Im Rahmen der Ringvorlesung des Sommersemesters begrüßt die Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät am 7. Juli ab 18:00 Uhr Professor Edgar Hertwich von der Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Die Reihe, die Vorträge in deutscher und englischer Sprache umfasst, trägt den Titel: „Circular Economy and Sustainable Development“. Zur Teilnahme an der öffentlichen Veranstaltung sind alle Interessierten herzlich eingeladen. Die Veranstaltung wird auf virtuellem Wege über die Plattform WWUzoom übertragen. Beitreten können Sie über den folgenden Link:  wwu.zoom.us/j/61266969884

Über das Thema des Abends

The production of materials has increased faster than most other emissions sources and now causes a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. Materials production is hard to decarbonize and for competitive reason exempt from certain climate policy instruments. Reducing the demand for primary material production is hence the most important medium-term GHG mitigation strategy. In this talk, a study of the International Resource Panel is presented which investigated potential emissions reductions from material efficiency strategies for residential buildings and cars and investigated policies which could promote such strategies. It is shown that material efficiency, including increased reuse and recycling, make a unique contribution without which reaching the Paris climate target will be difficult.

Über den Referenten

Edgar Hertwich is professor and chair of industrial ecology at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim. Born in Salzburg, Austria, he studied physics at Princeton and energy and resources at Berkeley. He has served as a lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) fifth assessment report, as president of the International Society for Industrial Ecology, and as professor of industrial sustainability at Yale. He is widely recognized for the first quantification of the carbon footprint of nations and emission associated with international trade.