Video playlist: What is a Just Green Transition?
You can re-watch all five seminars in the debate series here.
The hybrid seminar series was hosted by CBS Professor Lindsay Whitfield, Director of the Observatory for Just Green Transitions, and co-organized by CEU Democracy Institute and the Centre for Business and Development at CBS. The Observatory for Just Green Transitions is a collaboration between the Central European University in Budapest and Vienna, Copenhagen Business School, and a cross-continental network of institutions and scholars at the forefront of studying the political, socio-economic and geopolitical dimensions of green transitions.
The seminar series sought to foster debate for the purpose of finding solutions that defy black and white positions. It provided a platform for discussing the nuances around how democratic politics is shaping the speed, distribution and societal acceptance of the green transition across multiple geographic scales as well as how economic strategies to compete in new green technologies can and is changing global capitalism. The seminar series emphasized the intersection between democratic politics and economic goals. It was organized in five sessions around a series of questions, with panellists invited to discuss and debate these questions.
The recordings of the five debates are available here:
- Is Green Capitalism an Oxymoron?
- Does the Green Transition Open Pathways Out of the Periphery?
- How Do We Square Democratic Rights with Green Industrial Policies?
- In Conversation with Andreas Malm on The Long Heat: Climate Politics When It’s Too Late
- Can Developmental Environmentalism Be Democratic?
Find out more about the course here.
