Energy vs Climate
Energy vs Climate
Energy vs Climate is a live, interactive webinar and podcast where energy experts David Keith, Sara Hastings-Simon and Ed Whittingham break down the trade-offs and hard truths of the energy transition in Alberta, Canada, and beyond.
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Energy vs Oilsands: How did we get to 3.5m bbl/day and what do we need to do about it?
Energy vs Climate
03/13/24 • 56 min
Co-hosts David, Sara, Ed, and energy/environmental economist Dr. Andrew Leach of the University of Alberta unpack the past, present and future of Canada's oilsands.
About Our Guest:
Andrew Leach is an energy and environmental economist and is Professor at the University of Alberta, with a joint appointment in the Department of Economics (Arts) and the Faculty of Law. His research spans energy and environmental economics. His most recent book is Between Doom and Denial: Facing facts about climate change.
Show Notes:
(00:46) – Oil Market Report - November 2023
(01:57) – A Matter of Fact: How the oil sands benefits Canadians
(05:06) – Canada’s oil and gas sector, the road to net zero and regional fairness
(06:16) – Making progress on Canadian oil sands CO2 emissions intensity
(06:36) – This oil sands crude has lower GHG emissions intensity than the U.S. average
(12:45) – Crude Oil Forecast Markets & Transportation
(16:16) – Refinery Economics
(25:30) – What's in store for 2024 — Part 3: Growth Plans at Alberta's largest in-situ producers
(28:19) – Not Fit for Purpose: Oil Sands Mines and Alberta’s Mine Financial Security Program
(29:53) – Fiscal Plan A Responsible Plan for a Growing Province 2024-27
(38:02) – CCS Won’t Happen in Oilsands Without Bigger Subsidies, Cenovus Exec Warns
(43:15) – The Role of Critical Minerals in Clean Energy Transitions
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02/20/24 • 55 min
Overview:
What does the history of energy tell us about energy transition?
Can we learn from the past or will we repeat the same mistakes?
What do people get wrong when trying to extract lessons from the history of energy?
Co-hosts David, Sara, and Ed are joined by guest, Dr. Petra Dolata, to discuss data on historical transitions, including lessons of deindustrialization in the Ruhr region of Germany on Season 5, Episode 8 of Energy vs Climate.
About Our Guest:
Petra Dolada is Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Calgary. A former Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in the History of Energy, who held previous academic positions at the Freie Universität Berlin in Germany and at Kings College London in the UK, her research examines the 1970s energy crises, transatlantic energy relations and the historical connections between deindustrialization and energy transitions. She is the co-convenor of the Energy In Society working group at the Calgary Institute for the Humanities.
Topics:
(00:00) Intro
(03:19) Socio-energy systems design: A policy framework for energy transitions
(05:00) The 200-year history of energy transitions
(07:20) History of Prime Movers and Future Implications
(08:34) Gauging the Role of Energy Substitution in Transitioning to Low-Carbon Economies
(12:12) The Social Dimensions of Energy Transitions
(14:00) Histories of Transitions
(16:35) Peaking: A Brief History of Select Energy Transitions
(21:00) Profitable Solutions to Climate, Oil, and Proliferation
(25:00) What we need to know about the pace of decarbonization
(35:24) World History and Energy
(40:07) The Future Role of Coal: International Market Realities vs Climate Protection?
(47:10) The Energy Transition Is a Technological Revolution — with a Deadline
(51:00) Three sides to every story: Gender perspectives in energy transition pathways in Canada, Kenya and Spain
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BONUS | Nils Gilman on avocado politics and climate security from Challenging Climate
Energy vs Climate
10/20/23 • 50 min
Hey everyone, Ed here.
David, Sara and Ed will be back next week with an episode about electricity interties in the clean energy system.
Until then we’d like to share another podcast with you that we think might be of interest, called Challenging Climate. Hosted by Jesse Reynolds and Pete Irvine, Challenging Climate tackles tough questions about the science, technology, economics and politics of climate change. Their topics range from climate modelling, persuasive narratives, national security, international development and even biotech. Jesse, Pete and their guests cover similar topics to what we cover here at Energy vs Climate, while offering a different perspective, one we hope listeners will find interesting and enlightening. Find it and subscribe wherever you listen.
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Energy vs Climate
07/27/23 • 0 min
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We've got a favour to ask. We're doing a survey to help us understand what you like about Energy vs Climate, and how we can bring you more of that!
We would be extremely grateful if you took just a few minutes out of your summer schedule to complete the survey. Your feedback will help us as we plan for Season 5.
Thanks! We look forward to coming back in September.
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BONUS | Energy Efficiency at Home with Matt Ferrell of Still TBD
Energy vs Climate
06/07/23 • 43 min
No, we didn’t forget to fill in the pod title after Matt Ferrell’s name. On Still TBD, aka the Still To Be Determined Podcast, Matt and his brother Sean discuss electric vehicles, renewable energy, smart technologies, and how they impact our lives. And this week we have a special treat for you: a bonus episode with Ed, Sara, and Matt, who also happens to be host of the massively popular Undecided YouTube channel.
Matt's team reached out to us about collaborating and we loved what he was up to, sharing his journey of learning about smart and sustainable technologies with more than 1.2 million subscribers.
So, we got together for a virtual nerd-out about our homes and vehicles - a.k.a. the gateway "drugs" to pursuing a more sustainable lifestyle. It's the fly-on-the-wall look into our lives you've all been clamouring for 😉. We hope it entertains and inspires and we hope you'll check out Matt's excellent YouTube channel and podcast.
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Solar Geoengineering–Should we go there?
Energy vs Climate
05/24/23 • 61 min
On the final episode of Energy vs Climate Season 4, we’re covering the basics of solar geoengineering. We're joined by The Right Honourable Kim Campbell, former Prime Minister of Canada, to unpack the debate over the role of further research, the place of these technologies in the global climate toolkit, and the role for Canada in research and governance.
EPISODE NOTES
@1:36 Right Honourable Kim Campbell, Canada's 19th and first female Prime Minister
@2:56 Solar geo-engineering resources
@2:56 David vs. David on solar geo-engineering, David Suzuki - the Nature of Things
@8:31 Toward a responsible solar geoengineering research program, David Keith
@11:15 Climate Overshoot Commission and what is climate overshoot?
@16:50 EvC and special guest Adrien Abécassis on COP27
@23:40 Solar geo-engineering International Non-Use Agreement
@25:00 “Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton quits Google...”-The New York Times
@25:30 Alberta investing billions into CCUS
@29:37 Solar geo-engineering project in Sweden halted
@44:40 Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid – Robert J. Sternberg
@60:01 Termination shock from solar geo-engineering defined
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Just Transition
Energy vs Climate
03/06/23 • 59 min
“Just Transition” is making headlines again in Alberta with the Provincial government pushing back against the yet to be tabled just transition legislation the Federal government first promised in 2019. Part of the debate is political, but underneath is the reality of the energy transition and the impact it will have on Alberta communities.
How do we separate the politics from the policies when it comes to transition? What can we learn from coal communities that have already started to undergo similar transitions? What have policy makers gotten right? Wrong? And what does this mean for the Provincial and Federal governments facing economic transition on an even larger scale in the province of Alberta?
Dig in with Sara, David, Ed and special guest Doray Veno, Executive Director of Lynks - Harvest Sky Services and Supports Society on Season 4, Episode 7 of Energy vs Climate
EPISODE NOTES
@1:13 Government of Canada Sustainable Job Plans
@1:51 Why Alberta dislikes the term ‘Just transition’.
@3:40 Alberta coal phase-out and impacts on the Town of Hanna
@4:30 “Hanna offers a clear example of how climate-change policies can impact a community in unexpected ways.”
@8:00 Alberta government announces grant to help Hanna amid coal phase-out
@10:47 Fear of the Unknown: Coal Community Hanna still waiting for a phase-out plans
@13:00 Solar project announced for Hanna
@20:26 ‘Just Transition’ must serve people, communities and companies
@28:03 Hanna seeing a rise in more entrepreneurship
@41:58 How can we transition to more sustainable industries in Canada, support workers and develop resilient communities?
@50:23 Government of Canada – the dishonesty surrounding the consequences of Just Transition trade offs
@51:03 Canada needs its own bold industrial strategy – the US cannot keep carrying us.
@51:47 IRA: Biden's climate agenda has a problem: Not enough workers
@51:48
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Energy vs Climate vs Offsets
Energy vs Climate
12/13/22 • 76 min
On Season 4, Episode 6 of EvC, Sara, David and Ed tackle the thorny and always controversial topic of carbon offsets, live at Avatar Innovations at The Energy Transition Centre in downtown Calgary.
An offset in principle is paying someone else - a company, or a country - to reduce emissions that you yourself cannot, or simply will not reduce. What is the role of offsets in helping the world to avoid dangerous climate change? What's 'additionality' when it comes to offsets, and is it fundamental or merely an after thought? How are offset markets regulated to ensure integrity? And should you bother to click that "yes" button to offset your flight emissions?
EPISODE NOTES
@1:10 EvC Live held at the Energy Transition Center, at the Ampersand
@2:02 Infidelity Offsets video from Climate Ad Project
@4:15 Business Renewable Centre of Canada
@4:48 Guide to Purchasing Carbon Offsets with Pembina Institute
@5:48 CDM mechanism to reduce emissions by developed countries - Kyoto Protocol
@10:05 Additionality, permanence, leakage 101
@23:09 Example of voluntary offsets
@32:41 Discussion on the quality of voluntary offsets
@37:43 Gaming the system with low quality voluntary offsets
@53:50 Low-cost American airline, JetBlue, moving away from carbon offsets
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IEA Energy Scenarios
Energy vs Climate
11/08/22 • 57 min
Published each year, the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook (WEO) is a leading source of scenario-based analysis of global energy demand and supply. This year’s WEO explores the impact of both short-term volatility in energy markets and the long-term trend of decarbonization.
What do the analysis and insights tell us about potential pathways for the world’s energy future and the implications for Canada’s natural resources? How is government action and technological development changing the shape of these pathways and what are the major sources of uncertainty? And what can Canada do to prepare for these potential futures?
On Season 4 Episode 4 of Energy vs Climate David, Sara, Ed, and the International Energy Agency’s Chief Energy Economist, Tim Gould discuss the 2022 World Energy Outlook and its implications for Canada.
EPISODE NOTES:
@2:25 – International Energy Agency’s: The World Energy Outlook Report
@6:40 – Shell’s Energy Modeling
@8:00- Key findings of the World Energy Outlook
@8:29 – Extreme Heat & Global Food Insecurity
@9:46- Europe’s Fit for 55 Package
@13:18 Improving the way we think about projecting future energy use and emissions of carbon dioxide
@24:15 Global Energy crisis can lead to a cleaner and more secure future
@29:05 New energy-security paradigm
@34:20 Doyne Farmer’s Empirically Grounded Technology Forecasts and the Energy Transition
@35:40 Canada’s LNG exports to Asian market and what it means for emissions
@46:50 Russia’s role as global energy supplier will continue to shrink
@54:54 China’s pledge to promote low Carbon energy development
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11/12/24 • 51 min
David & Ed chat with University of Chicago's Michael Greenstone.
Show Notes:
(02:52) Engineering the Planet
(03:25) The future of the Temperature–Mortality Relationship
(04:48) Valuing the Global Mortality Consequences of Climate Change
(07:36) Climate Damages and Adaptation Potential Across Sectors of the US
(09:35) Heat Exposure & Poverty
(11:30) Seasonality of Mortality Under Climate Change
(13:59) Evaluating the 35°C Wet-Bulb Temperature Adaptability Threshold
(15:30) Relationship Between Season of Birth, Temperature Exposure, & Wellbeing
(17:35) Heat & Learning
(20:14) Slow Burn: The Hidden Costs of a Warming World
(22:06) Air Pollution on Life Expectancy from China’s Huai River Policy
(25:10) Introducing the Air Quality Life Index
(26:52) The Clean Air Act of 1970 & Adult Mortality
(26:58) US: Clean Air Act (1970)
(28:34) China’s War on Pollution
(32:45) For Breathable Air
(34:31) Social Cost of Carbon
(40:48) The Social Cost of Carbon Is Now US$225 Per Tonne
(42:07) Rising Temperatures, Melting Incomes
(42:11) The Macroeconomic Impact of Climate Change
Produced by Amit Tandon
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FAQ
How many episodes does Energy vs Climate have?
Energy vs Climate currently has 78 episodes available.
What topics does Energy vs Climate cover?
The podcast is about Canada, Climate Change, Podcasts, Clean Energy, Science, Business and Energy Transition.
What is the most popular episode on Energy vs Climate?
The episode title 'History vs Energy - How the history of energy transitions can inform our future' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Energy vs Climate?
The average episode length on Energy vs Climate is 52 minutes.
How often are episodes of Energy vs Climate released?
Episodes of Energy vs Climate are typically released every 15 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Energy vs Climate?
The first episode of Energy vs Climate was released on Aug 21, 2020.
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