Can b n Fu be M ture Met S e En Sust nerg tain gy N nably Need ly? ds

 Con
nferenciass de divulgación ccientífica de la Rea
al Sociedaad Españ
ñola de Física
a en cola
aboraciónn con la Fundación
n Ramón A
Areces. Can
n Futuree En
nerg
gy N
Need
ds b Met SSusttain
be M
nably
ly? Chrris Llew
wellyn Smith
h, FRS Director o
D
of Energyy Researcch, Oxforrd Univerrsity P
President of the SE
ESAME CCouncil, fo
former CE
ERN Dire ctor Gen
neral MIÉRCO
OLES 16 dde marzo
o de 2016,, 19.30 hh. Seede de la
a Fundació
ón Ramóón Areces,, calle Vittruvio 5, 20006‐M
Madrid Abstracct
Glob
bal energgy consum
mption is increasin
ng rapidlyy, driven by risingg living stan
ndards in developin
ng countrries. The energy provided bby burningg fossil fuelss is also increasing
i
g, albeit nnot quite as fast ass total eneergy use. This is unsu
ustainablee. Decarb
bonisationn is impe
erative ‐tto reducee air po
ollution, rebaalance relaations bettween oil and producing and
d importinng countries, and to moderatee climate change. It will be very hard: inndeed, prrobably ossible with today’’s technol ogy at a price society will bbe willing to pay. impo
Afteer briefly rreviewing trends in energy demand, su
upply andd efficiency, I will focu
us on the potential and outloook for lo
ow carbon
n energy ssources, and a the tech
hnical, eco
onomic and politica l challenges that will have too be met in
n order to m
meet futurre needs sustainablyy.