Through a collaboration between the University of Edinburgh, Universidad San Francisco de Quito and the British-Ecuadorian Chamber of Commerce, the Living Lab for Energy Innovation is working to deliver objectives of the Galápagos Plan 2030. Interdisciplinary teams involving the Centre for Future Infrastructure have been researching the challenges and opportunities in sustainable and inclusive decarbonisation of the islands. UNESCO designated Galapagos as the first World Heritage site in 1978 and has 2,900 marine species, of which 25% percent of which are endemic. Projects have included reducing emissions from tourism boats, design for utilisation of novel marine renewable power and decarbonisation of homes.
The Galapagos-Edinburgh joint research partnership is being led by Prof Sole Garcia Ferrari (S.Garcia@ed.ac.uk).
Further information can be found here.
