IN4climate.NRW – creating innovations for a decarbonised industry
Workshop organised by IN4climate.NRW
Wednesday 16 September
9.30–11.45 CET
About the event
As part of the “Industrial Efficiency – Decarbonise Industry!” digital event organised by the European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (eceee), IN4climate.NRW invited participants to attend a side event to discuss the importance of the scientific community, business, and policy makers working together to achieve a climate-neutral future for industry.
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our times. Action taken by industry to protect the climate has a critical role to play. As we transition to a climate-neutral future for the industrial sector, new innovative processes, strategies and products must be developed that will help to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
From its position as a state-based initiative, IN4climate.NRW offers a platform for dialogue and collaboration where experts from the worlds of industry, science and politics come together to work on solutions for the energy-intensive primary sector in North Rhine-Westphalia. Working groups focusing on topics such as hydrogen, the circular economy, heating, policy frameworks and the CO2 economy discuss production processes and value chains and develop solutions for a climate-neutral approach. The initiative’s work is supported and overseen by the scientific competence centre SCI4climate.NRW.
By giving an insight into the practical cross-sectoral work being carried out to achieve the shared objective, IN4climate.NRW’s event complemented the main programme of the Industrial Efficiency conference, which has a largely scientific focus. Representatives of companies operating around the world joined international agencies to report on developments and discuss them with the scientific community.
The event thereby raised the concept of IN4climate.NRW to international level, to ensure further networking and dialogue across Europe and build synergies for achieving the global challenges involved in protecting the climate.
Programme
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09.30–09.40 |
Opening |
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09.40–09.50 |
IN4climate.NRW: Joining forces for a climate-neutral industrial sector |
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09.50–10.20 |
The importance of joining forces to reach the common goal – industry perspective |
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10.20–10.45 |
Developing a climate-neutral industry – a joint task for industry and society – international agencies perspective Rainer van Loon, EnergieAgentur.NRW |
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10.45–11.30 |
Virtual panel discussion |
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11.30–11.45 |
Wrap up |
