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SUMMARY:The EUCalculator model: A tool for evaluating tradeoffs between li
 festyles and technology changes
DTSTART:20191003T163000
DTEND:20191003T173000
DTSTAMP:20260407T103357Z
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CATEGORIES:Conferences - Seminars
DESCRIPTION:Dr Luis Filipe Carvalho da Costa is an engineer turned researc
 her. He graduated with a Diploma degree in Environmental Engineering from 
 the University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro (Portugal) in 2006 and rece
 ived his PhD from the University of Greifswald in 2013. Currently working 
 at the the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research\, he has led clim
 ate impact and adaptation studies for European research projects and the G
 erman Ministry of Environment. Recently\, he turned attention to quantifyi
 ng the mitigation benefits of lifestyle change in Europe as part of the sc
 ientific and managing team of the EUCal project.\nFailing  to  address 
  the  role  of  societal  change  will  make reaching the targets se
 t in the Paris Agreement more difficult. Preliminary results of the EU Cal
 culator model indicate that changes in individual behavior have comparable
  greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction  potential  to  those  from  ambitiou
 s technological deployment in transport and agriculture. In both cases\, t
 he reductions in GHG come associated with important tradeoffs regarding in
 vestment costs\, biodiversity\, water and - perhaps more importantly for t
 he ongoing debate - time. The presentation will introduce the EUCalculator
  model and other outcomes of the EUcalc project.
LOCATION:AAC 1 06 https://plan.epfl.ch/?room==AAC%201%2006
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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