Event

COP26: The North Sea as a springboard for the green transition

The nations bordering the North Sea have long benefited from its bounty. Now these countries, along with the rest of the world, stand before a challenge on a scale never seen before. North Sea countries have a unique opportunity to use their knowledge and expertise about the area to implement novel solutions to the climate crisis.

Information

Location: COP26, Hall 4 , PV 63, Blue Zone, Bellona Pavilion
Address: Exhibition Way, Glasgow G3 8YW, Storbritannia
Start: 09/11/2021 - 12:00 Add to calendar
End: 09/11/2021 - 13:30

Event time is GMT - Norway time is one hour later.

This event will present a document co-signed by scientists associated with four international research centres on CCS, offshore wind, low-emission technology and energy transition. The co-signers of the document call for a greater international cooperation in establishing green transition projects in the North Sea. With concerted and targeted efforts by the countries that border it, the North Sea can become a test bed for green transition technology, creating new solutions that can be applied in the rest of the world.

Read our document The North Sea as a Springboard for the Green Transition, co-signed by Ruhr Universität Bochum, the British Geological Survey, the University of Strathclyde, TNO, University of Oslo, the Technical University of Denmark, Fraunhofer, University of Zurich, NTNU and SINTEF.

The scientists come from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the British Geological Survey, TNO, the University of Oslo, the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Stathclyde University Glasgow, Fraunhofer and SINTEF.

SINTEF and NTNU will present three recommendations for a green transition in the North Sea and invite panellists to discuss the report and the recommendations.

Read our reccomendations

The panellists will include scientists, representatives from industry and NGOs, and politicians.

Host: Edel Sheridan, Senior Business Developer, SINTEF

Three recommendations:

Nils Røkke, EVP Sustainability, SINTEF
Asgeir Tomasgard, Director NTRANS, Professor NTNU

Science panel:

Stefania Gardarsdottir, Director LowEmission, Research manager SINTEF
Mona Mølnvik, Director Norwegian CCS Research Centre, Research director, SINTEF
John Olav Tande, Director NorthWind, Chief scientist SINTEF
Olimpo Anaya-Lara, Professor, University of Strathclyde
Arno van Wingerde, Chief Scientist, Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy Systems
Roberta Veronezi Figueiredo, Research Scientist, TNO