CET Klimasnakk

ClimatenergyTalk! Ep. 3 - The Green Tumbling: Can Sustainable Finance Combat Climate Change?

The third and final episode of this special three-part series is now out! The years 2020 and 2021 have shown how the role of scientists is all the more important. Today, the Center on Climate and Energy Transformation at the University of Bergen (CET) is launching a series of three podcasts on Climate Risk and Democratic Energy Policies:Climatenergy Talk!The podcast series aims to communicate to the larger public on the role of science--the social and natural sciences--for depolarizing and democratizing energy policies. The series is part of The Climate Festival §112 Bergen and is endorsed by the Norwegian Climate Foundation and Juridika Innsikt. The third episode, The Green Tumbling: Can Sustainable Finance Combat Climate Change?,delves into sustainable finance with Lisa Sachs, the Director of the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment in New York City. So-called "sustainable investment" funds grew in both number and value over 2020, as the real economy shuddered from the effects of COVID. At the same time, a growing number of companies, investors and banks are making net-zero commitments, while financing for fossil fuel infrastructure continues to grow. Lisa will help us understand these trends, how to decipher meaningful commitments and action from greenwashing, and what steps are needed to align the financial sector with the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Agreement. Creator and Host: Esmeralda Colombo Producer: Mainstream AS, Bergen

ClimatenergyTalk! Ep 2 - The Climate Casino: Drilling Down on the Norwegian Climate Change Case

Episode 2 of this special three-part series ClimatenergyTalk!ready for download The years 2020 and 2021 have shown how the role of scientists is all the more important. CET is excited to share this series of three podcasts onClimate Risk and Democratic Energy Policies. The project aims to communicate to the larger public on the role of science--the social and natural sciences--for depolarizing and democratizing energy policies. The podcast series is part of Klimafestivalen 112-Bergen and is endorsed by Norsk Klimastiftelse and Juridika Innsikt. The second episode focuses on the economic analyses for expanding the petroleum industry in the Norwegian Arctic, which were one of the objects of controversy in the one and only lawsuit ever filed in climate change matters in Norway, People v Arctic Oil. The government's economic analyses on the expansion of the petroleum industry became controversial as independent experts showed that drilling in the Arctic can be socially unprofitable for the Norwegian society.The Climate Casino: Drilling Down on the Norwegian Climate Change Case, hosting the two expert witnesses in the case, Prof. Mads Greaker and Prof. Knut Einar Rosendahl, who collaborated with lawyers and wrote a landmark report. Creator and Host: Esmeralda Colombo Producer: Mainstream AS, Bergen

ClimatenergyTalk! Ep. 1 - Epistemic Communities: The Role of Scientists for Deep Decarbonization

Introducing this special three-part series ClimatenergyTalk! The years 2020 and 2021 have shown how the role of scientists is all the more important. Today, CET is launching a series of three podcasts onClimate Risk and Democratic Energy Policies. The project aims to communicate to the larger public on the role of science--the social and natural sciences--for depolarizing and democratizing energy policies. The podcast series is part of Klimafestivalen 112-Bergen and is endorsed by Norsk Klimastiftelse and Juridika Innsikt. The first podcast is on Epistemic Communities: The Role of Scientists for Deep Decarbonization, hosting philosopher Associate Professor Kjetil Rommetveit. Kjetil takes us onto a journey to discover how social and natural scientists are working together across sectors to support policy making—often to better up national and global climate politics, and offer new perspectives on reality. He is the editor of the book 'Post-truth Imaginations' forthcoming on Routledge in 2021. Creator and Host: Esmeralda Colombo Producer: Mainstream AS, Bergen

Imagining and understanding energy transition

How can art and academia bring energy transition into the public debate? Siddarth Sareen, Postdoctoral researcher at CET invited textile artist Margrethe Kolstad Brekke and Professor of Energy Policy Benjamin Sovacool to discuss art and academia’s role in the energy transition debate. This episode is a recording of the evening conversation at Hordaland Art Centre on the 14th of May 2019. Edited and produced by Judith L. Reczek Dalsgård Music byLee Rosevere – Under Suspicion [https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/track/under-suspicion-2]. Creative commons license B.Y. 3.0

How do we rework education? Pt2: Students in the driver's seat.

2019 has seen a mobilization of global proportions. Children, young adults and students are urging adults, teachers, and universities to provide the tools they need to learn about complex connections. They need to acquire this knowledge so they can make a change. A change that needs to happen fast. How can universities meet this demand from the younger generation? What are the tools they need and how can we rework education to help us meet the challenges of the 21st century? Episode 4 and 5 we are discussing education for a sustainable future and how we can rework higher education. In part two we are talking to the student coordinators Johan Elfving and Synnøve Beitnes of student-led initiative The Collaboratory, as well as convener PhD Fellow Jakob Grandin. The Collaboratory has hosted two student-led conferences: Bergen International Student Conference and run UiB's first interdisciplinary innovation course, CET201: Sustainable Innovation. Hosted and produced by Judith L. Reczek Dalsgård Music byLee Rosevere – Under Suspicion [https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/track/under-suspicion-2]. Creative commons license B.Y. 3.0