The IEA Experts’ Group on R&D Priority-setting and Evaluation (EGRD) organizes a Webinar on "Climate Neutral Heating and Cooling: RD&D needs and perspectives for international collaboration".
Date: 20 April 2023, 1:00-3:30 pm (CET)
This webinar will discuss RD&D needs in the area of climate-neutral heating and cooling in order to serve as an input to governmental research policies and strategies.
Key questions to be answered at the webinar are:
- What RD&D is crucial to decarbonize the heating and cooling sector?
- Which obstacles hinder the large-scale deployment and rollout of climate-neutral heating and cooling technologies in various end-use sectors?
- Which problems arise on a system-level?
- How can acceptance problems of climate-neutral heating and cooling technologies be overcome?
- Is it possible to shortcut knowledge creation from basic science to application by means of new methods, technologies and mechanisms?
- How can governments support and accelerate RD&D in climate-neutral heating and cooling?
- What are the best opportunities for the IEA TCPs to take forward these research questions?
Expected outcomes
The webinar will result in a summary report with the main discussion points and recommendations for further RD&D in climate-neutral heating and cooling.
