Several researchers from CHANGE – Global Change and Sustainability Institute participated in ICOWEFS 2024 - International Conference on Water, Energy, Food and Sustainability, which took place in Portalegre, from May 8 to 10, and aims to be a major forum to foster innovation and exchange knowledge in the water-energy-food nexus.
The roundtable dedicated to “Exploring photovoltaics: Opportunities, trade-offs and potential solutions – integrating key aspects through a multiactor perspective discussion”, had the participation of Flávio Oliveira, CE3C & CHANGE, Miguel Sequeira, CENSE & CHANGE, Fernando Ascensão, CE3C & CHANGE, e Susana Filipe, MED & CHANGE. The discussion focuses on agrivoltaics and aimed at integrating perspectives from policy and academia to explore opportunities and trade-offs associated with photovoltaic infrastructures on agriculturally utilized land. The round table also included the participation of Maximilian Stange, from the Fraunhofer Institute and Luís Fialho, from the Renewable Energies Chair at the University of Évora.
The research developed by CHANGE researchers was also featured at the conference through Paulo Mira Mourão, from MED & CHANGE, session dedicated to "Activated Carbon and Biochar: Complementary Carbon Materials," through three posters: "Assessing the inclusiveness of the draft updated National Energy and Climate Plans 2030 of Belgium and Portugal through a hard-to-reach energy users lens," by Miguel Sequeira and João Pedro Gouveia from CENSE & CHANGE; "Barriers, Drivers and Opportunities for Valorization of Agricultural Plastic Waste," by Susana Filipe from MED & CHANGE, Nazaré Couto from CENSE & CHANGE, Paulo Mira Mourão from MED & CHANGE, and Davide Tranchida from Borealis GmbH; and "Water efficiency perception among Higher Education students," by Sandra Mourato from MED & CHANGE.