POLET workshop on fossil fuel decline
POLET researchers and their partners hosted an online workshop on 11 and 12 January 2022 to share and discuss the findings of the Contractions project. This project has focused on identifying historic precedents for and current pledges of fossil fuel decline.
This analysis has enabled us to quantify the speed and identify preconditions of historic declines in order to compare them to what is needed to meet climate targets. During the workshop, we discussed key research findings as well as provided opportunities to discuss future research directions and needs.
Our policy brief presented during the workshop gives an overview of the relevance of our research findings to decision-makers.
Workshop presentations
Keynote presentations
Insights from the Contractions project from Jessica Jewell, Associate Professor at Chalmers and Professor II at University of Bergen
Is net-zero any easier in a post-COVID world? from Glen Peters, Research Director at CICERO
Historical and future decline rates in the context of policy pledges thematic session
Historical precedents for fossil fuel decline from Vadim Vinichenko
Powering Past Coal Alliance from Jessica Jewell
Response and discussion with Pao-Yu Oei, Professor at University of Flensburg and Head of the research group on Coal Exit
Fossil fuel lock-in and destablisation mechanisms thematic session
The risk of gas lock-in under energy transitions and the case of German LNG from Hanna Brauers
Historical coal peak and destabilization mechanisms from Ole Martin Laegreid
The impacts of fossil decline on jobs and work ahead for translating lessons to developing and emerging economies thematic session
Oil jobs in Norway and the energy transition from Endre Tvinnereim
Coal jobs and the energy transition from Sandeep Pai
Translating lessons to developing and emerging economies and the work ahead from Lola Nacke
Response and discussion with Jan Steckel, Head of the working group in Climate and Development at MCC Berlin
