Open lecture with Pär Holmgren on Climate, European Energy Security and EU Policy

Date: 31 March 2022, 20:15–22:00
Location: University Main Building
Type: Lecture
Lecturer: Pär Holmgren, meteorologist, climate expert and since 2019 member of the European Parliament for the Swedish Green Party (Miljöpartiet de Gröna).
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Organiser: CEMUS, the Centre for Environment and Development Studies
Contact person: Daniel Mossberg

Welcome to an open lecture with Pär Holmgren on Climate, European Energy Security and EU Policy March 31!

The most recent IPCC report focus on the consequences of climate change and societies’ vulnerabilities and potential abilities to adapt. It was published four days after the full scale Russian invasion of Ukraine begun. The Ukrainian represent in IPCC stated that climate change and the war in Ukraine have one thing in common – fossil fuels and our dependency on it.

Climate policy is security policy. Climate change it self poses a huge threat to people worldwide, and our fossil economies are fragile and vulnerable in times of increasing geopolitical tensions.

EU has been and still is a large importer of Russian gas, oil, coal and uranium. So far, EU sanctions have not limited the European use of Russian energy. Recently the EU-commission announced its REPowerEU plan, with the objective to reduce EU dependency on Russian gas by two thirds before the end of the year.

During this lecture Pär will talk about the messages from the latest IPCC report and about European climate policy and energy security.