Virtual Masterclass
Lessons from around the world on net zero energy planning
For public servants and policymakers
Wednesday, Sep 27, 2023
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Speakers
This event was part of the Government Climate Campus for South Africa-based public servants. To find out about more free climate events, go to the Campus Home Page.
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Resources
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- Visit the World Energy Council Issues Monitor
- Read about the UK Future Energy Scenarios
Event Description
Join this masterclass to learn about three areas where policymakers and those working in energy are revising long-held views of best practice to deal with deep uncertainty, as well as the ambition of deep decarbonisation.
Listen in as University of Oxford Research Fellow, Dr Jose Maria Valenzuela, takes us through:
- Rethinking energy planners' and policymakers' toolbox to consider different plausible futures through integrating scenarios;
- Rethinking the relation between authority and the multiple pockets of specialised expertise in-country and internationally; and
- Rethinking international solidarity as relations of support move beyond the North-South direction, to all directions.
Jose Maria will leverage research from countries around the world, including China, Mexico, Chile and the UK, to discuss tectonic shifts occurring to decarbonisation policymaking and to look at engagement of the public in the discussion about the energy future of the country.
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Speakers
Dr Jose Maria Valenzuela
Research Fellow, University of Oxford
United Kingdom
Dr Jose Maria Valenzuela , a Research Fellow at Oxford Net Zero and the Institute for Science, Innovation and Society (InSIS) at the University of Oxford, working on global and comparative studies on decarbonisation and energy transition with an emphasis on emerging economies. He joined InSIS as a postdoctoral researcher for the Governance and Standards for Carbon Neutrality (GASCONE) programme. He is a Doctor in Public Policy from the Blavatnik School of Government with previous studies at El Colegio de Mexico, Tsinghua University and the University of Chicago. Between 2011 and 2017, he worked for Mexico’s Department of Energy and WWF Mexico and was a consultant to UNIDO, UNEP and the US-National Renewable Energy Lab. In 2021 he was awarded the Giandomenico Majone Prize from the European Consortium for Political Research for his research on expertise and regulation in electricity markets in Europe, China and Latin America. He is also an active member of the Oxford Scenarios Programme and the Oxford Martin Programme on Integrating Renewable Energy.
