Event Details

Seminar: "The Future of Ireland’s Environment"

Venue: The ESRI, Whitaker Square, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin 2

Date: 03/12/2008
Time: 9:30 to 13:00

The ESRI and Teagasc, funded by the EPA, have been working to extend the well-known ESRI forecasts of the economy to include emissions and resource use. The national component of this project is now completed, with projections of waste generation, energy use, and emissions to air from 20 sectors for 2009-2025. This seminar presents methods, results and policy implications. Click here for more detail.

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Agenda

Chairperson: John Curtis (EPA)

09:30 Waste
Sean Lyons (ESRI)

10:00 Commuting
Edgar Morgenroth (ESRI)

10:30 Energy demand
Adele Bergin, John Fitz Gerald and Laura Malaguzzi Valeri (ESRI)

11:00 Break

11:30 Emissions from agriculture
Trevor Donnellan and Kevin Hanrahan (Teagasc)

12:00 Emissions to air
Richard Tol (ESRI)

12:30 General discussion

13:00 Sandwich lunch

The seminar is free and open for all, but for planning purposes we would like you to register here.