Hosted by the University of Strathclyde, The Optical Society (OSA) and
the Stanford Photonics Research Center, we are delighted to invite you
to this event, which will formally launch the Global Environmental
Monitoring and Measurement (GEMM) Centre at the University of
Strathclyde on 13 September 2019. The creation of this first GEMM
Centre follows on from the inaugural announcement of the global GEMM
network initiative at Stanford University in September 2018 as part of
the Global Climate Action Summit. The consequences of global
environmental change can no longer be ignored, with impacts beginning
to be exerted on society, economic activities and national security.
Intensifying climatic extremes such as droughts, temperatures (and
associated disasters such as wildfires), floods and storms have had a
demonstrable impact on life, national infrastructure, damage costs and
economic outputs. International governments have increasingly
collaborated to produce legally binding frameworks that aim to
encourage emission reductions and adaptation to climate change that is
already here or pending. Through the adoption of frameworks like the
Paris Agreement (2015), international governments have a basis for
cooperating to tackle our greatest grand challenge facing humanity.
Yet it is at the regional level, where the impacts of climate change
are most directly felt and that our understanding of the mechanisms of
climate change remain most uncertain. As part of our centre’s
launch, there will be a workshop that brings together high-level
delegates from academia, government and policy, industry and
environmental regulation to discuss how environmental science can
inform government leaders and how government policy needs can help
focus technological innovation and scientific study. It will feature
presentations from key members of the Scottish, UK and international
policy and business community, as well as academics and engineers and
technological firms involved in environmental monitoring. The workshop
will focus on regional and international policies, economics,
technologies and research that shape the need for environmental
measurement and monitoring. Featuring three main topical sessions,
with two keynote speakers (including a minister from the Scottish
Government) throughout the day, the sessions will address Designing
Climate Policy Frameworks, Economic Challenges and Opportunities from
Policy Action, and Enabling Technology to aid in the delivery of
policy/economic objectives (full schedule to follow) and include the
following objectives: Assess the policy landscape of climate change in
Scotland, with comparisons to international regional climate policies
Discuss the key challenges and opportunities that face sub-national
economies as a consequence of climate change; Engage with technology
firms at the heart of designing and deploying environmental
measurement and monitoring technologies, and connect these firms with
policy developers and businesses; Develop a network of academic,
policy, regulatory and business stakeholders that will work together
to address the consequences of regional climate change and catalyze
research efforts to tackle these impacts via collaborative research
partnerships.
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