BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:Stanford Energy Seminar | The Tough Stuff | Steve Davis\, Eart h System Science\, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260810T235058Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50771698301866 DTSTART:20251104T003000Z DTEND:20251104T012000Z DESCRIPTION:The Stanford Energy Seminar has been a mainstay of energy engag ement at Stanford for nearly 20 years and is one of the flagship programs of the Precourt Institute for Energy. We aim to bring a wide variety of pe rspectives to the Stanford community – academics\, entrepreneurs\, utili ties\, non-profits\, and more. \n\nTalk Abstract\n\nUntil about decade ago \, the central focus of climate mitigation efforts was how to make progres s—how we might drastically reduce fossil energy emissions. By 2018\, tho ugh\, it was increasingly clear that electricity from renewables would bea t fossil fuels on cost\, and the focus shifted from just making progress t o how we reach the ultimate goal of net-zero emissions. That shift entaile d grappling with the most difficult-to-abate sources of emissions--what ma kes them particularly difficult and what are potential solutions? Steve wi ll present the latest work by his group assessing net-zero pathways for th e power sector\, aviation and marine shipping\, heating\, and industry pro cesses\, and discuss the salience of this work as technologies\, costs\, g eopolitics\, and climate ambitions evolve.\n\n \n\nSpeaker Bio \n\nSteve D avis is a highly-cited researcher and expert in earth system science\, emi ssions and energy scenarios\, climate impacts and solutions\, and corporat e climate strategy. He is currently Professor of Earth System Science in t he Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and the Chair of the Science Ad visory Board at Watershed. \n \nAt Stanford\, Steve leads the Sustainable Solutions Lab\, a research group dedicated to quantifying how different hu man activities are affecting climate and air quality\, how those environme ntal changes in turn jeopardize human wellbeing\, and the relative priorit y of solutions. He and his group have published seminal papers assessing c arbon emissions and air pollution impacts embodied in international trade\ , committed emissions related to existing energy infrastructure\, the econ omic and biophysical limits of various carbon removal approaches\, interac tions among food-energy-water systems\, drivers of agriculture and land-us e change emissions\, and the key challenges and opportunities for net-zero emissions energy systems.\n \nPrior to his science career\, Steve worked as a lawyer to venture-backed companies in Silicon Valley\, and holds degr ees from Stanford University\, the University of Virginia School of Law an d the University of Florida\, where he double-majored in Political Science and Philosophy.\n\n \n\nAnyone with an interest in energy is welcome to j oin! You can enjoy seminars in the following ways:\n\nAttend live. The aud itorium may change quarter by quarter\, so check each seminar event to con firm the location. Explore the current quarter's schedule.Watch live in a browser livestream if available. Check each seminar event for its unique l ivestream URL.Watch recordings of past seminars Available on the Past Ener gy Seminars page and the Energy Seminars playlist of the Stanford Energy Y ouTube channel(For students) Take the seminar as a 1-unit class (CEE 301/E NERGY 301/MS&E 494) \n\nIf you'd like to join the Stanford Energy Seminar mailing list to hear about upcoming talks\, sign up here. GEO:37.427784;-122.174323 LOCATION:Jen-Hsun Huang Building (School of Engineering)\, NVIDIA SUMMARY:Stanford Energy Seminar | The Tough Stuff | Steve Davis\, Earth Sys tem Science\, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/stanford-energy-seminar-ste ve-davis-earth-system-science CATEGORIES:Lecture/Presentation/Talk END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR