Towards a Climate Neutral Water Sector: the Nordic Experience
This webinar series is being organized by IWA Climate Smart Utilities Initiative in partnership with DANVA. With a focus on progress in the Nordic region, this webinar series will highlight the Nordic principles for a road towards a climate-neutral water sector, demonstrating some of the Danish national monitoring programmes for nitrous oxide and methane emissions and concrete actions by utilities.
Starts
May 02, 2023
Language
EnglishMember fee: $0.00
Standard fee: $0.00
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Description
The series will also discuss collaborative efforts to maximise mitigation today.
The first webinar will highlight the main sources of emissions, the recent collaborative document on the Nordic Principles for moving towards a climate-neutral water sector, and highlight exemplary actions undertaken by Bergen Vann, a progressive water utility from Norway.
**Related articles: ** Evaluation of greenhouse gas emissions from the European urban wastewater sector and options for their reduction The road towards a nordic climate neutral water sector
Panelists
- Jacob Kragh Andersen, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-kragh-andersen-3213675/ Innovation Manager, Sustainability in Wastewater treatment, Envidan, Denmark
- Amanda Lake, https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-lake-9b909221/ Head of Carbon and Circular Economy, Jacobs, United Kingdom
- Alberto Pistocchi, https://www.linkedin.com/in/alberto-pistocchi-669a241/ Technical Officer, European Commission DG Joint Research Center, Italy
- Miriam Feilberg, https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriam-feilberg-b951428/ Climate Change Manager, DANVA, Denmark
- Natalia Liliana Adamczyk, https://www.linkedin.com/in/natalia-liliana-adamczyk-8a906278/ Senior Engineer, Climate and Energy, Bergen Vann, Norway
Target Audience
Practitioners, engineers, consultants, students and researchers, suppliers, and operators, working with carbon accounting and emission reduction within the wastewater handling field.
Learning Objectives
Following this session, participants will be able to:
- Engage with stakeholders at the local and national levels around GHG emissions in the water sector;
- Support with GHG accounting in a water utility;
- Develop insights into the monitoring and reduction of GHG emissions-knowing where to focus efforts;