日 期： 11月29日(星期三) 10:00~12:00
地 點： 國立臺北科技大學 綜合科館第一演講廳 (捷運忠孝新生站4號出口)
講 師： Dr. Tengfang Xu (徐騰芳)
講 題：Climate Change: Challenges and Opportunities in Global and Local Contexts
Abstract
In this distinguished lecture, Dr. Xu will address the pressing issues on climate change, including scientific observations in climate change, evolving activities in IPCC (i.e., Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change), global impacts, and opportunities in mitigation. He will provide an overview of challenges and impacts on environmental systems and energy infrastructure, using California as an example. Some of the highlights are: Temperature impact on power demand is much higher than on supply infrastructure; impacts on hydropower supply may increase or decrease generation depending on water supply conditions; impacts of wildfires could potentially be high; impacts of climate change have to be understood on the local levels, in disaggregated fashion so that environmental lanning can be defined. More work is needed to evaluate wildfire and sea level rise impacts on the power sector infrastructure and temperature impacts on electricity transmission and distribution.
Dr. Xu will also provide his insight into opportunities in energy systems that we create and maintain to mitigate the impacts from climate change, and share thoughts in sustainable development.