TT26 Oxford Energy Network Seminar – Week 5: Exploring the social mandate for reducing energy demand
- Date & time
- –
- Speaker
- Andy Yuille (University of Manchester)
- Host
- Environmental Change Institute (Unit)
- Series
- Karen Parry
- Location
- School of Geography and the Environment, 9 S Parks Rd Oxford OX1 3QY
- Organisation
- Oxford
About this talk
While support for net zero has become more fragmented, the majority of the UK public are still concerned about, and support action on, climate change. Recent research suggests that the level of ambition for demand-side measures in meeting our climate targets has been too constrained. This seminar will discuss the results of a two-year citizens’ panel exploring the social acceptability of substantial reductions in energy demand, and the conditions underpinning acceptability. Citizen deliberation was integrated with computer modelling to produce new ‘citizen-led’ scenarios of possible futures for how we heat our homes, get around, buy products, eat food, and get to net zero, combining people’s views, values and experiences with real data.
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