Complex Toolkit Launch

Strachan, S. (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or Presentation › Invited talk

Description

The EPC’s brand new Complex Systems Toolkit is now live, providing accessible, practical resources for embedding complex systems concepts into engineering education.

Period	9 Dec 2025
Held at	Engineering Professors' Council, United Kingdom
Degree of Recognition	International

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The two complementary workshops, Climate Fresk and En-ROADS, are introduced to situate Renewable Energy Technologies within the wider context of the Net Zero transition. Their purpose is first to deepen students’ understanding of the climate science that underpins climate change as the driver of technical innovation, and then to broaden awareness of the social, economic, political, and environmental factors that shape global decarbonisation pathways. Building on this foundation, the workshops shift focus to the policy levers required to enable systems change – highlighting, often with surprising insights, their relative effectiveness in reducing emissions and limiting temperature rise. Together, they provide the context for a Renewable Energy Technologies module, where attention turns to the role of renewables and other low-carbon technologies as climate solutions. The central takeaway is that there is no single “silver bullet” solution; instead, a coordinated “silver buckshot” approach is essential.