COP 26 and just transitions: what can we learn from Cuba and Scotland?
COP 26 and just transitions: what can we learn from Cuba and Scotland?
School of Social and Political Sciences
Date: Wednesday 03 November 2021
Time: 18:00 - 20:00
Venue: Senate Rooms, University of Glasgow
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Speaker: Liset Borges Vazquez; Helen Yaffe; Matt Hannon; Andrew Judge; Ewan Gibbs
Website: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cop26-and-just-transitions-what-can-we-learn-from-cuba-and-scotland-tickets-169816871835
Scotland and Cuba are both small nations that have staked their futures on achieving breakthroughs in renewable energy. At this event, researchers with expertise in each country will examine the motivations, achievements and challenges associated with the energy transition in each context. The panel will be challenged to assess the parallels and distinctions between Scotland’s strategy of carbon mitigation and Cuba’s shift to renewables which is in no small part driven by adaptation climate change and shifts in the global energy economy. Discussion will be drawn towards wider implications for what small nations can achieve and the threats they face in the context of an urgent worldwide change in forms of energy generation.