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- Hildingsson, Roger, et al.
(författare)
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Klimatpolitisk styrningsproblematik
- 2011
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Ingår i: Vägval 2050: Styrningsutmaningar och förändringsstrategier för en omställning till ett kolsnålt samhälle. ; , s. 22-27
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- Andersen, M. S., et al.
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To facilitate a fair bioeconomy transition, stronger regional-level linkages are needed
- 2022
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Ingår i: Biofuels Bioproducts & Biorefining-Biofpr. - : Wiley. - 1932-104X .- 1932-1031. ; 16:4, s. 929-941
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The great hopes in Brussels that a circular bioeconomy will help bridge the growing divide between urban and rural areas and allow the hinterlands to prosper from 'green growth' are addressed in this article, which reflects on insights from three Nordic case studies of brown, green and blue biomass use at different levels of technology readiness. A closer examination of the forward, backward, fiscal and final demand linkages at regional level from increased biomass utilization, from eastern Finland and northern Sweden to Jutland and North Atlantic islands, suggests that linkages are and will remain relatively weak, predominantly dashing the expectations. As suppliers and exporters of natural resources, disadvantaged regions may all too easily get locked into a 'staples trap', where the value creation evaporates owing in part to the steep start-up costs and the associated boom-and-bust cycles, which place them in a weak position vis-a-vis the resource manufacturers and consumers. To make the prospects of development, employment and prosperity in the hinterlands materialize, measures are needed to strengthen the regional-level economic linkages. Regional-level revolving funds based on benefit-sharing instruments related to natural resources can be used to bolster economic development, as reflected in such schemes present in both China and Canada. We call for further research into whether and how such approaches can be replicated successfully by channeling revenues from biomass cultivation to regional-scale revolving funds, with mandates to strengthen long-term economic linkages and prosperity within the hinterlands. (c) 2022 The Authors. Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining published by Society of Industrial Chemistry and John Wiley & Sons Ltd
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- Andersson, Fredrik N G, et al.
(författare)
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Möjlighetsfönster står öppet
- 2011
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Ingår i: Sydsvenskan. - 1652-814X.
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)
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- Bengtsson Sonesson, Ludwig, et al.
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Carbon Ruins : An exhibition of the fossil age
- 2019
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Konstnärligt arbete (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- It is 2053. The Swedish government has just opened its landmark museum FOSSIL with its first exhibition Carbon Ruins. The exhibition and its grand opening is a celebration of the fact that global net-zero emissions of carbon dioxide were reached in 2050. Sweden, in line with its 2017 targets, reached net-zero emissions of greenhouse gases already in 2045, being the first country in the world to step out of the fossil age, which globally lasted between 1849 and 2049.‘Carbon Ruins’ aims to transport the visitor into a future where transitions to post-fossil society has already happened. By focusing on recognisable objects the exhibition bridges the gap between the daily lives of humans and the abstract impacts of climate change. The choice of the objects and the associated stories are based on climate models and expertise from the Narrating Climate Futures network. The characters and events which construct the story have been generated through participatory workshops with researchers and practitioners in food, transport, steel, energy and plastic
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- Fritz, Martin, et al.
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Habitus and climate change: Exploring support and resistance to sustainable welfare and social–ecological transformations in Sweden
- 2021
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Ingår i: British Journal of Sociology. - : Wiley. - 0007-1315 .- 1468-4446. ; 72:4, s. 874-890
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We explore peoples' dispositions and practices with regard to social–ecological transformations based on a sustainable welfare policy strategy in Sweden. We draw on Bourdieu's concept of habitus to highlight the relations between social positions, dispositions, and position-takings. Using data from an own survey, we identify habitus types and place these in the space of social positions. We apply principal component analysis to a large set of questions about social, ecological, and climate change related topics and identify eight underlying eco–social dispositions. These are used for cluster analyses that find typical constellations of eco–social dispositions within the Swedish population: variants of eco–social habitus. We find seven habitus types and describe their social characteristics, political preferences, and practices. Finally, the seven habitus are plotted onto the map of social positions, the Bourdieusian social space, highlighting their relations—proximities, tensions, and contestations—to each other. We find evidence that political struggles around social–ecological transformations reproduce existing social structures but are also connected to new “eco–social” divisions that appear between groups in similar positions. In the conclusion we discuss the implications for social–ecological transformations based on sustainable welfare.
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- Garczyna Johansson, Sebastian, et al.
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Ursäkta, men hur löd klimatfrågan?
- 2013
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Ingår i: 15 nedslag i klimatforskningen: Dåtid Nutid Framtid. - 9789163723384 ; , s. 29-44
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Klimatomställning ses av många som en väg ut ur den hotande klimatkrisen. Problemet är bara att klimatomställning inte är ett entydigt begrepp, varför det i klimatdebatten förekommer olika uppfattningar om hur genomgripande samhällsförändringar som krävs för att begränsa den globala uppvärmningen. Somliga ser en radikal omställning av de ekonomiska och politiska systemen som en nödvändighet, medan andra ser stegvisa reformer inom ramarna för den befintliga ordningen som en möjlig väg framåt. Vad detta innebär för klimatpolitiken diskuteras av statsvetarna Sebastian Garczyna Johansson och Roger Hildingsson.
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- Haug, Constanze, et al.
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Navigating the dilemmas of climate policy in Europe: evidence from policy evaluation studies
- 2010
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Ingår i: Climatic Change. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0165-0009 .- 1573-1480. ; 101:3-4, s. 427-445
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Climate change is widely recognised as a 'wicked' policy problem. Agreeing and implementing governance responses is proving extremely difficult. Policy makers in many jurisdictions now emphasise their ambition to govern using the best available evidence. One obvious source of such evidence is the evaluations of the performance of existing policies. But to what extent do these evaluations provide insights into the difficult dilemmas that governors typically encounter? We address this question by reviewing the content of 262 evaluation studies of European climate policies in the light of six kinds of dilemma found in the governance literature. We are interested in what these studies say about the performance of European climate policies and in their capacity to inform evidence-based policy-making. We find that the evaluations do arrive at common findings: that climate change is framed as a problem of market and/or state failure; that voluntary measures tend to be ineffective; that market-based instruments tend to be regressive; that EU-level policies have driven climate policies in the latecomer EU Member States; and that lack of monitoring and weak enforcement are major obstacles to effective policy implementation. However, we also conclude that the evidence base these studies represent is surprisingly weak for such a high profile area. There is too little systematic climate policy evaluation work in the EU to support systematic evidence-based policy making. This reduces the scope for sound policy making in the short run and is a constraint to policy learning in the longer term.
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- Hildingsson, Roger, et al.
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En (annan) hållbar utveckling
- 2012
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Ingår i: Fronesis. - 1404-2614. ; :nr 38-39, s. 196-203
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- Hildingsson, Roger
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Governing Decarbonisation : The State and the New Politics of Climate Change
- 2014
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This dissertation examines the “new climate politics of decarbonisation” and the role of the state as a site for progressive climate action. This new politics concerns transformative social change aimed at moving society away from its current dependence on fossil carbon energy. A transition to low-carbon societal development hinges on restructuring and decarbonising those key systems, structures and practices that generate carbon emissions. Engaging with theoretical perspectives on the state in environmental governance and its role in steering policy change and enabling system transformations, I examine how the state can govern decarbonisation through exploring empirical examples across a wide range of policy sectors such as energy, transport and industry. Given the centrality of state authority in the organisation of modern society, a low carbon transition is conditioned on authoritative steering, long-term active support of state institutions and a diversified portfolio of policy approaches and objectives. The material for this compilation thesis is drawn from the Swedish policy realm. The included papers analyse the development of arrangements for environmental governance, climate policy discourse and institutional conditions for governing low-carbon transitions by means of public policy in Sweden. A key insight across these papers is that the state remains a critical site for steering and enabling system transformations. A modern (environmental) welfare state, such as Sweden, holds untapped capacities to govern decarbonisation by progressively advancing and scaling up the efforts to reorient societal development. Thus, a decarbonising state can be made more actively engaged in steering and enabling processes of low-carbon transitions, and could explore new ways for orchestrating a wide range of low-carbon initiatives and developments.
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- Hildingsson, Roger, et al.
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Governing low-carbon energy transitions in sustainable ways: Potential synergies and conflicts between climate and environmental policy objectives
- 2016
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Ingår i: Energy Policy. - : Elsevier BV. - 1873-6777 .- 0301-4215. ; 88, s. 245-252
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Climate change is a central sustainability concern, but is often treated separately from other policy areas in environmental governance. In this article we study how low-carbon energy transitions might be governed in line with broader sustainability goals. We identify conflicts and synergies between low- carbon strategies and the attainment of longer-term environmental objectives by examining the Swedish environmental quality objectives as a governance arrangement. Our analysis indicates that low-carbon strategies might be compatible with preserving other aspects of ecological sustainability. However, this requires relevant flanking policies and measures for non-climate objectives, e.g. systems that control the expansion of biomass and ensure the use of sustainable methods. For such a governance system to be credible and capable, it needs to be flexible in terms of adapting to specific and changing contexts, and reflexive enough to factor in new knowledge on requirements for sustainable development and potentially changing values of future generations.
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- Hildingsson, Roger, et al.
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Governing renewable energy in the EU: Confronting a governance dilemma
- 2012
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Ingår i: European Political Science. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1682-0983 .- 1680-4333. ; 11:1, s. 18-30
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Promoting renewable energy sources (RES) has been addressed a key strategy for mitigating climate change, the governing in which has turned out a challenging and protracted task for the EU. There is often an implicit assumption that concern for climate change drives energy policy, but a closer look at the development of European RES policy indicates how EU governors have had to confront a range of governance dilemmas in trying to balance various objectives and conflicting interests. Therefore, while energy security and environmental concerns have provided a rationale for crafting renewable energy as a specific EU policy domain, the main driver for RES policy coordination has been internal market concerns, and not the concern about an impending climate catastrophe. More recently, rising concerns about energy insecurity and climate change have forced the EU to seek greater policy coordination in the context of more integrated energy markets. Although seemingly propitious for further harmonisation, it is doubtful whether the Member States and their citizens are yet prepared to accept new efforts towards deeper integration of European energy policy.
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- Hildingsson, Roger, et al.
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Greening the welfare state: Confronting the ecological state with the realities of welfare state transformations
- 2013
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper we explore the potential of cross-fertilization between research on welfare state reforms and on efforts to green the state in response to ecological challenges. In order to gain a deeper understanding of the conditions for an ecological state to emerge we relate welfare state studies to green political theory, that provide different conceptions of the ecological state and ways to green the state, and to comparativist environmental politics that trace patterns of policy change and institutionalization for greening the state in practice. Recently some scholars have made analogies between the evolution of the ecological state and the genesis of once the welfare state. However, while providing insights on such similarities and on the kind of challenges environmental change poses for the welfare state, our concern is rather what challenges contemporary welfare state transformations pose for the efforts to green the state. How are we to understand calls for the revitalization of the state in light of key contradictions in welfare state developments such as the fiscal crisis of welfare states, liberalization of welfare policies and increasing inequalities? In this sense, the marketization of environmental policy and individualization of ecological responsibilities could be understood in analogy with the retrenchment and recommodification of welfare policy. Such welfare state developments has critical implications for the efforts to strengthen state competences and capacities for governing societies towards ecologically sustainable and socially just ends, e.g. in terms of legitimizing and organizing both ecological and social aspirations.
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- Hildingsson, Roger, et al.
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Intervjustudie om förutsättningar för nollutsläpp i den svenska basindustrin
- 2017
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I denna rapport presenteras resultaten av den intervjustudie och efterföljande fokusgruppsdiskussion som vi genomfört inom ramen för forskningsprojektet Green Industrial Transitions (GIST, www.gist2050.com). Forskningsprojektets huvudsyfte är att studera förutsättningarna för en omställning till nollutsläpp av koldioxid inom den svenska basindustrin samt analysera strategier, åtgärder och styrmedel som kan bidra till grön industriell omvandling. Under hösten 2016 genomfördes 30 semistrukturerade intervjuer med personer aktiva inom industri, politik, myndigheter och intresseorganisationer, som valdes ut för att representera hela sektorn på ett rättvisande sätt. Frågorna i intervjustudien handlade om klimatstyrning av basindustrin idag, möjligheter till en omställning till nollutsläpp och hur styrningen behöver utvecklas.
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- Hildingsson, Roger, et al.
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Renewable Energies: A Continuing Balancing Act?
- 2010
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Ingår i: Climate Change Policy in the European Union: Confronting the Dilemmas of Mitigation and Adaptation?.
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- Hildingsson, Roger, et al.
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The green state and industrial decarbonisation
- 2019
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Ingår i: Environmental Politics. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0964-4016 .- 1743-8934. ; 28:5, s. 909-928
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2018 The Author(s). Published with license by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group The large share of carbon emitted by energy-intensive industries in the extraction and processing of basic materials must be limited to decarbonise society and the economy. Ways in which the state can govern industrial decarbonisation and contributes to green state theory are explored by addressing a largely ignored issue: the green state’s industrial relations and its role in industrial governance. With insights from a Swedish case study, the tension between the state’s economic imperative and ecological concerns in greening industry are shown to persist. However, as the energy-intensive industry’s previously privileged position in the economy is weakening, industry is opened to decarbonisation strategies. While the case exposes a number of governance challenges, it also suggests potential areas where the state can pursue decarbonisation in energy-intensive industry and points the way to an active role of the green state in governing industrial decarbonisation and greening industry.
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- Hildingsson, Roger, et al.
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The Swedish carbon tax: A resilient success
- 2022
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Ingår i: Successful Public Policy in the Nordic Countries: Cases, Lessons, Challenges. - : Oxford University PressOxford. - 9780192856296 - 9780191946714 ; , s. 239-262
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The Swedish carbon tax of 1991, one of the first of its kind, has positioned Sweden as a forerunner in climate governance. It is often depicted an international success and today constitutes the backbone of Swedish climate policy. At first, however, the tax received widespread criticism and had limited political support. The policy design process was short, with limited time for deliberation. While providing the required tax revenues for the tax reform of which it was part, it was set at a level too low to reach the political goal of stabilizing carbon emissions. However, over the years, the tax has been redesigned, strengthening its delivery and gradually increasing political support. Discounts for industry motivated by competitiveness concerns have eased opposition, while households have carried the main burden. This has formed the basis for a counter-narrative about distributive impacts, which, however, has not yet succeeded in getting hold politically and only temporarily hindered continued increases in the tax rate. In terms of the four success dimensions in the PPPE assessment framework (programmatic, process, political and endurance), it represents what McConnell (2010) would call a ‘resilient success’—not perfect but a policy successful to a second-best degree. This chapter tells the story of how a highly energy dependent and export-oriented Nordic country came to introduce this novel policy so early on, and how a policy that initially was not seen as a success, over time came to be taken for granted.
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- Hildingsson, Roger, et al.
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Towards a decarbonized green state? The politics of low-carbon governance in Sweden
- 2015
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Ingår i: Rethinking the Green State: Environmental Governance towards Climate and Sustainability Transitions. - 9781138792517 ; Routledge Studies in Sustainability, s. 156-173
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this chapter we explore how a decarbonized green state might develop. Climate governance provides venues towards decarbonization and for greening the state by steering and enabling transformative social change. We study low-carbon transitions in Sweden in a set of policy sectors for their potential to reduce carbon emissions, spur innovation and enter policy paths towards decarbonization. Sweden has been successful in supporting transitions in the energy sector but decarbonization is not institutionalized in the transport and industry sectors. While lacking a strategic focus on long-term decarbonization climate policy is dominated by the market-liberal norm of cost-efficiency.
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- Huitema, Dave, et al.
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The evaluation of climate policy: theory and emerging practice in Europe
- 2011
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Ingår i: Policy Sciences. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0032-2687 .- 1573-0891. ; 44:2, s. 179-198
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Climate policy is a relatively young and dynamic area of public policy making. However, its development has attracted far more attention than the results it delivers in practice, which of course are the concern of policy evaluators. This article attempts to provide the first systematic cataloging of the emerging patterns of policy evaluation undertaken in different parts of the European Union. Theories of policy evaluation suggest that these evaluation practices should acknowledge the inherent complexity of climate policy making, be reflexive by questioning official policy goals, and be participatory. A meta-analysis of 259 climate policy evaluations suggests that current practice engages with some but not all of these issues. This article concludes by analyzing the implications of this finding for those in the academic and practitioner community who are keen to understand the extent to which climate policy evaluation is delivering on its promises.
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- Johansson, Helena, et al.
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En hållbar bioenergiutveckling i Sverige
- 2011
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Ingår i: Vägval 2050 – Styrningsutmaningar och förändringsstrategier för en omställning till ett kolsnålt samhälle.
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Bokkapitel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Jordens medeltemperatur bör inte höjas mer än högst 2 grader till år 2050. Det är ett mål som Sverige har ställt sig bakom. Om vi ska lyckas med detta måste vi drastiskt minska våra utsläpp av koldioxid och andra växthusgaser. Forskningsprogrammet LETS arbetar med frågor som: Vilken politisk styrning och institutionell förändring krävs? Vilka hinder finns och vilka är möjligheterna på vägen mot det kolneutrala samhället 2050? Forskningen inom programmet omfattar sex områden. Dessa är studier av framtida scenarier och modeller, ekonomiska och politiska styrmedel, urban och regional planering samt infrastruktur, marknad och industri för framställning av bioenergi, frivilliga styrmedel på konsumentnivå samt logistik och godstransporter. Rapporten Vägval 2050 tar avstamp i forskningsresultaten från de ovannämnda områdena pekar på styrningsutmaningarna och ger förslag till förändringstrategier. I kapitlet om bioenergi diskuteras de utmaningar och möjligheter som en ökad produktion och användning av bioenergi medför för Sverige.
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- Khan, Jamil, et al.
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Ecological ceiling and social floor: Public support for eco‐social policies in Sweden
- 2023
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Ingår i: Sustainability Science. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1862-4057 .- 1862-4065. ; 18, s. 1519-1532
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this article, we investigate public support for eco-social policies combining goals of social justice and ecological sustainability. Eco-social policies contribute both to providing a social floor or redistributing resources to where they are needed and to respecting an ecological ceiling by keeping human activities within ecological limits. We discuss five such policies and highlight arguments for and against defining them as eco-social policies: a maximum income, a wealth tax, a basic income, a working time reduction and a meat tax. Asking what the social and individual determinants of supporting these policies are, we use 2020 data from a representative survey in Sweden containing information about how respondents evaluate the policies. We run regression analyses to estimate the effects on these evaluations and test for socio-economic, knowledge-based and value-based factors. Results show that (1) in Sweden a working time reduction is the most supported eco-social policy; (2) political left orientation increases support for all five eco-social policies; (3) socio-economic factors have effects on wealth tax, maximum income and working time reduction; and (4) knowledge-based factors are more associated with the meat tax. Thus, socio-economic and knowledge-based models have the most significance for policies that could be understood as being either social or environmental, while value-based models have significance across potentially perceived policy divides and hence to a greater extent explain support for policies targeting an ecological ceiling and a social floor.
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- Khan, Jamil, et al.
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Exploring the politics for a low-carbon transition.
- 2012
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- This paper presents and discusses results from the research project LETS 2050 that studies the governance challenges of a transition to a low-carbon transport and energy system in Sweden by 2050 (www.lets2050.se ). A key starting point of the project was that a low carbon transition is technically possible and economically feasible, while the main challenge is political. At the moment there is an on-going process both internationally and by national governments to develop road maps for a low carbon transition. While there is an emerging consensus on the need for a low carbon transition there is disagreement and uncertainty regarding how such a transition will look like. Furthermore, there is even more uncertainty on what kind of politics is needed for a successful transition. The aim of the paper is to explore how a politics for a low carbon transition might look like for Sweden. The Swedish case is analysed through the lens of two theoretical perspectives – transition studies and political ecology – which both deal with the question of system change towards sustainability. In the paper we discuss the potential role of a positive narrative about a low-carbon future and the need for a re-negotiated 'social contract' for change. The objective to avoid dangerous climate impact will in itself not be enough to establish societal consensus for the transition. Instead, in analogy with the genesis of the welfare state, a transition embracing society as a whole has to appeal to other societal interests and to all major social groups. Special attention is devoted to rethinking the role of the state in a future transition. We argue that the challenge will require a revitalization of politics and the return of the state, although not necessarily in its traditional hierarchical form. The paper is based on empirical research in Sweden and we illustrate our findings with examples from the fields of energy and transport policy. The results show that there is a lack in Swedish climate governance when it comes to supporting technology development and in institutionalising low-carbon priorities in policy making.
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- Khan, Jamil, et al.
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Kapacitetsbyggande för ekosocial integration : Utmaningar och möjligheter för Lunds kommun
- 2024
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Klimatförändringar och social rättvisa är två sammanlänkade utmaningar för städer och kommuner. I takt med att miljö- och klimatkriserna förvärras blir behovet av att sammanlänka ekologisk och social hållbarhet alltmer centralt för städers och kommuners omställning. Tidigare separata åtgärder för dessa områden har ofta misslyckats med att tillvarata synergier och hantera motsättningar. Projektet undersöker möjligheter att överbrygga dessa utmaningar genom integrerad planering och styrning. Rapporten bidrar med kunskap och praktiska verktyg för Lund och andra kommuner som strävar efter att integrera hållbarhetsdimensionerna i sin verksamhet. Genom att skapa en mer sammanhängande strategi för klimatomställningen ska kommunen kunna ta vara på synergier och bättre hantera potentiella målkonflikter. Rapporten baseras på en mix av metoder inklusive dokumentanalys, djupintervjuer och praktikerworkshop. Resultaten visar på ett antal kärnområden där förbättringar kan genomföras. Bland annat föreslås en översyn och förstärkning av de styrande dokumenten för att bättre spegla de ekosociala aspekterna. Det rekommenderasatt skapa mer omfattande och integrerade nätverk för samarbete över förvaltningsgränserna samt att etablera nya former av medborgardialog för att öka transparensen och inkluderingen i hållbarhetsarbetet. Slutligen pekar rapporten på behovet av kontinuerlig utbildning och kompetensutveckling för kommunens medarbetare i syfte att stärka den långsiktiga kapaciteten för ekosocial integration. Rapporten avslutas med en rad konkreta rekommendationer för hur Lunds kommun kan fortsätta att bygga kapacitet för ekosocial integration. Rekommendationerna omfattar strukturförändringar i organisationen, utveckling av integrerade styrningsprocesser och stärkt samarbete både inom kommunen och med externa aktörer.
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- Khan, Jamil, et al.
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Strategies for greening the economy in three Nordic countries
- 2021
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Ingår i: Environmental Policy and Governance. - : Wiley. - 1756-932X .- 1756-9338. ; 31:6, s. 592-604
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Green economy is a concept frequently used by governments and international institutions to promote sustainable transformations of the economy. In this study, we explore how the transition towards a green economy is being conceptualised in policy terms in the three Nordic countries Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Comparing these cases, we analyse strategic policy documents on green growth, circular economy, bioeconomy, low-carbon transitions, and sustainable development. While comprehensive national policy strategies on the green economy are lacking, the studied documents display policy approaches that reflect different aspects of a green economic transformations, such as low-carbon developments, promotion of environmental technology sectors, and enhanced circularity. Our findings indicate the presence of a transformative Nordic model for greening the economy, in which the state plays an active role in supporting innovation and technology development, facilitating cooperation among societal actors, and securing social welfare and human wellbeing. It is underpinned by optimism about the opportunity to reconcile economic growth with sustainable development, while more radical beyond growth approaches are strikingly absent, reflecting their marginal roles in the established policy discourse of these countries. Rather, concepts such as circular economy, sharing economy, and sustainable production and consumption are highlighted as central for greening the economy.
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- Khan, Jamil, et al.
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Sustainable welfare in Swedish cities : Challenges of eco-social integration in urban sustainability governance
- 2020
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Ingår i: Sustainability (Switzerland). - : MDPI AG. - 2071-1050. ; 12:1, s. 1-17
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this paper, we study the integration of ecological sustainability and social welfare concerns in cities. Efforts to handle ecological challenges risk having negative impacts on equality and social welfare. While current levels of consumption and material welfare are unsustainable, there is a need for more sustainable approaches to welfare and wellbeing. Still, ecological and social concerns in urban governance are treated as separated topics. Based on text analysis of policy documents and qualitative interviews, we study how ecological and social welfare concerns are being addressed and integrated into urban planning in three Swedish cities (Stockholm, Göteborg, Malmö). Theoretically, the paper draws on conceptualizations of sustainable welfare, social and ecological sustainability, and policy integration. We find ecological and social welfare concerns being acknowledged as interconnected and we see signs of an emerging sustainable welfare agenda in the cities, e.g., around Agenda 2030. However, in practice, eco-social policy integration is only established to a limited degree, for instance in neighborhood development, transport planning, and green city planning. Issues of ecological justice and equity and the relationship between socioeconomic factors and consumption-related environmental impacts are hardly addressed. Thus, much remains to be done for eco-social policy integration to materialize at the urban level.
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- Khan, Jamil, et al.
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The role of institutional innovations in the transition to low-carbon futures
- 2010
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Deep cuts in carbon emissions to avoid dangerous climatic change will require fundamental transformations of the energy and transport systems. This is an enormous challenge for society and the political system. In order to tackle this challenge, we argue that it will be necessary to develop new institutions and institutional practices that address and give priority to long-term climate policy objectives. In this paper we focus on three institutional innovations in the field of climate governance and energy system transformations that are guided by such visions. Institutional reforms at the national level in three arguably progressive cases (the Netherlands, the UK and Sweden) are studied concerning their relevance for governing transitions towards low-carbon societies. The study asks: What views on how to bring about low-carbon transitions guide the activities of the institution? What is the role of new institutions in processes of change and what institutional practices have developed so far? The cases provide examples of ways to enhance reflexivity and how a new political agenda for low-carbon futures and strategies for instigating processes of change can be institutionalized. However, when contrasted against contemporary green political thought, they seem to be bound by liberal conceptions of greening the welfare state rather than post-liberal ecologist ideals on radical green transformations. Our analysis also shows that in practice, the institutions examined tend to favor technological transitions over behavioral change and to be reliant on hierarchical authority and traditional patterns of steering to a greater extent than intended.
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- Khan, Jamil, et al.
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Vägval 2050: Styrningsutmaningar och förändringsstrategier för en omställning till ett kolsnålt samhälle
- 2011
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Today there are climate policy targets within the EU and Sweden about limiting global warming and drastically reducing greenhouse gas emissions. In order to stay within the goal of a global warming of less than 2 ºC, the industrialised countries should decrease their emissions by 80-95 % in 2050, and bring them down to zero in the longer run. Scenario studies indicate that this is possible to achieve and the main technological alternatives are known. But rapid technical development and large behavioural changes do not happen by themselves and the transition to a low-carbon society is principally a political challenge which demands new ways of thinking about societal steering and governance. In this report a broad group of researchers from different scientific disciplines, who are active within the research programme LETS 2050, analyse the role of governance for a low-carbon transition. Important governance challenges and policy choices in a variety of sectors are discussed. The overarching question is: How can a low-carbon transition be governed effectively in ways that are acceptable for different actors and interests and for society at large? In the report we relate to existing Swedish scenario studies which have identified how Sweden can reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. In nine chapters the associated governance challenges are studied for different sectors and technologies. The topics that are studied are bioenergy, wind power, energy efficient houses, decarbonisation of industry, freight transport, future energy carriers in the transport sector, planning for reduced transport and the emergence of climate reflective citizens. The time horizon of the report is 2050 and beyond which means that we analyse political choices for a long term low-carbon transition. At the same time we focus on the path to get there, and on what needs to be done here and now in order to move society in the direction of the long-term goal. Governing a low-carbon transition will require thoroughgoing policy changes at different levels. In this report the need for changes are analysed at (i) the policy level (policy instruments, measures, resources), (ii) the institutional level (legislation, organisational structures) and (iii) the paradigm level (basic norms, discourses, values). In the different chapters, specific recommendations are made regarding the need for change and the policy choices that have to be made. At the policy level a recurring theme is that general policy instruments to increase the price of carbon, through e.g. carbon taxes or emission trading (e.g. EU ETS), should be a main strategy in a transition to a low-carbon society. These policy instruments increase the attractiveness of lowcarbon technologies and behaviour, while they remain neutral in the sense that they do not dictate exactly what technology or measure that should be used. However, general policy instruments do not provide the whole solution and, for different reasons, they need to be complemented by other instruments and measures. For successful and long-term climate governance there is a need to improve the development and deployment of so called “second best” policy strategies and instruments. In the report a number of specific policy instruments that would be relevant today are discussed. For bioenergy and off-shore wind power, policy instruments to support research, demonstration and introduction of new technologies, need to be considered. For energy efficient buildings, a combination of stricter regulation and initiatives to foster voluntary co-operation and technology diffusion would be an important complement to economic incentives. Strategic public investment in infrastructure is a particularly important measure to push the transport sector in the direction of a transition. Complementary policy instruments can also be needed to handle the effects of a more ambitious climate policy and here bioenergy serves as an example. An increased use of the bioenergy resource will lead to potential conflicts with other uses (wood, food production) as well as other environmental goals (biodiversity, sustainable forests). For this reason there is a need for a continuous development of policy instruments and regulations to avoid the negative consequences of an increased bioenergy use. This report shows that while new, purposeful policy instruments certainly are necessary, they are not sufficient to promote and support a low-carbon transition. In many areas there is also need for institutional changes and reforms, e.g. changes in legislation and norm systems or adjustments in how society is organised. The lack of environmental competence and knowledge among the actors in the building sector is identified as an important impediment to more energy efficient buildings. Energy efficient solutions are seldom prioritised when new buildings are planned and old buildings are renovated, and a major educational reform that covers all relevant actors would therefore be an important measure. The large need for technological development also calls for institutional change, which is discussed in the chapters on basic industry and on new energy carriers in the transport sector. Two questions are critical. First, technological development and innovation are international, or even global, processes and it is not easy to decide which role Sweden can and should play. Second, there are major uncertainties as to which technologies will be successful, and some investments may therefore lead to poor results. This puts requirements on flexible governance arrangements which have the capacity to support promising technologies, but also to change or remove support when it is no longer motivated. Technological support is necessary in all phases of the innovation process, not only in basic research but also in diffusion and commercialisation. In another chapter institutional measures that might strengthen the capacity to reduce transport demand through urban and regional planning are discussed, for instance an increased integration of transport and land-use planning and new types of network and knowledge building. The basic goal would be reforms that reward planning measures that contribute to increased sustainability of transport. Stricter regulation and economic incentives to more sustainable plans are two possible measures. The third level in the framework is also the most evasive, but nevertheless central in order to understand the preconditions for political decisions and policy choices. Here we are dealing with the need for changes in policy paradigms, or basic perspectives and values, which are necessary to make policy- and institutional reforms possible in the first place. The importance of paradigms is particularly visible in the transport sector. Simply put, there are two main strategies to reduce the emissions of the transport sector. One is to develop new technology and make existing technology more efficient. The other is to reduce transport volumes and increase modal shift to low carbon transport modes. The most robust option would be to combine the two strategies and both develop new technology and at the same time find ways to break the trend of increasing transport volumes. In the analysis of transport and urban planning it is recognized that the transport policy goals state that accessibility, and not mobility, should be the guiding principle. While this opens up the possibility to plan for decreased transport demand, planning practice at all levels continues to be dominated by a mobility paradigm, when e.g. new residential areas are planned. In two of the chapters in the book, an analysis is made of how an accessibility paradigm could be strengthened by an active urban and regional planning, and by the emergence of an increased climate reflection among citizens which over time might transcend from being something marginal to become an established norm. In the conclusions of the report five key issues are highlighted, critically important to reflect upon in order to develop effective governance of the transition to a low-carbon society. First, the state needs to show stronger leadership and the on-going process on a Swedish low-carbon roadmap could be a step in that direction. One of the most important tasks for the state is to provide direction and establish a political vision that societal actors can agree upon. This needs to be backed up by policy measures to steer and organise the implementation and to generate credibility and create legitimacy for the long-term transition. There is a long tradition of policy instruments and measures to fall back upon, which have made Sweden a pioneer in climate policy. But for the coming transition challenge, more is needed. One area, in which the state could become more active, is in its support to the development of new technology, both through R&D, diffusion policies and investments in supporting infrastructure. Another measure is to upgrade the role of planning as a steering mechanism for the transition. Second, it is important to bear in mind that Sweden is dependent on the outside world for an effective climate policy, not the least in relation to the EU. The dependence is however not the same in all sectors. For wind power, bioenergy and energy efficiency in buildings, Sweden can to a large extent decide over its own development. Here, the challenges are rather to put the right policy instruments in place, to co-ordinate and give incentives to key actors, and to make necessary changes in legislation and planning systems. In other areas, such as the basic industry and transport, the international dependence is higher, due to global trends, international competitiveness and technical development. Still there are many things that can be done domestically to facilitate and prepare for a transition. For industry it is e.g. important to develop visions and strategies for how emissions can be reduced while maintaining
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- Kronsell, Annica, 1959, et al.
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Actor relations in climate policymaking: Governing decarbonisation in a corporatist green state
- 2019
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Ingår i: Environmental Policy and Governance. - : Wiley. - 1756-932X .- 1756-9338. ; 29:6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- © 2019 The Authors. Environmental Policy and Governance published by ERP Environment and John Wiley & Sons Ltd This article focuses on the role of actor relations in advancing climate policymaking and argues that attempts to understand decisions to decarbonise in a green state should explore the institutional conditions for policymaking. The article explores the climate policy model in Sweden in terms of the societal actors included in the policy process, the nature of this inclusion, and its relevance for the prospects of decarbonisation. It uses three perspectives in the analysis: corporatism, sustainable transition studies, and ecological democracy. The findings largely support existing research that states characterised by corporatist policymaking are suited for environmental governance and for climate policymaking. However, as a model of governance of actor relations, the Swedish climate policymaking model has both its merits and demerits. Although it has potential to reach decarbonisation objectives, it does this in the context of including mainly established economic interests, that is, incumbents. This stands in contrast with what is argued in sustainable transition studies that incumbents obstruct change, in the Swedish case they are viewed as potential change agents. Finally, although the character of the actor relations is deliberative, it is a top–down exclusive kind of deliberation that remains far from ideals of ecological democracy.
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- Kronsell, Annica, et al.
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Green Theory
- 2022. - 2nd
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Ingår i: The State: Theories and Issues. - 9781350328310 ; , s. 145-166
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- Kronsell, Annica, 1959, et al.
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Green Theory: Approaches and Critical Issues
- 2022
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Ingår i: The State: Theories and Issues. - : Bloomsbury. - 9781350328303
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)abstract
- - Coverage of all key empirical and theoretical developments in the field, with analysis of the impact of globalisation, global financial upheavals, Brexit, Covid-19 and social movements such as Black Lives Matter - A wide range of voices, perspectives, contemporary and historical examples, giving readers a holistic overview of the field, as well as deeper dives into key issues - New chapters on sovereignty, security, territory, capital, nationalism and populism - Guided further reading suggestions at the end of each chapter Providing both a firm grounding in the key concepts and critical engagement with contemporary controversies and debates, this text is ideal for those studying all aspects of the state.
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- Neij, Lena, et al.
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Lunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd: Rapport 2019
- 2019
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Lunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd bildades hösten 2018 med uppdrag attutvärdera hur Lunds kommuns samlade politik är förenlig med de klimatmålsom antagits av kommunfullmäktige. Rådet som är det första lokala klimatpolitiska rådet i Sverige är en unik satsning för främjandet av ett aktivt och framåtsyftande lokalt klimatarbete.Sveriges kommuner har en viktig roll att fylla i klimatarbetet – för såväl minskad klimatpåverkan som anpassning till ett förändrat klimat. Lunds kommun har genom åren visat på handlingskraft inom miljö- och klimatområdet och har antagit ambitiösa klimatmål. I bildandet av ett klimatpolitiskt råd befäster kommunen sin ambition om att bedriva ett kunskapsbaserat klimatarbete. Kommunens vision ”Lund skapar framtiden – med kunskap, innovation och öppenhet” inspirerar även till handling och engagemang i det lokala klimatarbetet. Samarbetet mellan Lunds kommun och akademin har sedan länge stimulerat utvecklingen i Lund och utgör en viktig källa till nytänkande och problemlösning. Rådet ser fram emot uppgiften att utvärdera kommunens klimatarbete men uttrycker samtidigt en ödmjukhet inför komplexiteten i detta arbete. Rådets ambition är att bidra konstruktivt och lösningsorienterat till utvecklingen av det lokala klimatarbetet.Lunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd kommer årligen att presentera en rapport i vilken rådet granskar Lunds kommuns samlade klimatpolitik. Detta är rådets första rapport och granskningen utgår från de mål som presenteras i LundaEko II under rubrikerna ”Minsta möjliga klimatpåverkan” och ”Klimatanpassning”. I rapporten utvärderar rådet i vilken utsträckning kommunens arbete är tillräckligt för att nå etappmålen för 2020 samt identifierar utmaningar och rekommendationer för arbetet med att nå de övergripande målen för 2030 och 2050. Rådet påbörjade sitt uppdrag först hösten 2018 och har behövt ägna tid åt att lära känna kommunens lokala klimatarbete. Granskningen i rådets första rapport är därför av övergripande karaktär.Ett framgångsrikt klimatarbete förutsätter en bred kunskapsbas. Lunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd består av forskare med bred tvär- och mångvetenskaplig kompetens från Lunds universitet (LU) och SLU Alnarp. Ett lyckat klimatarbete kräver även ett bredare engagemang, vilket rådet avser bidra till genom god kommunikation och inkluderande dialog.
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- Neij, Lena, et al.
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Lunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd : Rapport 2020
- 2020
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Lunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd bildades hösten 2018 med uppdrag att utvärdera hur Lunds kommuns samlade politik är förenlig med de klimatmål somantagits av kommunfullmäktige. Rådet, som består av forskare från Lunds universitet (LU) och SLU Alnarp, har sammantaget en bred tvär- och mångvetenskaplig kompetens och en gedigen erfarenhet av samverkan med samhället. Samarbetet mellan Lunds kommun och akademin har sedan längestimulerat utvecklingen i Lund och utgör en viktig källa till nytänkande och problemlösning.Rådet uppskattar förtroendet att utvärdera kommunens klimatarbete, men uttrycker samtidigt en ödmjukhet inför komplexiteten i detta arbete. Rådets ambition är att sträva efter att vara kritiskt granskande, men också konstruktivt och lösningsorienterat för att kunna bidra till utvecklingen av det lokala klimatarbetet.Lunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd presenterar årligen en rapport i vilken Rådet granskar Lunds kommuns samlade klimatpolitik. Detta är Rådets andra rapport och granskningen utgår ifrån de mål som antagits i LundaEko II under rubrikerna Minsta möjliga klimatpåverkan och Klimatanpassning. I rapporten utvärderar Rådet i vilken utsträckning kommunens arbete är tillräckligt för att nå etappmålen för 2020. Rådet identifierar även utmaningar och rekommendationer för arbetet med att nå de övergripande målen för 2030 och 2050. I årets rapport har Rådet valt att även mer ingående rikta fokus på transportsektorns klimatpåverkan.Rådet har i sin granskning utgått från tillgängliga planer, dokument, redovisningar och data. Detta material har kompletterats med samtal och intervjuer med ansvariga tjänstemän samt möten med andra intressenter, såsom Ungdomspolitiken och Klimatalliansen i Lund.
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- Neij, Lena, et al.
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Lunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd : Rapport 2021
- 2021
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Rapport (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Lunds kommuns klimatpolitiska råd (Rådet) bildades hösten 2018 med uppdrag att utvärdera hur Lunds kommuns samlade politik är förenlig med de klimatmål som antagits av kommunfullmäktige. Rådet, som består av forskare från Lunds universitet (LU) och SLU Alnarp, har sammantaget en bred tvär- och mångvetenskaplig kompetens och en gedigen erfarenhet av samverkan med olika samhällsaktörer.Samarbetet mellan Lunds kommun och akademin har sedan länge stimulerat utvecklingen i Lund och utgör en viktig källa till nytänkande och problemlösning.Rådet uppskattar förtroendet att utvärdera kommunens klimatarbete men uttrycker samtidigt en ödmjukhet inför komplexiteten i detta arbete. Rådets ambition är att sträva efter att vara kritiskt granskande men också konstruktiv och lösningsorienterad för att kunna bidra till utvecklingen av det lokala klimatarbetet.Rådet presenterar årligen en rapport i vilken Lunds kommuns klimatarbete granskas. Detta är Rådets tredje rapport i vilken Rådet valt att fokusera på Lunds kommuns förslag till nya klimatmål i miljömålsprogrammet LundaEko. Denna granskningkompletteras med en uppföljning av de klimatmål som antagits i den tidigare versionen av LundaEko (LundaEko II 2014-2020) inom områdena Minstamöjliga klimatpåverkan och Klimatanpassning. Rådet har i sin granskning utgått från tillgängliga planer, dokument, redovisningar och data. Detta material har kompletterats med samtal med ansvariga tjänstepersoner. Under arbetets gång har Rådet även fört dialog med Ungdomspolitiken i Lund, som på egen hand granskat LundaEko ur ett ungdomsperspektiv.Under 2020 har mandatet för några rådsledamöter löpt ut – Lena Hiselius (LU), Anna Peterson (SLU Alnarp), Markku Rummukainen (LU) och Catharina Sternudd (LU) – och de har avtackats för sina insatser under de inledande två åren. Samtidigt har nya ledamöter tillkommit – Cecilia Akselsson (LU), Susanne Arvidsson (LU), Anders Larsson (SLU Alnarp) och Lars J Nilsson (LU) – som tillsammans med övriga ledamöter har deltagit i den granskning som presenteras i denna rapport.
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- Nilsson, Annika, et al.
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Begränsa energianvändningen i bostäder
- 2011
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Ingår i: Vägval 2050 - Styrningsutmaningar och förändringsstrategier för en omställning till ett kolsnålt samhälle. ; , s. 46-52
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- Nilsson, Måns, et al.
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The missing link : Bringing institutions and politics into energy future studies
- 2011
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Ingår i: Futures. - : Elsevier BV. - 0016-3287 .- 1873-6378. ; 43:10, s. 1117-1128
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Energy future studies can be a useful tool for learning about how to induce and manage technical, economic and policy change related to energy supply and use. The private sector has successfully deployed them for strategic planning, examining key parameters such as markets, competition and consumer trends. However in public policy, most energy future studies remain disconnected from policy making. One reason is that they often ignore the key political and institutional factors that underpin much of the anticipated, wished-for or otherwise explored energy systems developments. Still, we know that institutions and politics are critical enablers or constraints to technical and policy change. This paper examines how analytical insights into political and institutional dynamics can enhance energy future studies. It develops an approach that combines systems-technical change scenarios with political and institutional analysis. Using the example of a backcasting study dealing with the long term low-carbon transformation of a national energy system, it applies two levels of institutional and political analysis; at the level of international regimes and at the level of sectoral policy, and examines how future systems changes and policy paths are conditioned by institutional change processes. It finds that the systematic application of these variables significantly enhances and renders more useful backcasting studies of energy futures.
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- Olander, Lars-Olof, et al.
(författare)
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Godstransporter och CO2. Ett makroperspektiv
- 2011
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Ingår i: Vägval 2050. Styrningsutmaningar och förändringsstrategier för en omställning till ett kolsnålt samhälle. ; LETS-rapport, s. 61-67
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- Olsson, Anton, et al.
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The green economy and the Nordic welfare state : Reconceptualizing green economy narratives from a Nordic perspective
- 2020
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Rapport (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The green economy with its aim to combine ecological and economic objectives has gained in both significance and political contestation in recent years. In this working paper for the NOWAGG project we revisit the literature on the green economy to understand its implications from a Nordic perspective. Our ambition is to improve the conceptualization of different approaches to green the economy by subjecting them to often overlooked aspects relevant to the Nordic welfare states, including dimensions of innovation as well as social welfare. By conducting a literature review and making use of narrative policy analysis we demonstrate that a binary division, common in the academic literature and policy debate, is insufficient to grasp the nuances of the green economy. We arrive in the finding that not only ‘green growth’ and ‘beyond growth’ narratives are prevalent in academic and policy literature but also a reformist narrative in-between these two; what we refer to as a ‘transformative green economy’ narrative.This is of importance for the Nordic welfare state which arguably have the potential to incorporate a ‘third way’ to sustainable development and for greening the economy. Building on this insight and Nordic welfare state literature we suggest a conceptual framework for the economy of the green Nordic welfare state, a revised reformist narrative on the green economy. Empirically, however, the welfare states are confronted by numerous challenges and ongoing liberal transformations. Thus, it remains for future studies to conclude which green economy path the Nordic states will take and how that will affect the prospects for achieving inclusive, long-term welfare while respecting ecological limits.
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- Pelzer, Peter, et al.
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Planning for 1000 Years : The Råängen Experiment
- 2021
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Ingår i: Urban Planning. - : Cogitatio. - 2183-7635. ; 6:1, s. 249-262
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- While traditional forms of urban planning are oriented towards the future, the recent turn towards experimental and challenge-led urban developments is characterized by an overarching presentism. We explore in this article how an experimental approach to urban planning can consider the long-term through setting-up ‘conversations with a future situation.’ In doing so, we draw on a unique experiment: Råängen, a piece of farmland in Lund (Sweden) owned by the Cathedral. The plot is part of Brunnshög, a large urban development program envisioned to accommodate homes, workspaces, and world-class research centers in the coming decades. We trace how Lund Cathedral became an unusual developer involved in ‘planning for thousand years,’ deployed a set of art commissions to allow reflections about values, belief, time, faith, and became committed to play a central role in the development process. The art interventions staged conversations with involved actors as well as publics geographically and temporally far away. The Råängen case illustrates how long-term futures can be fruitfully brought to the present through multiple means of imagination. A key insight for urban planning is how techniques of financial discounting and municipal zoning plans could be complemented with trust in reflective conversations in which questions are prioritized over answers.
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