Webinar series on long-term energy scenarios
The climate objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement require a global transformation in the energy sector. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals similarly call for a shift to clean energy based largely on renewable sources and technologies. In parallel, accelerating innovations over the past decade have changed the ways that energy is generated, distributed and used, as well as how the system operates and links with wider infrastructure.
Launched at the 9th Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM) in 2018, the Long-term Energy Scenarios (LTES) campaign aims to explore these challenges. Long-term energy scenarios have become an invaluable tool, both to facilitate international debate and guide national policy-making to accelerate the sustainable energy transition over the coming decades. Although long-term scenario planning is not new, the growing complexity of modern energy systems calls for new approaches. While the right choices can bring great economic benefits, poorly informed decisions can result in significant economic costs, including stranded assets, or the failure to employ disruptive innovations to spur better economic development.
To promote the wider adoption and improved use of long-term energy scenarios, the LTES campaign is hosting a series of regular webinars.
Learn about the IRENA Energy Transition Scenarios Network
The webinar series will look at how to best use scenarios for decision making, improve scenarios for the clean energy transition and identifying approaches to building capacity in governments. Participants will have the opportunity to engage with leading practitioners in this field including with leading government representatives and research institutions around the world. LTES webinars will be held on a near-weekly basis, see more information in the webinar series planner.
More information on the LTES campaign
Past webinars
21 March 2019
- Daniel Russo - IRENA IITC [topic: 2. Improving scenarios]
- Emanuele Taibi – IRENA IITC [topic: 2. Improving scenarios]
7 March 2019
- Liu Jun – State Grid Energy Research Institute (SGERI) [topic: 1. Using / 2. Improving scenarios]
- Alban Kitous –European Commission, DG ENERGY [topic: 1. Using Scenarios/ 2. Improving scenarios]
21 February 2019
- Reshma Francy – UAE Ministry of Energy [topic: 1. Using scenarios / Improving scenarios]
- Alec Waterhouse – UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) [topic: 2. Improving scenarios]
7 February 2019
- Jean-Philippe Bernier – NRCAN [topic: 1. Using scenarios]
- Michael Nadew – NEB [topic: 2. Improving scenarios]
- Nick Macaluso and Robin White – ECCC [topic: 2. Improving scenarios]
24 January 2019
- Wesley Cole – NREL Strategic Energy Analysis Center [topic: 1. Using scenarios/2. Improving scenarios]
- Dalius Tarvydas – EU Joint Research Centre (JRC) [topic: 1. Using scenarios]
17 January 2019
- George Giannakidis – Energy Technology Systems Analysis Program (ETSAP) [topic: 3. Building capacity]
- Brian O’Gallachoir – Energy Technology Systems Analysis Program (ETSAP) [topic: 1. Using scenarios/2. Improving scenarios]
20 December 2018
- Pieter Boot and Paul Koutstaal – Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) [topic: 1. Using scenarios/2. Improving scenarios]
- Hiroyuki Ishida – Japan Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) [topic: 1. Using scenarios]
13 December 2018
- Tiina Koljonen – VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland [topic: 1. Using scenarios/2. Improving scenarios]
- Thorsten Rüther – German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWI) [topic: 1. Using scenarios/2. Improving scenarios]
6 December 2018
- Kaare Sandholt – China National Renewable Energy Centre (CNREC) [topic: 1. Using scenarios/2. Improving scenarios]
- Niels Bisgaard – Danish Energy Agency (DEA) [topic: 3. Building capacity]
29 November 2018
- Uwe Remme and Stephanie Bouckaert– International Energy Agency (IEA)
- Javier Bustos and Juan Carlos Araneda – Chile Ministry of Energy and Gerente de Planificación de la Transmisión
15 November 2018
- Jesús Raymundo Duque – Mexico Secretary of Energy (SENER)
- Thiago Barral and Gustavo Naciff – The Energy Research Office (EPE) of Brasil