Chemin de la Ferme 2, 1297 Founex
Project Drawdown has brought together a qualified and diverse group of researchers from around the world to identify, research and model the most substantive, existing solutions to address climate change and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by reducing fossil fuel emissions and sequestering carbon out of the atmosphere. These range from bioplastics to artificial leafs to building automation, clean cookstoves, coastal wetlands, living buildings, cows walking on beaches, and many more.
On 13 November 2018 (5:30 PM-6:45 PM CET) Drawdown Switzerland is organizing an awareness-raising event focused on these solutions at the International School of Geneva’s La Châtaigneraie.
Professor Jacques Dubochet, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 2017 and Emeritus Professor of biophysics at the University of Lausanne will give a talk on "Science-Based Solutions to Global Warming". His talk will be followed by presentations and discussion about solutions and actions we can all take not just to slow down global warming, but to reverse it.
Programme
1.Welcome David Woods, Secondary and campus principal, International School of Geneva, La Châtaigneraie, Founex
2.Introduction Dr. François Vuille, Energy center, Executive Director, EPFL
3.Project Drawdown, a global plan to reverse global warming Chad Frischmann, Research Director, Project Drawdown
4.Keynote talk:Science-based solutions to global warming Professor Jacques Dubochet, Nobel laureate, Emeritus Professor of Biophysics, Université de Lausanne
5.Drawdown Solutions, a Swiss perspective, moderated by Dr. François Vuille:
- Plant-based foods Roger Lienhard, founder of Blue Horizon Group
- ntegrated solar Peter Roethlisberger, COO Solaxess
- Educating girls Sandrine Henton,CEO Educate Global Fund
- Electric bicycles for commuting Judith Häberli, Founder and CEO of Urban Connect
- Electric vehicles that are sustainable: Softcar Jean-Luc Thuliez, CEO Softcar TBC
6.Q&A
7. Next steps John Moorhead, President, Drawdown Switzerland
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About Drawdown Switzerland
Drawdown Switzerland advocates for the scale up of climate solutions to achieve drawdown – the moment in time when the removal of greenhouse-gases exceeds the amount emitted yearly.
We are not a think-tank, but rather an “act-tank”, a not-for-profit organisation which supports positive economic, social and environmental solutions to reach drawdown in Switzerland and the reallocation of $ trillions in Swiss-based investment to Drawdown solutions. We are part of the Drawdown coalition.
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