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