Mitigation of Climate Change

16 May at 16:30-18:15, room Vingen 1+2

Session chair

Fariborz Zelli, Professor at the Department of Political Science, Lund University

Invited keynote speakers

Beyond technology: Demand-side measures for climate change mitigation in the food system – Assem Abu Hatab, Associate Professor at the Department of Economics, SLU (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences) and Nordic Africa Institute.

Buildings and Cities – Insights from sectorial chapters – Érika Mata, IVL (Swedish Environmental Research Institute)

Electrification and negative emissions – two competitive mitigation measures for Sweden? – Filip Johnsson, Professor at the Department of Space, Earth and Environment at Chalmers

Transformative politics toward societal decarbonization. Key insights from the 2022 Report of the Swedish Climate Policy Council – Karin Bäckstrand, Professor at the Department of Political Science, Stockholm University

Feasibility of climate change mitigation in the real world – Jessica Jewell, Associate Professor at the Department of Space, Earth and Environment, Chalmers & Professor at the Department of Geography, University of Bergen