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Renewable energy boosts the climate and the economy 

Reduced CO2 emissions and economic growth are some of the big benefits of renewable energy, says professor Daniel M. Kammen, who is one of the main speakers at the Research Congress on Climate Change in Copenhagen in March 2009.
When Daniel M. Kammen addresses the international research congress on climate change being held in Copenhagen in March, he'll have a positive message to pass on.

“Within the past few years, an impressive number of engineers, planners, policy makers and economists worldwide have changed their attitude towards renewable energy, which is reflected in the enormous growth of solar and wind power," says Daniel M. Kammen

Kammen, 46, is a professor of energy at the University of California, Berkeley, where he is involved in renewable energy, transportation and environment research. He is also a past and current participant in the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

According to Kammen, the outlook for renewables is so good that he believes it is possible in time to replace much of the energy supplied by oil, coal and gas with solar, wind, geothermal and wave power. Solar and wind power alone could contribute 20 percent each to that total. But before that can happen, power grids need to be changed.

Read the background interview with Daniel M. Kammen (pdf).

By Kathrine Schmeichel 
Published: 06.03.2009

Climate research congress in Copenhagen 

Approximately 2,000 researchers and experts from more than 70 countries will take part in the forthcoming congress 'Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges and Decisions', at Copenhagen's Bella Center, from 10 to 12 March 2009.

During the congress the latest knowledge about the climate will be presented, along with ways to stop and adapt to climate change. Its conclusions will, by agreement with the Danish government, be disseminated to climate negotiators all over the world in advance of their meeting at the UN climate conference (COP15) in Copenhagen in December 2009.

Daniel Kammen speaks on March 11 and 12Daniel Kammen will be speaking on March 11 as a leader of the session 'Low Carbon Science, Technology Policies' and on March 12 as a plenary speaker at the closing session for all congress participants.

COWI is one of eight sponsorsThe eight corporate sponsors of the congress are COWI, DONG Energy, VELUX, Vestas, Maersk Oil, the Confederation of Danish Industry, Novozymes and Rockwool.

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