January 17, 2024

Obstacles: What is Carbon Lock-in? ft. Benjamin Sovacool

21 minutes

Today you will learn from expert guest Benjamin Sovacool about the carbon lock-in, why it's an obstacle to solving climate change, and how we mitigate or eliminate the obstacle of the carbon lock-in for climate change solutions.

Timestamps:

(00:00) - Intro

(01:15) - What is carbon lock-in?

(03:20) - Why does carbon lock-in impede us from creating solutions or overcoming climate change?

(06:32) - Why is carbon lock-in important to address?

(10:52) - How might we mitigate or eliminate the obstacle of carbon lock-in for climate change solutions?

(15:49) - Recommended resources

(17:22) - Top skills to learn for solving climate change

(20:07) - Final recommendations

(20:56) - Activity

Benjamin K. Sovacool is an American academic who is director of the Institute for Global Sustainability at Boston University as well as Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University. He was formerly Director of the Danish Center for Energy Technology at the Department of Business Development and Technology and a professor of social sciences at Aarhus University. He is also professor of energy policy at the University of Sussex, where he formerly directed the Center on Innovation and Energy Demand and the Sussex Energy Group. He has written on energy policy, environmental issues, and science and technology policy. Sovacool is also the editor-in-chief of Energy Research & Social Science.

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