1 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:12,640 So as you recall, we started reflecting on the immediate past and the pandemic and the lessons that we've learnt on day one. 2 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:18,370 Yesterday, we moved on to thinking about the big changes in the political environment and what that means for science 3 00:00:18,370 --> 00:00:28,240 and science policy and how that will give us opportunities to engage with society and with big challenges. 4 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:34,600 And that brings us today where we're focussing on one of those big challenges transitioning to a sustainable future. 5 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:44,890 So I'm going to introduce your host for today, Thomas Kocho Ricksen from Cambridge, who is going to introduce the theme and the speakers. 6 00:00:44,890 --> 00:00:52,360 So thank you very much, Thomas, for all that you've done for preparing the conference and for today, and I will hand over to you. 7 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:56,710 So thanks very much, Phil Fall, for the introduction and again for hosting the whole summit as well, 8 00:00:56,710 --> 00:01:03,880 and it's been a really interesting couple of days so far. Lots of really exciting discussions, lots of sort of quite energised discussions as well. 9 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,780 Lots of food for thought about how we might move forward to next year. 10 00:01:07,780 --> 00:01:15,430 So again, so welcome to Day three session, which really focuses on how we transition to a more sustainable future. 11 00:01:15,430 --> 00:01:23,800 So to echo something that's fed through the summit so far, you know, around, I really do wish we could have all been here together in person, 12 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,450 having just enjoyed a fabulous dinner in which the college knocks on a few drinks in the bar afterwards. 13 00:01:28,450 --> 00:01:32,620 And importantly, all the opportunities that really helps to unlock all the networks really helps 14 00:01:32,620 --> 00:01:38,750 to build and cement relationships that we build that we can take forward. Now we are where we are. 15 00:01:38,750 --> 00:01:44,110 And so we're making do, and I really I'm looking forward to hopefully an in-person event next year. 16 00:01:44,110 --> 00:01:49,570 So our session today rebuilds on the fantastic discussion we've had so far, focus our attention on how universities, companies, 17 00:01:49,570 --> 00:01:56,230 governments and societies can come together to respond to the complex and wicked challenges resulting from climate change, 18 00:01:56,230 --> 00:02:02,740 bringing the same kind of energy and commitment and sense of urgency that we witnessed in the fight against COVID over the last 18 months. 19 00:02:02,740 --> 00:02:09,820 Now, finding solutions to these many and varied challenges, accelerating the transition to a net zero society by 2050 and hopefully, 20 00:02:09,820 --> 00:02:12,400 if at all possible much earlier than that, 21 00:02:12,400 --> 00:02:18,340 will require the development and deployment of diverse sets of technologies and solutions at both pace and scale. 22 00:02:18,340 --> 00:02:23,770 Now, as the number of countries committing to delivering net zero by 2050 gathers pace, 23 00:02:23,770 --> 00:02:28,540 pressures grow grow to switch from a decade of deliberation to a decade of delivery. 24 00:02:28,540 --> 00:02:33,430 The question we really want to confront in this session next like this is, you know, 25 00:02:33,430 --> 00:02:37,060 what more can we do to better mobilise the partnerships between universities, 26 00:02:37,060 --> 00:02:42,070 companies, governments and societies to develop solutions at pace and scale to help accelerate 27 00:02:42,070 --> 00:02:46,720 the urgent transition needed to deliver net carbon net zero carbon society? 28 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:51,850 What can we learn from experiments taking place around the around the world in different settings, different sectors, 29 00:02:51,850 --> 00:02:59,110 different universities from our expense in tackling COVID to inform our approach and moving forward? 30 00:02:59,110 --> 00:03:04,690 So to help us with our discussions in the breakouts that are coming up later on, we've lined up some great speakers. 31 00:03:04,690 --> 00:03:08,500 But before we dive into the keynotes, help set the scene for our discussions. 32 00:03:08,500 --> 00:03:12,700 I just wanted to present the findings from the very short survey that we conducted over the past few days. 33 00:03:12,700 --> 00:03:19,510 Next slide, please. So the first question we asked was whether organisations have publicly announced ambitions for net zero by 2050. 34 00:03:19,510 --> 00:03:22,150 Now, 60 percent of respondents said they had done so. 35 00:03:22,150 --> 00:03:28,930 Interestingly, when we broke that down by large company by the companies responding all of which were large and universities, 36 00:03:28,930 --> 00:03:33,580 almost all of the all large companies had said they'd done so compared to about half of universities. 37 00:03:33,580 --> 00:03:35,830 Next slide, please. 38 00:03:35,830 --> 00:03:42,850 The second question we asked was whether organisations have developed specific plans or roadmaps laying out how they will achieve net zero by 2050. 39 00:03:42,850 --> 00:03:50,140 Now here, the response became a bit more mixed. We found that relatively few had detailed roadmaps in place. 40 00:03:50,140 --> 00:03:55,750 About a third said they hadn't announced plans with some waypoints, while 18 percent had announced plans, 41 00:03:55,750 --> 00:04:00,910 but with no detailed roadmaps on roadmaps or waypoints behind them. 42 00:04:00,910 --> 00:04:07,480 Encouraging just eight percent of respondents said their organisations currently had no ambitions to develop such plans or roadmaps. 43 00:04:07,480 --> 00:04:17,050 Next slide, please! The final question we asked was around where you universities and large companies in the room saw the greatest 44 00:04:17,050 --> 00:04:22,780 need for change in order to better mobilise these partnerships to help develop solutions in this area. 45 00:04:22,780 --> 00:04:27,760 Now here we see the importance placed on developing new incentives for organisations to change behaviours. 46 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:35,230 Importance of developing government policies and funding programmes. And are developing greater clarity on the pathways and roadmaps to take ideas and 47 00:04:35,230 --> 00:04:39,100 technologies emerging from the labs all the way into deployment in the real world, 48 00:04:39,100 --> 00:04:44,530 both pace and scale. Half have you also talked about the need for improvement in technology development and demonstration, 49 00:04:44,530 --> 00:04:49,060 specifically on the partnership models that we need to put in place and the 50 00:04:49,060 --> 00:04:52,930 great and the need for greater coordination of effort was also highlighted. 51 00:04:52,930 --> 00:04:58,450 So I hope this this helps to it may help to stimulate and guide discussions later on in the breakouts. 52 00:04:58,450 --> 00:05:04,210 And I know the findings from this very short survey chime very strongly with what our 53 00:05:04,210 --> 00:05:16,096 two keynote speakers are about to talk about drawing on some very exciting initiatives. They are both both involved.