Beyond Oil 2021: Prioritising Climate Action
Welcome to the fourth edition of the Beyond Oil Conference!
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The 2021 theme is Prioritising Climate Action:
Society is inevitably moving beyond oil.
However, ambiguous targets and plans for phasing out fossil fuels are not sufficient for solving the climate emergency. Climate action must be a priority across all areas of society. We must ask ourselves what it means to prioritise climate action - for the individual, our economy, our political decisions, and our societal institutions. How can we overcome simplistic binaries between welfare and convenience on one hand, and responding to the climate emergency on the other?
How do we mobilise the societal change necessary to make prioritisation of climate action a reality?
Beyond Oil is an interdisciplinary conference organized every two years by the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET) at the University of Bergen. We provide an arena for debating how to move society beyond oil, in its broadest sense. This year's conference will dive deeper into responses to the climate emergency, considering potential synergies and trade-offs. We invite scholars from a range of disciplines to unpack and explore the role of climate change today and the potential outcomes of making climate action a top priority in the future.
There will be contributions on a range of topics, including:
- Policies and measures to prioritize climate action.
- Links between individual, institutional and societal change.
- The role of power, justice and democracy in prioritisation.
- Living well in a zero-emission society.
- The role of research and education in making climate action a priority.
- Methods of mobilization for climate action
Confirmed keynotes for the conference:
- Dr. Kimberly Nicholas, Lund University.
- Dr. Stuart Capstick, Cardiff University and Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformation (CAST Centre).
- Dr. Charles Ogunbode, University of Nottingham.
- Panel discussion with Dr. John Broome, Dr. Vigdis Vandvik and Natalia Golis.
Program 2021:
Wednesday 20.10.2021
08.30 Registration and coffee (Brasseriet + Fossestova)
09.15 Opening of Beyond Oil 2021 Music by Ingrid Horvei Lyslo
09.30 Keynote 1: Who can do what to stop catastrophic climate change? + Navigating race, representation and climate action (Auditoriet)
- Keynote speakers: Kim Nicholas and Charles Ogunbode
- Moderator: Brooke Wilkerson
11.30 Lunch
12.30 Parallel Sessions 1
Engaging the public in support of sustainable transitions (DIGITAL* - Auditoriet)
- Gisela Böhm, Pinar Majidova, Thomas Chen, Katharina Biely
Public perspectives on sustainable transport (Alver)
- Annina Thaller, Devyn Remme, Thea Valler, Mari Helliesen
Decarbonising the energy sector (Olav H. Hauge)
- Siddharth Sareen, Erling Moxnes, Rebekka Frøystad, Amber Nordholm
Policy cooperation in the transport sector (Zinken Hopp)
- Cecilie Vindal Ødegaard, Agnete Hessevik, Rafael Rosales
14.00 Coffee Break
14.30 Parallel Sessions 2
Innovation towards low carbon futures (DIGITAL* - Auditoriet)
- Viktor Werner, Geoff Isaac, May Lee, Thomas M. Sattich, Per-Anders Langendahl
Space and time dimensions (Olav H. Hauge)
- Martin Wetterstedt, Hedda Susanne Molland, Subina Shrestha, Simon Neby
Motivations for action (Alver)
- Marius Korsnes, Eleanor Johnson, Kjersti Fløttum
Portrayals of public concern (Zinken Hopp)
- Michaël Tatham, Thea Gregersen, Ida Vikøren Andersen
16.00 Keynote 2: Perspectives on prioritising climate action (Auditoriet)
- Introduction by John Broome followed by panel discussion with Natalia Golis, John Broome, and Vigdis Vandvik.
- Moderator: Scott Bremer
*Digital sessions will be streamed at Litteraturhuset.
19:00 Conferance dinner for presenters at Skyskraperen
Thursday 21.10.2021
09.30 Coffee and snack
10.00 Parallel Sessions 3
Changing systems and infrastructure (DIGITAL* - Auditoriet)
- David Walwyn, Miguel Valdez, Gordon Walker, David Sadoway
A politics of disassembly or a politics of reconnection? (Alver)
- Panel session: David Jordhus-Lier, Camilla Houeland, Håvard Haarstad, Tarje Wanvik
Justice implications and distribution (Olav H. Hauge)
- Sigrid Eskeland Schutz, Oskar Vågerö, Mathias Lindkvist, Shayan Shokrgozar
The role of policy actors and their perspectives (Zinken Hopp)
- Runa Falck, Jana Paulina Scheurer, Marta Lorenz, Rouven Doran
11.30 Lunch
12.30 Keynote 3: There is no 'I' in individual: the need to connect personal, collevtive and systemic climate action (Auditoriet)
- Keynote speaker: Stuart Capstick
- Commentator: Camilla Houeland
- Moderator: Shayan Shokrgozar
14.00 Coffee Break
14.30 Parallel Sessions 4
Power and Energy Justice (DIGITAL* - Auditoriet)
- Kevin Anderson, Fereshteh Toosi, Akiko Hiratsuka-Sasaki, Krisjanis Rudus, Karl Gallagher
Structures and Institutions for Climate Justice (Olav H. Hauge)
- Renee Neven-Scharnigg, Isak Stoddard, Bradley Loewen, Thor Øivind Jensen
Institutional perspectives on climate action (Alver)
- Anand Bhopal, Bregje van Veelen, Catalina Vallejo
16.00 Closing panel (Auditoriet)
- Moderator: Agnete Hessevik
17.00 Conference closes
*Digital sessions will be streamed at Litteraturhuset.
Questions can be sent to beyondoil@uib.no
Practical information
Conference venue: House of Literature (Litteraturhuset) Østre Skostredet 5, 5017 Bergen
How to get there:
If you arrive at Bergen Railway station, you are already in the middle of Bergen city. The Railways station is in walking distance to most facilities in the city centre.
If you arrive at Bergen Airport, Flesland, there are several ways of getting to the city centre:
Bergen light rail runs from Bergen airport to ‘Byparken’, in the city centre. The trip takes 45 minutes.
The airport bus (Flybussen) has frequent departures to the city centre. The bus ride will take you 25-45 minutes, depending on the traffic.
The conference will be organized in line with the CET Low-Carbon Travel Policy.
We are following the latest guidelines for COVID-19 infection control in Norway and will keep participants up to date on the latest developments. From September 25th Norway goes back to a everyday life with increased preparedness.
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Beyond Oil conference
A biennial international and interdisciplinary conference hosted by the Centre of Climate and Energy Transformation (CET) at the University of Bergen.
Beyond Oil 2021: Prioritising Climate Action, takes place in Bergen and digitally on October 20. - 21. 2021
Past conferences:
Beyond Oil 2019: Deep and rapid transformations
Beyond Oil 2017: Mobilizing alternative futures
Beyond Oil 2015: Geographies of climate and energy transformation
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