Overview

The water sector is a significant contributor to climate change through the greenhouse gas emissions of nitrous oxide (N2O) and methane (CH4) - wastewater treatment contributing some 5% of global anthropogenic N2O and 6% of global anthropogenic CH4 emissions. This webinar will present an overview of the water sector and climate change and opportunities for industry practitioners to understand the importance of GHG emissions in treating water and wastewater whilst also reducing the sector's contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.

The webinar will highlight the linkages between reducing GHG emissions and move towards circular economy and how this supports acting on other PBs beyond the climate change PB. The event will explore the links between GHG emissions and holistic nutrient management, the challenge of carbon emissions in water reuse and desalination and treating emerging contaminants and both challenges and opportunities in nature based treatment solutions.

Speaker

Amanda Lake is a chartered chemical engineer with 23 years' experience working in the water sector. Based in Scotland, she is Head of Carbon and Circular Economy in Jacobs' Water Europe business where she is a technical lead for projects focused primarily on resource recovery, measurement and mitigation of methane and nitrous oxide and carbon quantification.

Time

09:00 - 10:00 GMT.

Software

The presentation will be delivered via Microsoft Teams. We recommend downloading the app from the Microsoft website, rather than using the web portal.