[Eoas-seminar] MET Seminar - TODAY - Dr. Ilissa Ocko (Environmental Defense Fund)

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Dear all,

This is a reminder of TODAY's MET seminar with Dr. Ilissa Ocko (Environmental Defense Fund) who will join us virtually to speak about "Climate consequences of a hydrogen economy: from science to action"). This is our last MET seminar of the semester.

Snacks at 3, talk at 3:15 in 1044. Student-only Q&A immediately after the talk (stay in 1044).

See you there!

Cheers,

Allison

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Subject: [Eoas-seminar] MET Seminar - Next Thursday April 20 - Dr. Ilissa Ocko (Environmental Defense Fund)

Dear all,

Please join us next Thursday April 20 for a Meteorology seminar, given by Dr. Ilissa Ocko from the Environmental Defense Fund. Dr. Ocko will speak about “Climate consequences of a hydrogen economy: from science to action" (abstract below).

Dr. Ocko will be joining us virtually but we will gather in EOA 1044 to participate in the seminar. If you cannot attend in person due to a medical reason or approved work out of town, please contact Allison Wing (awing at fsu.edu) for remote access. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing everyone in 1044! Please join us for refreshments at 3 PM prior to the beginning of the talk at 3:15 PM.

Graduate students: Dr. Ocko is available to meet with students (either individually or as a group) immediately after the talk; she is available until 5:15 pm. If you would like to participate in a student Q&A with her, please let me know.

DATE: Thursday April 20
SEMINAR TIME: Refreshments at 3 PM, Talk 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM.
SEMINAR LOCATION: EOA 1044 (Speaker remote)
SPEAKER: Dr. Ilissa Ocko

TITLE: Climate consequences of a hydrogen economy: from science to action

ABSTRACT: This seminar will focus on recently published research<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://acp.copernicus.org/articles/22/9349/2022/__;!!PhOWcWs!yD1RxBiXkelp759xGBo5moKNRM1D69qkqlejpKiWxlpv8VyLs4TSt2_eFtrBE_ZqOAAp5nxynA$> on the warming effects of hydrogen emissions from energy infrastructure, and put the work in the context of taking the scientific insights and turning them into the required actions to mitigate these budding climate risks. Hydrogen is considered a key strategy to decarbonize the global economy. Governments and industry are therefore moving ahead with efforts to increase deployment of hydrogen technologies, infrastructure, and applications at an unprecedented pace, including USD billions in national incentives and direct investments. However, while zero- and low-carbon hydrogen hold great promise to help solve some of the world's most pressing energy challenges, hydrogen is also an indirect greenhouse gas whose warming impact is both widely overlooked and underestimated. Furthermore, there is virtually no empirical data on how much hydrogen is emitted from infrastructure, with reports that both operational and fugitive emissions are pervasive across all components of the value chain. Therefore, scientists at Environmental Defense Fund are working to advance scientific understanding of the climate implications of hydrogen’s warming effects, and partnering with policy, business, and communication expert colleagues to translate the findings into tangible actions for policy makers and business leaders. Scientific findings include the result that hydrogen emissions can cause far more warming than widely perceived; thus, attention is warranted to minimize emissions. Environmental Defense Fund’s cross-disciplinary team has therefore met with hundreds of stakeholders across the globe – from the U.S. Department of Energy to the European Commission to major companies like Shell and General Motors – with numerous success stories (and myriad lessons learned along the way) wherein hydrogen initiatives are now, for the first time, including the climate risks of hydrogen emissions. At the same time, Environmental Defense Fund scientists are working with a company that has built a first-of-its-kind sensor capable of detecting small emissions of hydrogen, and developing plans to start taking the first-ever measurements of total hydrogen emissions across the value chain. Overall, this seminar will offer insights into the process of turning science into action, and also shed light on what it is like to be a scientist at an advocacy organization.

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