EfH is co-founded by Pandora’s Promise director Robert Stone, environmental campaigner Kirsty Gogan and philanthropist Daniel Aegerter. Receiving no corporate backing, we are seeking to provide a resource hub for an emerging global network, and to continue the conversation that Pandora’s Promise started:
How do we continue to power modern civilization without destroying it?Pandora’s Promise
At present, the majority of climate and environmental activists insist that decarbonization can be accomplished entirely by accelerating the deployment of renewable energy (particularly wind and solar) coupled with dramatic improvements in energy efficiency. Nuclear energy, they say, is simply not necessary to effectively tackle climate change. The world’s leading climate scientists don’t agree.
The world’s leading experts, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the International Energy Agency, and a broad swathe of the scientific and energy experts throughout the world, contend that renewables alone are insufficient to bring about the necessary decarbonization required to avert a climate catastrophe whilst meeting growing global demand for energy.
This state of affairs has caused a growing number of environmentalists, climate scientists, energy experts, business leaders and public policy organizations to support the development and deployment of advanced nuclear energy technologies to accelerate the global expansion of non-CO2 emitting electrical energy and to reduce our reliance on fossil fuels.
With more advanced, mass-producible, passively safe, reactor designs there’s a very real promise of safely and affordably replacing fossil fuels with clean energy within the time we have left to tackle this problem.
Energy for Humanity seeks to inform and help shape this debate at all levels.
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Kirsty Gogan, Co-Founder, Executive Director, is an established expert in climate and energy communications with extensive experience as a senior advisor to UK Government, industry, academic networks and non-profit organizations. She created the Low Carbon Alliance between the nuclear and renewables industries, representing more than 1,000 businesses and welcomed by Greenpeace. Leading the Government’s public consultation into the UK’s new build program she addressed public concerns about nuclear power and engaged anti-nuclear campaigners in a constructive dialogue process with Government that continues to this day. As Deputy Head of Civil Nuclear Security, Kirsty reviewed the UK national communications response to Fukushima, made a number of recommendations, and implemented them. Kirsty created the first UK chapter of the global Women in Nuclear network, is a visiting researcher at Manchester University, and an independent advisor to Government. She is co-founder CEO of Energy for Humanity, a new NGO working to meet the goal of universal access to clean and cheap energy.
Daniel Aegerter, Co-Founder, is an investor and philanthropist. Daniel’s entrepreneurial spirit and ability to drive strategy to execution are the key drivers for his business success. Over the last decade at ARMADA, Daniel worked with many entrepreneurs to help them reach their goals and execute their business plans. He is a hands-on investor and both challenges and supports management to be their best. As a philanthropist, Daniel is committed to finding new ways to power modern civilisation without destroying it. He co-founded Energy for Humanity as a new voice for the pro-nuclear environmental movement. Daniel has been a member of the World Economic Forum since 2002. Daniel believes in the future of nuclear energy and has made some investments in promising early stage advanced nuclear start-ups.
Robert Stone, Co-Founder, is an Academy Award nominated documentary filmmaker. Four of his films have had their world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and seven of his films have been aired on the acclaimed PBS history series American Experience. His most recent feature documentary is “PANDORA’S PROMISE” which premiered at Sundance in 2013, was released theatrically and broadcast on CNN. This hotly debated film that makes the environmental case for nuclear energy has taken Stone all over the world and made him a much sought after public speaker on the issues of climate change and public attitudes about energy. Energy for Humanity seeks to continue the conversation that Pandora’s Promise started.
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