{"id":104203,"date":"2021-03-26T16:00:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?p=104203"},"modified":"2021-06-02T15:53:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T13:53:46","slug":"webinar-net-zero-emissions-%e2%89%a0-zero-pollution-2-june","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/en_gb\/webinar-net-zero-emissions-%e2%89%a0-zero-pollution-2-june\/","title":{"rendered":"Webinar Net zero emissions \u2260 zero pollution – 2 June"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The LOCOMOTION project is glad to invite you to the webinar Net zero emissions \u2260 zero pollution on 2 June.<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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During the EU Green Week Partners, the\u00a0LOCOMOTION project<\/a>\u00a0will host the webinar\u00a0Net zero emissions \u2260 zero pollution: Inconvenient (pollution) truths about the green energy supply chain<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

There is no doubt that we need a large-scale deployment of renewable energy to meet Paris Agreement targets. Nonetheless, no energy source comes free of environmental and social side effects. Although renewable energy sources are, as the name suggests, renewable and sustainable, the technologies to harness and utilise them are a different story.<\/p>\n

Not only does the construction of solar panels, wind turbines and other forms of renewable technology produce greenhouse gas emissions, it also requires an extensive amount of rare minerals. Moreover, the\u00a0Energy Return on Investment (EROI)<\/a>, i.e. the amount of energy that must be invested to generate usable energy, drops considerably during the transition, according to our models.<\/p>\n

A renewable energy boom will accelerate the expansion of mining and might lead to a rush to enlarge existing or opening new mines in Europe and across the globe. Mining is known for being one of the most polluting industries in the world. Extraction and primary processing of metals and minerals are responsible for\u00a0a quarter of global carbon emissions<\/a>. Together with agriculture, these industries account for up to\u00a090% of global biodiversity loss\u00a0<\/a>and water stress impacts.<\/p>\n

Our models show that, if all the world\u2019s cars become electric by 2050 and recycling rates remain low there will be\u00a0critical shortages of numerous minerals<\/a>, including lithium copper, lithium, manganese and nickel. Besides, there are the negative environmental and social impacts of mining activities all around the globe (especially in the Global South). For example, even global leaders in environmental standards have trouble keeping their commitment. Canada, for example, a self-proclaimed\u00a0global leader in climate action<\/a>, has 61 reported cases in the Environmental Justice Atlas, which records cases of environmental conflict around the world, with close to\u00a030% of those cases involving the mining industry<\/a>. Conflicts around existing and proposed mines related to materials for renewable energy infrastructure are popping up all over Europe, from Greenland to Serbia and from Portugal to Finland.<\/p>\n

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Agenda<\/h4>\n

10:00 – 10:10<\/strong>\u00a0Welcome and introduction to LOCOMOTION (Katy Wiese, Associate Policy Officer for Economic Transition, European Environmental Bureau)<\/p>\n

10:10 – 10:20<\/strong> Presentation of two or three alternative of policy questions that can be simulate and vote by the audience (Nathalie Wergles, Project manager LOCOMOTION, University de Valladolid)<\/p>\n

10:20 – 11:10<\/strong>\u00a0The hidden social and environmental costs and limitations of the EU energy transition<\/p>\n

Speakers<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u00f1igo Capell\u00e1n P\u00e9rez (Post-doctoral Researcher, University of Valladolid) on the hidden environmental costs of renewable energy<\/p>\n

Marga Mediavilla (Professor, University of Valladolid) on the hidden environmental cost of electric cars<\/p>\n

Dirk-Jan Van de Ven (Postdoctoral Researcher, BC3 Basque Centre for Climate Change) on the hidden land costs of solar energy<\/p>\n

Diego Marin (Assistant Environmental Justice, European Environmental Bureau) on the hidden environmental costs of mining for the renewable transition and policy recommendations<\/p>\n

11:10-11:25<\/strong> Presentation of results of modelling exercise (Nathalie Wergles, Project manager LOCOMOTION, University de Valladolid)<\/p>\n

11:25-11:30<\/strong>\u00a0Closing and farewell (Katy Wiese, Associate Policy Officer for Economic Transition, European Environmental Bureau)<\/p>\n

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Join the discussion on 2 June!<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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