ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025
Building Fairer and Cleaner Futures
Pathways to Just Low-Carbon and Climate-Resilient Transition
Thursday, 06 NovemberEveryone welcome!
Join us for an in-depth conversation on just transition, an important framework for guiding the global shift to a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy. As the world confronts the challenges of climate change, societies and economies will have to mitigate and adapt to a greener, cleaner and more resilient future while ensuring no-one is left behind. As we shift away from fossil-fuel economies and embrace new technologies and models of production and consumption, we must also ensure that this transition is orderly, equitable and inclusive.
A just transition requires us ensure that we protect jobs, support vulnerable communities and mitigate social dislocations and economic disruptions.
Join our expert panel to discuss how we can facilitate a just transition locally, nationally and internationally. What strategies can governments and institutions deploy to ensure equitable growth, green job creation, and social inclusion? What are the challenges faced by local, national and international policymakers to safeguard workers and communities from the risks of disorderly transitions to a low-carbon, climate-resilient future? What role does and should the UK government play in leading fairer and equitable pathways for a just transition globally?
Take part in the conversation shaping policies for a fairer, greener future.
Details
Scarman Conference Centre, Space tbd, University of Warwick
Thursday, 06 November
5.00 - 7.00pm
Light refreshments will be served.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to get in touch with the organising team by emailing ssc@warwick.ac.uk.
Our Expert Panellists:
Dr Siddharth De Souza
Assistant Professor in AI and Society, Warwick Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM)
Professor Caroline Kuzemko
Professor in the Political Economy of Climate Change, WarwickDepartment of Politics and International Studies, Co-Director of the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC)
Zoë Leventhal KC
Barrister, Matrix Chambers
Professor Celine Tan
Professor of International Economic Law, Warwick Law School
Clare Wightman
Chief Executive Officer, Grapevine Coventry and Warwickshire & Co-Chair, Fairer Green Futures Pathway, Coventry City Council Climate Change Board
Registrations to this event are now closed. If you’d still like to attend the event, please get in touch with the organising team by emailing ssc@warwick.ac.uk. Please note that we can’t guarantee we will be able to accommodate all dietary and accessibility requirements on short notice, but if you get in touch we will do our best to do so.
This event is part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science 2025, organised by Warwick’s Faculty of Social Sciences and the Big Questions initiative, managed by the Social Sciences Connect Programme, and shared by Resonate.