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«Be Smart, and Age Won’t Matter»

Conferences, in the most general sense, are needed for knowledge exchange, networking, professional development, staying updated, testing your research and receiving feedback from peers, as well as inspiration. Of course, all of this is relevant for conferences in the field of energy research as well. In addition, a conference is a platform for dialogue for various participants of the energy markets, and it is extremely important to preserve dialogue when all channels of communication between Russia and the West are being cut off. We usually imagine a conference as a flow of speakers and topics, but behind every conference there is an idea, a history, and people. Today, we will discuss the idea, history, and people behind the “Energetika XXI” conference with its organizer and founder, Dmitry Vasilenko. Dmitry is the Vice-Rector at the Saint Petersburg State University of Economics (UNECON). The interview was held by Irina Mironova.

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On the Path to COP29: Issues with Critical Energy Transition Minerals

Delivering the decarbonization needed for the Paris Agreement depends not only on easy access to technologies but also on the availability of the necessary resources for a green transition. At COP28, UN Secretary-General António Guterres underlined that “the extraction of critical minerals for the clean energy revolution – from wind farms to solar panels and battery manufacturing – must be done in a sustainable, fair and just way.” The UN Chief proposed the Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals for the first time in the history of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change to discuss and set up common and voluntary guiding principles for extractive industries.

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Events

VI International Municipal BRICS+ Forum 2024

On August 27-28, 2024, the ENERPO Research Center of the European University at St. Petersburg took part in the VI International Municipal Forum BRICS+ in Moscow. This is a large-scale event, which was attended by representatives of federal, regional and municipal authorities, as well as large business corporations and small and medium-sized commercial companies.

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