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In our newsletter we provide regular updates about our research and communication efforts to contribute to mainstreaming 1.5° living. You can read about our continuing Thinking Labs, our latest policy and press release, our publications, inspiration for 1.5° living related this time to traveling and reducing food waste, and a lot more!

As part of our EU 1.5° Lifestyles project the Hungarian team - together with the other four case countries of Germany, Latvia, Spain, and Swedenis - organized a second phase of Stakeholder Thinking Labs (STL) in Budapest on 30 January 2024. 

RIFS Potsdam has issued a call for proposals for the filming of 22 videos and the production of 25 videos for a MOOC course in Budapest, Hungary 13-16 May 2024. 

Researchers affiliated with the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project have co-published a pioneering paper in the One Earth journal. The paper, authored by Oscar Rueda, José M. Mogollón, Fabian Stenzel,  and project partners Arnold Tukker, and Laura Scherer, sheds light on the potential of a protein transition to liberate vast expanses of land for sustainable energy production and carbon removal.

The Forum for Caring Societies is a collaborative community of practice which promotes fair, sustainable, care-centered societies. It brings together researchers, activists, practitioners, funders, and policymakers, which share a common vision for care-based societies.

Do lifestyles really matter when it comes to climate change? D-mat’s CEO, Michael Lettenmeier, has resoundingly argued in favour of 1.5-degree lifestyles in a saga in Finnish media regarding air travel and vacationing.

As 2023 drew to an end, EU 1.5° Lifestyles project partner D-mat had the pleasure to visit the Finnish Parliament. Finland’s Minister of Climate and the Environment Kai Mykkänen kindly welcomed us to discuss with him the dire need for reducing the carbon footprint of day-to-day consumption – a valuable discussion.

The need for per capita reductions in carbon emissions to align with the Paris Agreement is a key challenge for European policymaking. The current EU average per capita carbon footprint far exceeded the necessary levels, requiring rapid and transformative changes in lifestyles and consumption patterns. Münster University (now RIFS Potsdam) and Radius successfully organised a European Stakeholder…

We are excited to announce the publication of a groundbreaking research paper as part of the EU 1.5° Lifestyles project. As part of her PhD research, Stephanie Cap projected household carbon footprints into the future under an optimistic industrial decarbonization scenario, excluding lifestyle changes. The findings demonstrate significant reductions in household carbon footprints, yet underscore…

Sufficiency, a concept that propagates social and ecological enoughness and limits is becoming increasingly important in societal discourse — for political actors, researchers and civil society actors alike. The concept is explored in depth in a new book titled “Sufficiency – an Emerging Discourse? At the Crossroads of Mainstreaming and Transformation” published in the Nomos Sustainability Series…