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The first rounds of Stakeholder and Citizen Thinking Labs introduce the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project to a wider audience
As part of the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project, two rounds of “Thinking Labs”, or problem-solving workshops, have already been organised in the five European case countries of Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Sweden and Spain.
Degrowth Conference in Zagreb - are you coming?
The 9th International Degrowth Conference "Planet, People, Care: It Spells Degrowth!" will take place in Zagreb, Croatia, from 29 August – 2 September 2023.
The first round of EU 1.5° Lifestyles Citizen Thinking Labs was a success
Ditch the car and walk, cycle or use public transport instead. Take shorter and colder showers and eat a predominantly vegetarian diet - for the sake of the climate. To counteract climate change, we need to change our habits and behaviour - in which areas of life would you be willing to do so?
Emissions overshoots against 1.5° climate targets in 2030 and 2050
Countries, companies and other coalitions are setting climate goals to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to ‘net zero’ or limiting them to a 1.5° compatible level as set by the Paris Agreement. Individuals may wonder about their contributions to these climate goals. Can an average EU resident achieve a 1.5° lifestyle… without making lifestyle changes?
Münster’s Stakeholder Thinking Lab contributes thoughts and solutions for 1.5° lifestyles
“Climate policy will only work as long as it addresses social inequity” was just one of the central talking points at the Stakeholder Thinking Lab that the consortium member, University of Münster hosted on 4 November 2022. As part of a coordinated research in our five case countries Hungary, Latvia, Spain, Sweden, and Germany, stakeholders were engaged on structural barriers and enablers for…
What's in a footprint?
Many people have heard of a carbon footprint. Maybe they have taken one of the many online tools to calculate their own or have seen it calculated for a product they were buying. Maybe some are sceptical because they have read that oil companies were behind its development to place the responsibility for reducing emissions on individuals. But what is a carbon footprint really, how do we go about calculating it, and how can it be useful in…
Stakeholder Thinking Lab in Hungary
On the 1st of December 2022, GreenDependent Institute organized a Stakeholder Thinking Lab within the EU 1.5 Lifestyles project. The one-day workshop was preceded by a dinner where the participants had the chance to get to know each other.
Watch the short video about the Hungarian Citizen Thinking Lab
As we reported earlier, the Hungarian Citizen Thinking Lab within the EU 1.5 Lifestyles project was successfully organised by GreenDependent on 8th October 2022 in Budapest.
Now a short video of the event is out, proving, that sharing thoughts and visions on sustainable lifestyles is a serious business, but can be fun, fruitful and reassuring!
The first Stakeholder Thinking Lab at the University of A Coruña
The very first Stakeholder Thinking Lab of the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project has been organized by the University of A Coruña under the moderation of Prof. Dr. Marta Rey García in Spain. 22 experts from private and public sector, academia as well as non-profit organizations have discussed the leverages and intervention steps to ensure the transition to a more sustainable future. Professor Pilar…
Are you 1.5ing yet? – A Student Thinking Lab on climate-friendly lifestyles
On September 15th 2022, three students from the University of Münster co-organised a “Student Thinking Lab” dealing with 1.5° lifestyles, as part of their studies. The workshop was aimed at students from different higher educational facilities and fields of study in the area around Münster. It focused on sharing information about sustainable lifestyles and discussing structural barriers to sustainable lifestyles (and how to overcome them)…
Josefine Henman
Josefine is a Research Assistant at the The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE) at Lund University, Sweden. She holds a Masters degree in Environmental Management and Policy, and has previously worked with sustainability communication and project coordination in various non-governmental organisations.
Stakeholder Thinking Lab - Latvia
The stakeholder thinking labs aim to gather and further develop perspectives on structural barriers and drivers in each case study country with regard to low carbon options.