Energy Future in Europe



Tuesday, 10. October 2006 | 11:00 Uhr

Speaker

Cosima Strasser / Hesam Ostad

Organisation

ETHsustainability and Youth Encounter on Sustainability (YES)

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Reporting

Cosima Strasser and Hesam Ostad informed the meeting that energy consumption in Europe is half that in North America and twice the global average. Gas consumption and CO2 emissions show an upward trend. The biggest energy consumers are households and the services sector, followed by the transport industry. The speakers identified potential for improvement in the following areas: energy-efficient lifestyle, conscious demand for local products involving lower energy costs, new technologies, investments, decentralization for the creation of new jobs, creation of prosperity with lower energy costs. All this is conditional upon socio-political efforts. Young remain the bearers of hope here.

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