Lecture Series on 03.11.2022, 18:00h to 20:00h in Kassel
Lecture from Prof. Dr. Anita Engels, Thomas Frisch, Solange Commelin (Universität Hamburg)
Abstract
The comprehensive inquiries of this lecture series about the connections between climate change, raw materials, the energy transition and the global economy will be addressed in this lecture through the lens of the Brazilian companies that are increasingly having to adapt to a CO2-regulated business world. Using Brazil as an example, the presentation will focus on the tensions between fossil fuels, accelerated deforestation, financial markets, national policies, and global climate governance. Embedded in the question of whether achieving the Paris Climate Goals is still plausible under current social conditions, we present our research approach to decarbonizing the economy and our results on Brazil as a case study. The research is conducted in the context of the Hamburg Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS)”.
Short Biography
Prof. Dr. Anita Engels is a Professor of Sociology, specifically Globalization, Environment and Society, at the University of Hamburg. Her work focuses on social science climate research with perspectives on governance, economic sociology, and urban real-laboratories. Engel’s research emphases are in the areas of sociological theories of globalization and world society, economic sociology, the emergence of “green” markets, emissions trading, and knowledge of science studies.
For more information, please visit: https://www.wiso.uni-hamburg.de/fachbereich-sowi/professuren/engels/team/engels-anita.html
Foto: S. Engels, UHH
Thomas Frisch is a Research Associate in the Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS), at the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on the decarbonization of companies, in particular on the question of how companies deal with the increasing public interest in their climate-related activities.
For more information, please visit: https://www.cliccs.uni-hamburg.de/de/about-cliccs/people-register/frisch.html
Solange Commelin is a She is a research associate in the Cluster of Excellence “Climate, Climatic Change, and Society” (CLICCS) at the University of Hamburg. She is conducting research on the decarbonization of companies, in particular on organizational change and the influence of social movements.
For more information, please visit: https://www.cliccs.uni-hamburg.de/de/about-cliccs/people-register/commelin.html
