THE LOST DECADE? PLANNING THE FUTURE
AALBORG UNIVERSITY COPENHAGEN, 28.02.19-01.03.19.
COP15 became a defining moment in international climate change history. Mostly in negative terms. The failure to agree on a replacement for the Kyoto protocol resulted in a prolonged impasse in international climate change negotiations. It took more than half a decade to reach a comprehensive international agreement at COP21 in Paris. In the meantime, the world followed a business-as-usual model. 10 years after COP15 it therefore seems increasingly unlikely that the increase in global temperature will stay below 2 degrees Celsius as agreed in the Copenhagen Accord. In Denmark, the failure of COP15 has been particularly traumatic, both in the political system and in public opinion. The perceived ineptness of the Danish government and administration in securing a positive outcome for COP15 generated widespread climate apathy and a more subdued approach to international climate change policy. Only recently has the political system re-engaged with the climate agenda reflecting a renewed public interest and concern with the consequences of global warming. Thus, it has taken almost 10 years for Danish climate change policy to step out of the shadow of COP15.
The purpose of this conference is to create the academic and societal setting for dialogue and exchange of experiences to invoke new ideas and to plan the future. The conference provides a forum for climate scholars from all academic disciplines to meet societal stakeholders and citizens and to share knowledge about current challenges, obstacles and new possibilities.
The conference presents a series of keynotes addressing the lost decade. The keynotes are followed by several panels discussing reasons and causes of the lost decade. Why and what went wrong? Turning to a more future oriented perspective, a series of panels address the question of how to plan the future. Focus is drawn to the main climate harming sectors.
SPEAKERS
Welcome by Dean Henrik Pedersen and Associate professor Theresa Scavenius
Brian Vad Mathiesen, Professor, Aalborg University
Sustainable Energy systems can solve more challenges than the Climate Crisis
Daniel Sarewitz, Professor, Arizona State University
Lessons from Three Lost Decades
Frede Hvelplund, Professor, Aalborg University
Climate policy, ownership models and democracy
Inge Røpke, Professor, Aalborg University
Economics for sustainability
Katherine Richardson, Professor, University of Copenhagen
Where in the world is the climate headed?
Klaus Skytte, Head of Energy Economics and Regulation, Technical University of Denmark
Regulating the green energy revolution
Peter Birch Sørensen, Professor, University of Copenhagen
Designing international negotiations on climate policy: An economist’s perspective
Simon Caney, Professor, University of Warwick
Democracy and governing for the long term
Theresa Scavenius, Associate professor, Aalborg University
The Vicious Circle
PANELS
PANEL 1: PUBLIC CLIMATE ENGAGEMENT AS POST-NORMAL SCIENCE? A DANISH CASE
Stefan Gaarsmand Jacobsen, Assistant professor, Roskilde University
Anders Blok, Associate professor, University of Copenhagen
Gregers Andersen, Postdoctoral researcher, Stockholm University
Irina Papazu, Assistant Professor, Copenhagen Business School
PANEL 2: KLIMAPOLITIK, NÅR MARKEDER ER HVERKEN NATURLIGE ELLER PERFEKTE, MEN REGEL-BASEREDE ARENAER FOR KONKURRENCE
Peter Karnøe, Professor, Aalborg University
Jens Stissing Jensen, Associate professor, Aalborg University
Klaus Skytte, Head of Energy Economics and Regulation, The Technical University of Denmark
Susse Georg, Professor, Aalborg University
PANEL 3: THE INTERNET'S RISING ENERGY CONSUMPTION
Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, Professor, Technical University of Denmark
Dag Lundén, Environmental Manager, Telia Company
Anders Andrae, Senior Expert Life Cycle Assessment, Huawei Technologies
Torsten Hasforth, Senior advisor, Danish Energy
Mads Flarup Christensen, Executive Director Nordics, Greenpeace
PANEL 4: KLIMAFORANDRINGER I DANSKE NYHEDSMEDIER (IN DANISH)
Mikkel Fugl Eskjær, Associate professor, Aalborg University
Adam Hannestad, Climate Journalist, Politiken
John Nordbo, Climate Advocacy, CARE Denmark
PANEL 5: THE POTENTIALS OF NEW RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGIES
Peter Christian Kjærgaard Vesborg, Associate professor, Technical University of Denmark
Brian Vad Mathiesen, Professor, Aalborg University
Kenneth Bernard Karlsson, Senior Scientist, Technical University of Denmark
Hans Chr. Sørensen, Director, Wave Dragon
PANEL 6: POLITICS OF RESPONSIBLE AND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGY
Lars Botin, Associate professor, Aalborg University
Rasmus Haarløv, Research assistant, Aalborg University
Tom Børsen, Associate professor, Aalborg University
PANEL 7: Democratic engagement and climate change
Theresa Scavenius, Associate professor, Aalborg University
Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen, Professor, Aarhus University
Simon Caney, Professor, University of Warwick
Bjørn Bedsted, Deputy Director, The Danish Board of Technology
PANEL 8: NEW WIND POWER SOLUTIONS TO DECARBONIZE HEAVY TRANSPORTATION
Henrik Bach Mortensen, Industrial Ph.D., Aalborg University and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
Peter Esmann, Senior Product Manager, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
PANEL 9:A COHERENT TRANSPORT SYSTEM FOR GREATER COPENHAGEN 2050
Andrés Felipe Valderrama Pineda, Associate professor, Aalborg University
Birgitte Hoffmann, Associate professor, Aalborg University
Joe Jensen, Project leader, The Capital Region of Denmark
PANEL 10: CULTURAL VISIONS: NEGOTIATING CLIMATE CHANGE IN ART AND POPULAR CULTURE
Mikkel Fugl Eskjær, Associate professor, Aalborg University
Gregers Andersen, Postdoctoral researcher, Stockholm University
Torsten Bøgh Thomsen, Assistant Professor, University of Southern Denmark
Ida Bencke, Co-founder, Laboratory for Aesthetics and Ecology
PANEL 11: DISTRICT HEATING AND WASTE incineration: breaking the lock-in in an era of circular economy and decarbonization
Nis Bertelsen, Ph.D fellow, Aalborg University
Michael Søgaard Jørgensen, Associate professor, Aalborg University
Susana Paardekooper, Ph.D fellow, Aalborg University
PANEL 12: HOw to translate knowlegde to socity
The green student movement
Panel 13: HVORDAN KAN SUPERCYKELSTIER BIDRAGE TIL MERE BÆREDYGTIG MOBILITET I GREATER COPENHAGEN? (IN DANISH)
Anne Katrine Harders, Senior project leader, Danish Architecture Center
Andrés Felipe Valderrama Pineda, Associate professor, Aalborg University
Sidsel Birk Hjuler, Programme leader, Supercykelstier
Ninna Hedeager Olsen, Tecnical and Environmental Mayor, Municipality of Copenhagen
Rasmus Haarløv, Research assistant, Aalborg University
Panel 14: CLIMATE AND FINANCE - ALSO A LOST DECADE?
Inge Røpke, Professor, Aalborg University
Erik Lundsgaarde, Senior researcher, DIIS
Frederik Lasserre, Analyst, CEVEA
Jarl Krausing, International director, CONCITO
Panel 15: EMISSIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS FROM THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
Michael Havbro Faber, Professor, Aalborg University
Lærke Dahl Klausen, Project leader, CLEAN
Gang Liu, Professor mso, University of Southern Denmark
Panel 16: TOURISM AND CLIMATE CHANGE – WHERE TO NEXT?
Carina Ren, Associate professor, Aalborg University
Dimitri Ioannides, Professor, Mid-Sweden University
Scott Cohen, Professor, University of Surrey
Szilvia Gyimóthy, Associate professor, Aalborg University
Panel 17: BÆREDYGTIGT HVERDAGSLIV I BÆREDYGTIGE BYER: MANGFOLDIGE FORBINDELSER (IN DANISH)
Toke Haunstrup Christensen, Senior Researcher, Aalborg University
Lars A. Engberg, Senior Researcher, Aalborg University
Lykke Leonardsen, programme leader, green city solutions, Municipality of Copenhagen
Tina Unger, programme leader, Lejre Municipality
Panel 18: BRIDGING THE GAP BETWEEN ACADEMIA, BUSINESS AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR
David S. Miller, Strategic Communications Consultant, The Climate Reality Project
Peter Birch Sørensen, Professor, University of Copenhagen
Daniel Sarewitz, Professor, Arizona State University
Panel 19: ARCTIC: LIVING IN A CHANGING CLIMATE
Lucia Mortensen, Ph.D. fellow, Aalborg University
Hans Meltofte, Senior adviser emeritus, Aarhus University
Mette Frost, Senior advisor, WWF
Zita Bak-Jensen, M.Sc, Aalborg University
Anders Mosbech, Senior Scientist, Research and advisory manager, Aarhus University
Panel 20: SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION OF TEXTILES. WHAT IS IT, AND HOW CAN WE GET THERE?
Else Skjold, Assistant Professor, Design School Kolding
Lena Trend Hansen, Product Director, COZE/ LauRie + ECHTE
Ingun Klepp, Professor, Oslo Metropolitan University
Panel 21: How do we make the green transition for 150 kroner a month per dane?
Anders Winther Mortensen, Ph.D. fellow, University of Southern Denmark
Kasper Dalgas Rasmussen, Ph.D. fellow, University of Southern Denmark
Panel 22: FUTURE FOOD
Lars-Henrik Lau Heckmann, Ph.D., Head of Section, Danish Technological Institute
Søren Bisp, Ph.D, Chief Consultant, SEGES
Søren Bøye Olsen, Professor, University of Copenhagen
Kristian Skaarup, Landscape Architect, ØsterGRO
Joint session: Connecting the dots: Green transition plan
Theresa Scavenius, Associate professor, Aalborg University
PROGRAMME
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Conference poster
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