Milen - Environmental Change and Sustainable Energy

Dear MILEN friends, MILEN is being integrated in the new initiative on energy, called UiO Energy and the MILEN website and Facebook group will no longer be active. In the fall the FB-group will be changed to UiO Energy. MILEN wishes to express its sincere gratitude to all MILEN supporters and friends for their contributions to making MILEN a success and in preparing the ground for the work of UiO Energy. Thank you all!

MILEN transitioning to the new UiO Energy - University of Oslo MILEN will be integrated into the new and larger research area on energy called UiO Energy from July. The director is Anders Elverhøi.

Interessert i energi? Infomøte 5. juni om nytt og spennende masterfag- Bærekraftige energisystemer, på Eilert Sundts hus, auditorium 6, kl 12-12:45.

Nytt masteremne i bærekraftige energisystemer - Universitetet i Oslo UiOs nye satsning på energi - UiO: Energi tilbyr til høsten ett nytt tverrfaglig emne i bærekraftige energisystemer (ENERGI4010). Emnet passer for alle studenter med bachelorgrad fra SV-, HF- og MN-fakultetet.

Want to study renewable energy this summer? Sign up for NorRen Summer School. It's free of charge and the deadline is 24th of May!

Summer School | NorRen The NorRen Summer School 2013 is for phd-students and young researchers within renewable energy working in Norway.

Last chance today to sign up for a free lunch and a talk on nuclear power on Wednesday!

Myth busters: Can Thorium provide safe nuclear power? - University of Oslo Thorium, a naturally-occurring radioactive metal, has been hailed as a savior of nuclear power and the solution to the world energy crisis. MILEN and SFFE invite you to a lunch seminar with Sunniva Rose, PhD in Nuclear and Energy Physics. Rose will bust some of the myths about Thorium and nuclear po...

What kind of interdisciplinarity is required for research on globalisation to be credible and authoritative, asks professor of anthropology Thomas Hylland Eriksen, today at 13:15!

The three horsemen of the apocalypse - UiO MILEN invites you to a seminar about humanity's biggest crisis and how researchers can contribute to an original and alternative perspec...

Studentdebatt i forbindelse med Energidagen på Betong, Chateu Neuf i kveld klokka 19:00.

Studentdebatt: Kan gass forene vekst og kutt? - Universitetet i Oslo USA har satset sterkt på skifergass de siste åra og er på vei mot å bli selvforsynt med gass. Mange europeiske land har derimot trappet opp kullforbruket sitt med billig kull importert fra nettopp USA .Vil økt satsning på gass være en miljøpolitisk fallitterklæring? Kulturutvalget ved Det norske Stu...

Energidagen fortsetter! I morgen klokka 19.00 med studentdebatt på Betong: Naturgass- mirakelkur eller sovemedisin?

Naturgass- mirakelkur eller sovemedisin? - Universitetet i Oslo USA har satset sterkt på skifergass de siste åra og er på vei mot å bli selvforsynt med gass. Mange europeiske land har derimot trappet opp kullforbruket sitt med billig kull importert fra nettopp USA .Vil økt satsning på gass være en miljøpolitisk fallitterklæring? Kulturutvalget ved Det norske Stu...

State Secretary, Ministry of Oil and Energy, Ane Kismul, opening address at Energidagen 2013.

Interested in reading more on energy and environmental change? New feature on the MILEN site: MILEN Recommeds! We're starting with the article on Japanese and Norwegian comfort habits.

MILEN Recommends - University of Oslo Every 2. weeks you will find articles and books on energy and environmental change that have inspired, are a must-read and are pivotal within the field of MILEN researchers.

New MILEN lecture on emissions trading tomorrow. Asbjørn Torvanger from CICERO will focus on the CDM and ethical aspects of buying credits

Emissions trading: Efficiency and equity - University of Oslo The purpose of trading greenhouse gas emissions is to allow for emission cuts to take place where the cost per ton of emission reduction is lowest. We will discuss ethical aspects related to implementation of emission trading systems, distribution of costs across sectors and groups, and issues relat...

Remember to sign up for tomorrow's seminar on generational equity in climate negotiations.

Inter- and intragenerational ethical aspects of climate policy - University of Oslo Snorre Kverndokk, The Frisch Centre and CREE will be holding this lecture. The seminar is part of the research school's ethic seminar series.

In December most of the UN member nations agreed on a new climate deal: the Doha climate package. MILEN invites you to a lecture on the implications of the Doha deal by Christina Voigt, Dep. of Public and International Law, UiO on January 15th.

Reflections of Equity in the International Climate Regime - University of Oslo The lecture will discuss the equity implications of the recent Doha deal (8 December 2012), its history and its future. Christina Voigt, Law UiO will be holding this lecture. The seminar is part of the research school's ethic seminar series.