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Climate Change Congress: can you help cut carbon emissions from aviation and shipping?

Are you an expert in the carbon emissions of the transport industries? If so the University of Cambridge, UK, would like to hear from you. Terry Barker of the Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research (4CMR) is looking to put together two proposals for schemes to decarbonise the aviation and shipping industries in time for the climate change negotiations in December.

 

Speaking at a lunchtime workshop at the Climate Change Congress in Copenhagen, Barker explained how he’s keen to bring as many different modelling approaches to bear on the problem as possible. And he’s looking to bring together representatives from each of the industries to work together with the relevant scientists, as well as representatives from government and NGOs.

 

“The more independent modelling teams the better,” said Barker, who is also looking for short-term funding for the project. “The results are more convincing if we’re coming at them from different approaches.”

 

If you’re interested in participating, send an email to erw36@cam.ac.uk.

Posted by Liz Kalaugher on March 12, 2009 9:55 PM | Permalink