Mr Joubert, Senior Advisor and Special Envoy Energy and Climate at (WBCSD), currently serves as the Chair of the Prince of Wales’s Corporate Leaders Group on Climate Change, sits at the Advisory board of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership where he is part of Faculty; he is also Executive Chairman of the Global Electricity Initiative at the World Energy Council; He holds several Advisory positions to the CEOs of major Global Cies and sits on various Boards and Advisory Boards as Non-Executive Director.
Previously, Philippe was President of Alstom Power and Deputy-CEO of Alstom Group. He started his career in the Banking industry in Brazil and Wall Street. He joined Alstom in 1986, as Finance Director of GEC ALSTHOM Mecanica Pesada in Brazil. After a variety of senior roles within Alstom in Brazil, he became Country President, ALSTOM Brazil in 1997. In 2000, he was appointed President of Alstom Transmission & Distribution Sector and member of the Alstom Group Executive Committee in France. In January 2004 he was appointed President Alstom Power Systems and In March 2009, President of Alstom Power Sector regrouping all the group activity in Power Generation. On July 4th 2011, Philippe Joubert was elected Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the Alstom Group by the Alstom Board. He left the Alstom group in June 2014.
Presentation Title
The Water-Energy Nexus Resilience to Climate Change
Abstract
Water and energy systems are highly interdependent.
Electricity production needs large amounts of water to cool power plants. Water production, treatment and delivery need large amounts of energy.
Climate change is now impacting the water cycle. This leads to increased risks around safety of power plants and security of energy supply. More disruptions and diminishing efficiencies are to be expected.
Engineering solutions will increasingly be needed to build in resilience in the water and energy systems. The role of cities in managing water and energy demand will be crucial going forward.