YES-DC Network event, 17 september 2015 YES-DC is proud to announce its 2015 network event. Interesting presentations will be given by networking proffesionals which will be followed by several interactive activities. Don’t miss the chance to meet interesting people, with whom you can interact during a mini energy battle. Exchange ideas and opinions on subjects that are related […]
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By Thomas van der Vliet The YES-DC India energy review was held on the 17th of June at the Academiegebouw in Utrecht. The topic of India was chosen because it is a major developing country with rapidly increasing energy demand and the country doesn’t get as much attention as it deserves. The speakers of the
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By Mariësse van Sluisveld On behalf of YES-DC I got the opportunity to have a look at the ‘intermezzo’ UNFCCC negotiations that take place in Bonn every year. Being granted the observer-status you have access to a wide selection of side-events which are held in small rooms close to the negotiation room. So with my business cards in
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On the 12th of May in 2015, a group of roughly forty young energy specialists gathered to discuss everything related to the relation between energy and economic growth. After a short introduction to the subject by YES-DC’s very own Friso Huizinga, three experts took the floor. The energy transition: a macroeconomic perspective Sjak Smulders, professor
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The India energy review. June 17th at the Academiegebouw in Utrecht. Speakers from the IEA, FMO (The Dutch development bank) and Energy Indeed confirmed! With a population of 1,25 billion people, India is the largest democracy in the world. At present the country is relatively poor with the level of GDP per capita standing at
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Energy is an important production factor that is essential to economic growth. World primary energy use has grown enormously since the middle of the 19th century, and it has brought us unprecedented wealth and comfort. Recent developments have made apparent that energy use does not come without cost. The oil crises of the 1970s and,
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Report by: Mariësse van Sluisveld In December 2015 a new Conference of Parties (CoP) will be held in Paris, with as objective to achieve a legally binding and universal agreement on climate from all the nations of the world. This 2015 agreement will have to bring together the current patchwork of binding and non-binding arrangements
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The road to Paris – Climate Change Policy & Practice As part of the international climate negotiations around the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen (2009) and Cancún (2010), parties have agreed in the Copenhagen Accord and the Cancún Agreements to collectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions with the aim to limit
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General Assembly 10 March 2015, 19:00, NJR, Utrecht [message_box title=”Evening details” color=”white”] Date: Tuesday 10 March 2015 Time: 19:00 Location: Nederlandse Jeugdraad, Kromme Nieuwegracht 58, Utrecht [/message_box] YES-DC announces it’s next General Assembly. All members are invited to attend on March 10th. Further we will discuss about YES-DC’s progress in the last year and it’s
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Ready to participate instead of sitting down and listening? The Smart Grid Game is a role playing game in which you experience and deal with the complexity of the energy system. Realising the energy transition is something no single actor can do on its own. Achieving this common goal, but at the same time promoting
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Young Energy Specialists and Development Co-operation (YES-DC) is an association of students and young professionals interested and/or working in the field of energy and international co-operation.