Dr Fionn RoganClimate Change Research workshopPresentation, 29th May 2013
Presentation Overview
• EPA Fellowship Call• ERI Project Proposal• Project Overview• Climate-KIC
EPA Fellowship Call
• June 2012 - Climate Technology Fellowship
Climate Technology Fellowship
• Enhance awareness of requirement and scope for climate solutions in the research community
• Bridge the gap between the demand and solutions space in addressing climate change challenges
• Work with key stakeholders to identify gaps, potential solutions and improve communication
• Identify and assess opportunities to link with EU and global initiatives (e.g. Climate KIC) and explore potential for greater involvement
• Identification of research in Ireland that could offer innovative solutions to Irish climate challenges
• Assess whether potential solutions could be applicable internationally• Identify barriers to development of commercial technological climate
solutions in Ireland and how these might be addressed
ERI Project Proposal
• Climate Technology - Realizing the Potential
ERI Project Team
Fionn Rogan Brian Ó GallachóirPaul Bolger
ERI Project Overview
• Five work packages:1. Climate technology assessment methodologies
2. Climate mitigation and adaptation technologies database
3. Multi-criteria assessment of all climate technologies
4. Identification of high-potential climate technologies and barriers-to-success analysis
5. Dissemination activities
Work Package 1
• Identification of climate technology assessment methodologies• Irish publications:
– Technology Foresight Ireland (ICSTI); Research Prioritisation Review (Forfás); Building Ireland’s Smart Economy (Dept of Taoiseach)
• International research:– Environmental Technology Verification Program (US EPA); Technology
Needs Assessments for Climate Change (UNDP); Environment Eco-Innovation for a Sustainable Future (EU); Climate Technology Initiative (IEA)
• Academic Literature– Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis; Renewable and Sustainable
Energy Reviews; Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
• WP1 Output: Two methodologies for multi-criteria climate technology assessment
Work Package 1
• Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA)• Methodologies
– Weighted sum method (WSM)– Multi-attribute utility theory (MAUT)– Outranking (ELECTRE, PROMETHEE)– Analytical hierarchy process (AHP)
• Criteria– Delphi; Least Mean Square; Correlation coefficient
• Weighting– Subjective; Objective
Work Package 2
• Identification of climate mitigation and adaptation technologies• Datasets:
– Environmental Technologies & Reviews (EPA); Energy Research Map (SEAI); SFI Energy Research Project database; …
• Research bodies:– Universities (UCC, UCD, TCD, UL, NUIG, NUIM,…); Research institutes
(ERI, HMRC, IERC, ICARUS, c4i, Earth Institute,…); International sources (Climate KIC, UNDP); …
• Industry engagement• Climate technology workshop
• WP2 Output: Database of solution-focused climate mitigation and adaptation technologies
Work Package 2
Work Package 3
• Multi-criteria assessment of all identified climate technologies– Weightings assigned via collaboration with project stakeholders
• Technologies sorted according to:– Climate change mitigation or adaptation potency– Robustness & cost– Market potential (domestically and internationally)– Alignment with Research Prioritisation Review and other policy
requirements
• WP3 Output: Matrix with ranking of all climate technologies based on multi-criteria analysis
Work Package 3
Work Package 4
• Identification of high-potential climate technologies and barriers-to-success analysis– Technologies with commercial, innovation and
environmental potential– Solutions from Ireland and for Ireland– Analysis of market gap and barriers to successful diffusion– Stakeholder involvement:
• IDA, Enterprise Ireland, Forfás
• WP4 Output: A barriers-to-success analysis of high-potential climate technologies
Work Package 5
• Dissemination of high-potential climate technologies and opportunities arising– International collaboration:
• Climate Technology Centre & Network (CTCN) • Climate-KIC (Knowledge Innovation Community)
– Dissemination plan:• Workshops with key project stakeholders• Project publications• Conference presentations
• WP5 Output: National showcase of climate technologies
Climate-KIC
Source: Mary Ritter, Climate-KIC
Climate-KIC
Source: Mary Ritter, Climate-KIC
Climate-KIC
Source: Mary Ritter, Climate-KIC
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