Identifying and dealing with injustices in the ongoing energy transition
Eric Brandstedt, senior lecturer in human rights at Lund University, presents Just Energy Transitions, a project that seeks to increase the understanding of and improve the opportunities for fairly handling the complaints that the transition to a fossil-free future give rise to.
Whilst most people generally agree that an energy transition is necessary to address climate change, in practice difficult trade-offs will be made with different actors experiencing the transition as just or unjust from their perspective. With the help of a participatory research approach, the project team, reference group and stakeholders will jointly map, categorize and critically examine objections and complaints raised against the climate transition as well as the decision-makers' responsibility to respond to these. The goal is to develop a tool that can act as a moral compass to guide decision-makers in understanding different objections and navigate trade-offs. The tool can help decision-makers form balanced, inclusive and fair policies in the ongoing energy transition in Sweden and internationally.