Permanent Monitoring Panel -
Energy
Members of the Panel:
Co-Chairs:
William Barletta (wabarletta@lbl.gov)
Carmine Difiglio (carminedifiglio@sabanciuniv.edu)
Robert Schock (bob@bontekoe.net)
Members:
Robert Budnitz (budnitz@pacbell.net)
Andrea Contin (andrea.contin@unibo.it)
Michael Jefferson (jeffers@dircon.co.uk)
Hisham Khatib (khatib@nets.com.jo)
Tatsuo Masuda (tatsuo.masuda@gmail.com)
Charles McCombie (charles.mccombie@mccombie.ch)
Anita Nilsson (anitanilsson.swe@gmail.com)
Jef Ongena (j.ongena@fz-juelich.de)
Hans-Holger Rogner (holger.rogner@gmail.com )
Adnan Shihab-Eldin (adnan.shihabeldin@gmail.com)
Bruce Stram (brucestram@thestrams.com)
Zhang Xiliang (zhang_xl@tsinghua.edu.cn)
Emeritus Member:
Richard Garwin
Associate Members:
Pierre Darriulat
Ashok Gadgil
Richard C. Lanza
Charles McCombie
Adilson Motter
Yuichi Ogawa
Anil Razdan
James Rogers
Dong-Pil Min
Sun Yuliang
Summary of the Emergency
Energy supply and use affects economic growth, security, pollution, climate change
and political tensions among nations. Oil prices have been, and are likely to remain a major
factor limiting global economic recovery. Almost 20% of the world’s population (1.3 billion people)
still lack electricity and basic energy services, without which, education, economic progress and
political self-realization are barely possible. While most OECD countries have vastly improved
energy’s environmental footprint, energy production and use remain the major source of air
and water pollution in many countries, severely compromising health and well-being. Lastly,
the burning of fossil fuels is the primary anthropogenic contributor to increased greenhouse
gas concentrations.
Priorities in dealing with the Emergency
The PMP monitors scientific and technical results and
contributes to the formulation of policy on the following subjects:
- Energy efficiency technologies and policies
- Renewable energy technologies and policies
- Nuclear power technologies and policies
- The international oil and gas markets
- Energy services for the poor
- Energy and cities
- Technologies and policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions
Erice Seminars on Planetary Emergencies – Energy PMP Sessions
2017
Control Planetary Emergencies Using the Science of Complex Networks (Project 9)
The Nuclear Safety Center (Project 10)
The Bio-Economy and Transition Towards a Circular Economy (Project 20-A)
Upgraded Pyrolysis for Organic Wastes Treatment (Project 20-B)
2016
The Nuclear Safety Center
Science of Complex Networks
2015
Renewable and Nuclear Energy [became a Special Issue of Energy Policy, Issue 96, 2016]
Energy for the Poor
2014
Seminar not held.
2013
Why Energy is an Economic Planetary Emergency
Nuclear Power
Energy – Key to the Evolution of Cities
2012
Global Nuclear Energy Issues
Energy and Sustainability in Cities
2011
Nuclear Power After Fukushima
Unconventional Natural Gas Development*
Energy Efficiency
2010
Science for Sustainable Energy Systems
Passive Safety in Nuclear Power Plants
Oil Spills and Deep Water Drilling*
2009
Essential Technologies for Moderating Climate Change and Improving Energy
Security
Advanced Technologies and Strategies in China
2008
Food and Energy: Sustainability of Biofuels
Nuclear Power: Present and Future
Nuclear Waste: On the Road to Sustainability*
*Co-sponsored with the Pollution PMP
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