Ready to go beyond the wind and the sun?

In commemoration of the World Day Against Climate Change, we invite you to our final online dialogue of the “Beyond the Wind and the Sun” series.

This session will explore tidal, geothermal, and hydrogen energy as emerging sources that are transforming the future of clean energy.

Together with our panel of international experts, we’ll dive into their potential, challenges, and role in advancing a Just Energy Transition.

Speakers:

• Andrés Osorio (Colombia) – Director of CEmarin
• Danielle Fendji (Cameroon) – Lecturer, University of Buea
• Imane Boukhatem (Germany) – PhD Candidate, University of Flensburg
• Pedro Salazar (Colombia) – Researcher, IDEA, Universidad Nacional de Colombia

Moderator:

Nataly A. Díaz Cruz, Academic Coordinator at TRAJECTS LATAM

📅 Date: Friday, October 24th

🕘 Time: 9:00 AM (COL) | 16:00 PM (GER)

🌐 Language: English/Spanish with simultaneous interpretation

Don’t miss this crucial conversation about the future of sustainable energy!

Opportunities for biogas in the Just Energy Transitions

We invite you to our upcoming online dialogue! As part of our "Beyond the wind and the sun" series, this session will explore the Opportunities for biogas in the renewable energy sector.

In a world seeking to diversify its clean energy sources, biogas emerges as a key alternative. Join us to analyze its potential, challenges, and role in a Just Energy Transition with a panel of international experts.

Speakers:

• Carmenza Castiblanco (Col): Institute of Environmental Studies - IDEA, UNAL.

• Sara Ramírez (Col): TRAJECTS Junior Researcher.

• Abiola Kehinde (SA): PhD Candidate at UCT & TRAJECTS Fellow.

Moderator: Nataly Díaz Cruz, Academic Coordinator at TRAJECTS LATAM.

📅 Date: Friday, September 26th
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM (COL) | 4:00 PM (GER)
🌐 Language: The event will feature simultaneous interpretation (English/Spanish).

Don't miss this crucial conversation for the future of sustainable energy.

#JustEnergyTransition #RenewableEnergy #Biogas #Sustainability #ClimateChange #CleanEnergy #OnlineEvent

The transition to a #sustainable #energy future requires exploring all available technologies. Beyond wind and solar, what is the role of nuclear energy?

We are pleased to invite you to watch the second of our dialogue series, "Beyond wind and sun: Dialogues on clean energies in Just Energy Transitions". This time, it features an interesting trilateral conversation that brings together experts from #Germany, #Colombia, and #SouthAfrica.

Our panellists:

• Alexander Wimmers, Technische Universität Berlin (Germany).
• Javier Martínez, Red Nuclear Colombiana (Colombia).
• Peter Becker, Koeberg Alert Alliance (South Africa).

Moderator:

Nataly A. Díaz Cruz, Academic Coordinator at TRAJECTS LATAM.

In this session, we analyse the challenges, opportunities, and controversies of nuclear energy from diverse geographical and sectoral viewpoints.

🌱 Join the TRAJECTS 2025 Dialogue Series!

From July to October, every last Friday of the month, we will explore the challenges and contributions of different clean energy sources in the context of Just Energy Transitions.

📆 Dates: July 25, August 29, September 26, October 24
🌍 Online event via Zoom
👩‍🏫 Simultaneous translation English-Spanish
📩 Sign up to receive the link

We invite you to watch our first dialogue, "Renewables or non-renewables in the clean energies?", part of the TRAJECTS 2025 Dialogue Series.

This session addresses the future of energy in Europe, South Africa, Latin America, and Asia, exploring a fundamental question: Is there a viable role for non-renewable technologies on the path to decarbonization? Our panel of international experts analyzed this from diverse regional and policy perspectives.

Speakers:

🔹 Pao-Yu Oei, Professor at Europa Universität Flensburg
🔹 Michela Izzo, Executive Director at Guakia Ambiente
🔹 Harro Von Blottnitz, Professor at the University of Cape Town
🔹 Dinita Setyawati, Senior Electricity Policy Analyst at Ember

Moderator: Nataly Díaz Cruz, Academic Coordinator for TRAJECTS LATAM.

 

The TRAJECTS Centre will organize two information sessions in Spanish and English via Zoom for those interested in applying for Junior and Senior Research Stays in Europe 🌍, Africa 🌍 or Latin America 🌎.

📅 Date: Thursday, February 27.
⏰ Time for the English session: 2:00 PM Berlin time.
⏰ Time for the Spanish session: 9:00 AM Colombian time.

The objective of these sessions is to resolve any questions that applicants or interested parties may have. The step-by-step instructions on how to apply to the call will also be presented.

Jesse Burton is a senior researcher in the Energy Systems Research group at the University of Cape Town in South Africa and contributor to the global thinktank E3G. She is a member of the Powering Past Coal Alliance's Just Transition working group, sits on the Advisory Board of the National Entrepreneurship Initiative's Just Transition Pathways Project and is a member of the steering committee of the Mpumalanga Green Economy Cluster. Jesse will talk about sinergies in JET at Universidad Nacional de Colombia with Nadia Combariza co-founder and co-director of the Colombian think tank on energy policy, POLEN Just Transitions who has an undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from the Universidad del Valle, with an emphasis on energy technologies at the Technical University of Hamburg and has more than 10 years of experience working on energy transition in Colombia, Chile and the Dominican Republic.

The dialogue will be moderated by Professor Erasmo Rodriguez, Director of the TRAJECTS LATAM HUB. 

Connect to the broadcast through the TRAJECTS Channel on YouTube, using the following links:

For English:
https://youtube.com/live/gkuCvwZmN2E

Para Español:
https://youtube.com/live/-2WIxuszhZ0

We invite you to the TRAJECTS African Hub Sustainability Transitions Dialogue on Exploring electricity access and affordability in a time of energy transitions. 

As the global energy transition gains momentum, concerns around energy justice, affordability, and access become ever more important. Join us for a discussion that engages the controversies in the current trajectory of renewable energy transitions and perspectives towards new imaginaries that embody the need for life-sustaining alternatives in energy transitions.