The COP15 United Nations Summit on Climate Change brought a lot of attention to the environmental challenges that our Planet will face in the near future. The developments in technology and productivity of the last century have not only radically changed our lives and increased our dependency on energy; it has also shown us the impact of our actions and lifestyle.
In recognition of the complexities of this issue and the vastness of the subject, Atomium Culture and Lund University have organised the writing of this Report and the High-Level Workshop on Governance for a Low-Carbon Society (HLW) to stimulate new insights and ideas from bringing together leading thinkers from university, industry, media and policy makers to discuss on the real issues and barriers of this debate.
This report and the HLW wants to create a comprehensive, intersectorial and interdisciplinary forum in order to create a credible and realistic medium for the public at large to access and understand the complexities of the debate; to outline the challenges, the possible solutions and innovative ways of implementing these.
Climate change and the transition to a low-carbon society is a challenge that we all face. It cannot and should not be addressed by individual sectors and actors alone. Including society at large in these debates is a fundamental step towards a sustainable solution.
We want to thank all the people involved in this effort. Valuable contributions have been made by Shell, Siemens, Vattenfall, Bellona and EEA. The writing of the report was coordinated by Lars J. Nilsson (LU) and Erika Widegren (Atomium Culture) with written contributions from LU researchers Jamil Khan, Karin Ericsson, Annica Kronsell, Johannes Stripple, Roger Hildingsson, Lars Coenen, as well as Max Åhman (SEPA), Alex Bowen (LSE), Antonio Gomes Martins (UC), Carmen Navarro (UAM), Wolfgang Lucht (HU & PIK), Andrew Gouldson (ESRC). A special thanks goes to the workshop participants who invested their time and effort in completing this report.
Dr Michelangelo Baracchi Bonvicini
President - Atomium Culture
Professor Per Eriksson
Vice Chancellor - Lund University
