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Green on green conflicts in energy transitions: a transdisciplinary roundtable
Time:
Tuesday, 24/Oct/2023:
10:30am - 12:00pm
Location:GR 1.125
Session Conference Streams:
Inter- and Transdisciplinarity for Sustainability Transformations
Session organisers: Neelakshi Joshi, Fritz Kleinschroth, Christine Milchram, Georgia Savvidou
Meeting ID: 820 1036 2771
Passcode: 989521
Presentations
Green on green conflicts in energy transitions: a transdisciplinary roundtable
Chair(s): Neelakshi Joshi (Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development, Germany), Christine Milchram (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)
Presenter(s): Charles Warren (School of Geography & Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, Scotland), Carla Freund (Policy Officer for nature-friendly energy transition in Europe, Nature And Biodiversity Conservation Union (NABU), Germany), Viktor Walter (Regional developer of electrification in the Västra Götaland region, Sweden), Richard van Gemert (Project manager and founder, Act Right, TenneT, Limburg, Netherlands)
As the realisation of renewable energy projects has accelerated over the past years, their impact on local landscapes and biodiversity has also come into focus. These impacts have led to what are called green on green conflicts, with conservationists positioned against renewable energy planners and state institutions proposing renewable energy projects. A key-challenge for research on green on green conflicts is initiating a dialogue between the interest groups and understanding multiple perspectives on energy transitions.
The objective of this innovative transdisciplinary roundtable is to bring together experts from research, energy planning and environment protection directly engaged with the issue to discuss and deliberate upon conflicts. The session is an opportunity to understand the potential and challenges of a transdisciplinary roundtable as a method for addressing conflicts embedded within the sustainability transformation processes.
Format: A 2 hours hybrid roundtable discussion will be held as part of the ESG conference. We will open the discussion with a short introduction on green on green conflicts followed by a 5 minute impulse by the invited speakers. This will be followed by a 30 minutes discussion structured on how the initial impulses reinforce or challenge other speakers’, as well as the participants', perception of the conflict. In the final part of the session, we will present a case of green-green conflict and invite inputs from the speakers and the participants on developing potential pathways out of the conflict. We will wrap up the session by identifying priority areas and future directions for both research and practice.
Outcomes: The session will produce insights into the multiple perspectives that drive green on green conflicts as well as test the capacities and limitations of transdisciplinary roundtables as means of advancing dialogue on energy transition conflicts. We aim to publish these as a perspective piece in the ESG journal.
