Towards a Zero-Carbon Society – is the title of a seminar organised by the Ceratonia Foundation, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, University of Malta.
Ceratonia Foundation is a partner of the Green European Foundation. It is active in civil society by focusing on political, social, environmental and economic issues.
The seminar will be held on Saturday, the 29th of October, from 9:00am-1:00pm.at the Faculty of Arts Library, University of Malta.
To register for participation in conference please email ceratoniafoundation@gmail.com
The programme is shown below:
900 Registration
920 Introduction
930 Dr Edward Mallia – Towards a Low Carbon Economy
945 Discussion
1000 Dr Simon Mizzi – The car dysfunction – The viability of car transport in densely populated areas – A systems engineering perspective
1015 Discussion
1030 Coffee Break
1100 Dr Michael Briguglio & Dr Maria Brown – 5 Years later: A civil society perspective of sustainable energy policy and green jobs in Malta as a Small EU State
1115 Discussion
1130 Glenn Formosa & Dr Marie Briguglio – When households go solar: the determinants of uptake of a photovoltaic scheme
1145 Discussion
1200 Mario V. Balzan – Providing Nature-Based Solutions for Malta's Sustainable Development
1215 Discussion
1230 Skype link with Dr Amrita Sen & Professor Sarmistha Pattanaik – The discourse of political ecology, conservation and conflicts in the protected areas: a case study on Sundarban, India
1240 Skype link with Dr Sana Huque – Questioning conversion of East Kolkata Wetlands from perspective of (un)sustainable development
1300 Ends