The First International Conference on Petrochemicals and Climate Change: Technology, Policy and Societal Change in a time of Planetary Crises
01 Jul 2024 - 03 Jul 2024
Hosted by the University of Cambridge
Conference Aims
This conference will be a meeting place for academics and staff from other research focused organisations who take an interest in the central role that the petrochemical and plastics industries play in contributing to the planetary crises of climate change, global pollution and biodiversity loss. We see that this conference could provide a great opportunity for learning across fields of research that are rarely connected, enabling discussion and debate amongst people from a wide range of disciplines.
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General Information
The first international conference on Petrochemicals and Climate Change: Technology, Policy, and Societal Change in a Time of Planetary Crises is being held at the University of Cambridge 1 – 3 July, 2024.
Key Themes
The three central themes for the conference are:
- Global context and impacts
- Solutions and interventions for a just transition
- Actors and institutions
Please see the agenda page for more information on these themes.
Conference Team
Laura Prestwich
Conference Coordinator and Centre Coordinator of Resource Efficiency Collective
Jean-Philip Lumb
Associate Professor, McGill University
Fanran Meng
Assistant Professor in Sustainable Chemical Engineering, University of Sheffield
Barnaby Pace
Senior Researcher, CIEL
Alice Mah
Professor of Urban and Environmental Studies, University of Glasgow
Eric Masanet
Professor and Mellichamp Chair of Sustainability Science for Emerging Technologies, University of California, Santa Barbara
Melissa Wang
Senior Scientist, Greenpeace Research Laboratories, University of Exeter
Fredric Bauer
Conference Co-Chair
Associate Senior Lecturer in Technology and Society, Lund University
Jonathan Cullen
Conference Co-Chair
Professor of Sustainable Engineering, University of Cambridge
We are proud to be represented by these institutions and groups in our Conference Committee.
