Part two | Just Transitions in Australia: Prospects for just low-carbon energy, home, and mobility futures
A transition to a low-carbon economy is perhaps nowhere more crucial or contested than in Australia, a continent on the front line of global heating and climate change-induced bushfires, drought, flash floods and extreme temperatures. The heavy reliance on extractive industries for coal and minerals exposes some of the political and structural lock-ins to highly carbonised industries and lifestyles.
This three part webinar series is funded by the British Academy Just Transitions project and brought to you by the Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL) and Monash University.
Part two | Just Transitions in Australia: Prospects for just low-carbon energy, home, and mobility futures
The second in our series on Just Transitions in Australia, this webinar explores the changes that would be needed across overlapping domains of energy, home, and mobility to achieve a socially just transition to decarbonisation. A narrow focus on the technological substitution of fossil fuels for electric and renewable alternatives undermines the real need to reimagine energy, housing and mobility systems and technologies. Attention to accessibility, participation, and the fair distribution of costs and benefits highlights the value of local collective action and improved public services.
What steps do we need to take to find a viable and just way forward? What can be learned from existing decarbonisation efforts across government, civil society, the private sector and everyday life realities. The panel will discuss these questions and reflect on emerging pathways for just energy, home, and mobility futures in Australia and beyond.
Hosted by the Monash Energy Institute
Event Details
- Date:
- 10 March 2022 at 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Description
A transition to a low-carbon economy is perhaps nowhere more crucial or contested than in Australia, a continent on the front line of global heating and climate change-induced bushfires, drought, flash floods and extreme temperatures. The heavy reliance on extractive industries for coal and minerals exposes some of the political and structural lock-ins to highly carbonised industries and lifestyles.
This three part webinar series is funded by the British Academy Just Transitions project and brought to you by the Royal Holloway University of London (RHUL) and Monash University.
Part two | Just Transitions in Australia: Prospects for just low-carbon energy, home, and mobility futures
The second in our series on Just Transitions in Australia, this webinar explores the changes that would be needed across overlapping domains of energy, home, and mobility to achieve a socially just transition to decarbonisation. A narrow focus on the technological substitution of fossil fuels for electric and renewable alternatives undermines the real need to reimagine energy, housing and mobility systems and technologies. Attention to accessibility, participation, and the fair distribution of costs and benefits highlights the value of local collective action and improved public services.
What steps do we need to take to find a viable and just way forward? What can be learned from existing decarbonisation efforts across government, civil society, the private sector and everyday life realities. The panel will discuss these questions and reflect on emerging pathways for just energy, home, and mobility futures in Australia and beyond.
Hosted by the Monash Energy Institute