

What is Europe's (and the Netherlands') responsibility when it comes to this problem?
What should be done in the context of the Paris climate agreement?
What should be done in the context of development cooperation?
What should be done in the context of the fight against terrorism?

Questions to which a starting answer will be formulated at this seminar.
You are invited to join the discussion on this.

Speaker(s)

Speaker Jan Vos is a former Member of Parliament with sustainable energy and climate in his portfolio, before that director of an impact investment company investing in Africa, including in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Central African Republic. He is highly committed to a sustainable economy and has consistently worked for a safer national and international environment.

Speaker Paul van den Oosterkamp: He highlights the current energy situation in the MENA region with a focus on the Sub-Sahara.

Paul is Senior Policy Advisor at ECN and advises on wide range of energy topics, technology combining with socio-economic and policy aspects, in particular transition to a more sustainable energy mix. Both in Europe and internationally, with a special focus on the MENA region.

Before joining ECN in 2001, he worked in various
positions at KTI Benelux (now Technip) with a focus on R&D in hydrogen technologies, petrochemicals and refinery technology.

Paul has a background in Chemical Engineering and in 2008 he obtained an Executive MBA from the Twente School of Management