Reports/Opinions

In the CO2 utilization session on the conference, RD&D framework for CO2 utilization at the Giga ton scale was discussed. Some ongoing policy initiatives such as grant opportunity for CO2 utilization and Direct Air Capture (DAC) were reported. It was pointed out conducting robust and transparent lifecycle emissions assessment is required to understand the effectiveness of CO2 utilization. Barr...

The GCF invites existing and potential accredited entities to propose projects and programmes that deploy private sector investment in support of mitigation and adaptation activity in developing countries. Up to 500 million for this request of proposals will be allocated on minimum of three high-impact projects and programmes that mobilize private sector investment in climate change activity as sc...

EMIRI convened a meeting called ‘EMIRI Tech Talk’, with attendance from 40 organizations including its members, EU Commission DG R&I, Joint Research Centre and other invitees. EMIRI Tech Talks offered EMIRI Members an updated overview of insights on technology, players, markets & EU policies from the perspective of Advanced Materials and covering technologies covered in the EME...

Vattenfall’s Business Area Markets, along with 22 other European energy trading firms, is initiating one of the world’s largest field trials for peer-to-peer trading of wholesale electricity. They are expecting to lower the transaction cost of trading energy by eliminating the need for a centralized energy market place using blockchain. Reduced transaction costs will enable small scale...

The side event on May 9, 2023 ICEF was organized in cooperation with NEDO and UNIDO under the title “Policy & Innovation for Energy and Climate Change”. The aim was to enter into an international discussion of practices, concepts, and policies for promoting innovations that should help reaching net zero CO2 emissions in the 2nd half of this century. The event was also intended to a...

In the NDC concurrent session of ICEF 2016, four speakers gave presentations regarding the prospects for NDCs and incremental actions including reviewing systems and integrated contribution approaches based on the background of policies of world nations, especially the USA, the UK and Japan. In the panel discussion, the effectiveness and difficulties of using abatement cost as an evaluating indica...

The uncertainty we are now facing is described as "huge-beyond-reason (ijigen-no fukakujitsusei)" by Dr. KUBO Fumiaki of the University of Tokyo. He means the impacts of what will be implemented as "America First" policies by the US President Donald Trump to the global community could be beyond imagination. New US policies, either domestic or foreign, do have much larger internation...

Last October more than 1000 people from around the world convened in Tokyo for the 3rd Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF). With participation from senior government officials, business executives and thought leaders, the conference has become an important forum for dialogue on ways to promote clean energy and protect the planet.But ICEF is more than an annual conference.  The ICEF Innovat...

ICEF started in 2014 and I served ICEF as the chairman of its steering committee. ICEF held its first forum in October 2014 and its second in October 2015. ICEF 2014 gathered audience of around 800, and ICEF 2015 gathered more than 1,000 from all over the world. In this sense these forums were successful. However after the two forums I felt that the focal point of the meetings was not so clear and...

-ICEF approach for dissemination of technologies- Technology is the key to achieving the 2 degrees target aimed by the Paris Agreement.  ICEF aims to approach climate change issues by application of technologies, and discussions were held on the supporting mechanism of technology dissemination. The Asian Development Bank shows its strength in large-scale investments in sectors such as the p...

ICEF develops roadmaps on global industry-academia-government initiatives for sharing visions and facilitating discussions for the development and dissemination of innovative low carbon technologies. After reflecting the discussions in concurrent sessions in the 3rd annual meeting and review comments and suggestions from experts, the two roadmaps on CO2 Utilization and ZEB/ZEH were released at the...

ICEF2016 Roadmap Project December 7, 2022 [Updated] Roadmap Launch Event at COP22 Sustainable Development for Realization of “Net Zero Anthropogenic Emission of CO2” and  Desirable Innovation to Come – Launch Event of the Roadmap Developed by Innovation for Cool Earth Forum (ICEF) – On November 16, 2016, the launch event of the ICEF Roadmaps successfu...

Large shares of renewable electricity pose major challenges to the power grid: One is that renewables are to be produced where wind potentials exist and space for harvesting solar radiation and biomass is available. Unfortunately these renewable resources exist often in remote areas far from power load centers. As a consequence, a growing share of renewable electricity depends on long distance ele...

The electric energy sector is changing. The production landscape of electricity is changing, with increased number of renewables such as wind and solar with variable production. The consumption landscape is changing, with significant improvements in energy efficiency and accelerated deployment of electric vehicles. The investor landscape for the energy sector is changing, with increasing part...

Summary of ICEF/G7WG 5th October 2016  The G7 Energy Ministerial Meeting was held in Kitakyushu, Japan in May 2016. In a joint statement, G7 countries declared that they encourage collaboration among relevant research laboratories and institutes to promote the development of innovative clean energy technologies. This agreement aims to generate excellent research outputs which have high pote...

On 7 October 2016, CIGS (Canon Institute for Global Studies) will hold an International Symposium "The Role of Innovation for Long-Term GHG Mitigation", with participation of Dr.Carlo Carraro, Dr.Yoichi Kaya, Dr.Laura Diaz Anadon and Dr.David Victor. This Symposium will will deepen discussion on the role of innovation for long-term GHG mitigation, a road towards zero-emission society, the role of ...

Investigated is a carbon-negative energy system which supplies energy sustainably to the world and sequestering carbon from the global carbon cycle to control atmospheric CO2 concentration. In the conceptual system presented, carbon will be effectively removed from the global carbon cycle by the biomass-nuclear synergistic process to produce biochar and biofuel. Typically, by this carbon-negative ...

ICEF METI Tokyo Japan October 5-6 2016 http://www.icef-forum.org/platform/article_detail.php?article__id=75 STRATEGY FOR ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAFTER PARIS CLAUDIO NICOLINI Nanoworld Institute Labs Fondazione EL.B.A. Nicolini in Europe , Russian Academy of Sciences in Russian Federation and Nanoworld Journal and Conference in USA [email protected] http://www.fondazioneelba-ni...

An international team of researchers have found a way for CO2 to rapidly form carbonate minerals, by injecting CO2 into the volcanic rock under Iceland. This could potentially be a cheaper and more secure way to store CO2 underground, and it could also improve public acceptance of CCS. As the next step, the team is planning to scale up the project. https://www.or.is/english/carbfix-project

The city of Vancouver, Canada has approved the Zero Emissions Building Plan in July 2016. The plan sets a target to achieve zero emissions from all new buildings by 2030. The plan’s phased approach, aims to reduce emissions from new buildings by 70% in 2020 and 90% in 2025. http://vancouver.ca/news-calendar/vancouver-takes-next-step-to-advance-renewable-city-strategy.aspx