A fourth seminar series for CLIMACT

For this new season of seminars, which is also CLIMACT's fourth, we are pursuing our objective of exploring solutions to transform society in order to combat climate change, adapt and mitigate future impacts.

This CLIMACT seminar series will take place online, on bi-weekly basis, from 12:00 to 13:15, starting on 2 October 2023. Anyone interested in the topics presented is welcome to attend. Participants are welcome to take part in the discussions in French or English.

To launch the first seminar in the series, CLIMACT welcomes Elise Buckle, CEO of Climate & Sustainability and co-founder of SHE Changes Climate.

Monday 2 October 2023

The 2023 Agenda for Climate, People & Nature

With Elise Buckle, CEO of Climate & Sustainability and co-founder of SHE Changes Climate

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Monday 16 October 2023

Updates on SWEET EDGE & SWEET SWICE projects

With:

Maryline Andersen, professor at the Laboratory of Integrated Performance in Design, School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC), EPFL, and SWICE coordinator

Gracia Brückmann, post-doctoral researcher, EDGE project and Institute of Political Science, University of Bern

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Monday 30 October 2023

Biochar at the forefront

With:

Berta Moya, collaborator in Carbon Removal Sourcing and Methodology Developement, Carbonfuture

Nikolas Hagemann, collaborator, Agroscope

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Monday 13 November 2023

Aviation contrails

With:

Edward Gryspeerdt, researcher, Grantham Institute for Climate Change, Imperial College London

Other speaker tbc

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Monday 27 November 2023

Climate models and relevant statistics

With:

Tom Beucler, professor in the Data-Driven Atmospheric & Water Dynamics Lab, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment (FGSE), UNIL

Other speaker tbc

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Monday 11 December 2023

Capture, use and sequestration of CO₂

With:

Kumar Agrawal, professor at the Gaznat Chair for Advanced Separations (LAS), Faculty of Basic Sciences, EPFL

Wendy Queen, professor at the Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Laboratory (LFIM), Faculty of Basic Sciences, EPFL

Information on the seminars to be held in 2024 will be communicated in due time.