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Energy Technology Pathways to Achieving
Climate Change Goals

Presentation
Neil Hurst
Director, Energy Technology and R&D
International Energy Agency

Discussant
Louis Finkel
Director of Policy and Outreach
House Committee on Science and Technology

Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Room 2218 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington DC, 20515
9:00-10:00 AM Presentation, 8:30 AM Registration

While the series is free of charge, space is limited. 
We ask you to please register by Monday, June 23.

Event Description:

The world needs ever increasing energy supplies to sustain economic growth and development.  But energy resources are under pressure and CO2 emissions from today’s energy use already threaten our climate. What options do we have for switching to a cleaner and more efficient energy future? How much will it cost? And what policies do we need?

IEA Director of Energy Technology and R&D, Neil Hirst will address these questions and more while drawing on analyses from the second edition of Energy Technology Perspectives.  The IEA analysis demonstrates that a more sustainable energy future is within our reach, and that technology is the key. Increased energy efficiency, CO2 capture and storage, renewables, and nuclear power will all be important. We must act now if we are to unlock the potential of current and emerging technologies and reduce the dependency on fossil fuels with its consequent effects on energy security and the environment.

Biographies:

Neil Hirst is the Director for Energy Technology and R&D at the International Energy Agency. He plays a leading role in the IEA’s programme of work for the G8 on Climate Change, Clean Energy, and Sustainable Development.  He heads the Office responsible for the IEA’s flagship publication on energy technology for a more sustainable energy future, Energy Technology Perspective. He also has responsibility for the IEA’s extensive international network for energy technology collaboration. Prior to that he held senior energy policy posts with the UK Government. Neil holds a First Class degree in Politics Philosophy and Economics from Lincoln College, Oxford, as well as an MBA from Cornell, USA. 

Louis Finkel serves as the Committee on Science and Technology’s Director of Policy & Outreach.  In this role, he is tasked with managing the committee’s agenda, crafting committee policy initiatives and organizing the chairman’s efforts to reach a broad spectrum of constituencies interested in the business of the committee. 

The House Committee on Science and Technology maintains jurisdiction over all federal nonmilitary scientific and technology research and development programs.   The Committee has exclusive authority over the National Aeronautics and Space Agency, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the National Science Foundation, the National Weather Service and the weather and climate satellite programs at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.  The Committee also oversees research and development initiatives within the Environmental Protection Agency, the Departments of Energy and the Department of Commerce.  Additionally, the Committee has jurisdiction over civil aviation and surface transportation research and development and marine and atmospheric research.

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