CBS Sustain

Climate change is at the top of the political, economic and social agendas today. Facing the climate related challenges ahead requires all of us to think through how a transition process to a more sustainable future can be organized and how such a future is to be organized, the types of organizations that should be involved and at which levels they need to be involved. In reality, a green transition involves activating networks of countries, organizations, firms, citizens, technology and solidarity. In other words, it is highly complex. And it needs organizing.

The urgent need to mitigate climate change, which is goal no. 13 in the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, has led to an increased focus on sustainability and green transition within the social sciences. Research is now focusing on how climate neutrality can be reached, and how various forces can be mobilized and organized locally as well as internationally. In this podcast series, researchers involved in green transition projects will focus on sectors important to the green transition: Food, life science, energy, the public sector, etc. For each sector, the researchers will focus on specific managerial and governmental challenges that arise from translating abstract climate goals into tangible solutions. Based on their research, they will present knowledge about green transition, which they intend to develop and discuss in ways that are helpful to different types of actors such as entrepreneurs, managers, universities, public institutions, and corporations.