Energy Transition and the Social Question: Conflicts, Participation and Populist Forces. Does the Idea of Sustainability Threaten to Be Lost in the Whirlpool of Events?

Abstract

While the solution of the climate change problem is urgently required, the energy transition in some welfare nations is being put under increasing pressure by social, political and economic counter-movements. The planned panel will examine the following questions in more detail: At local level, which examples of concrete conflict situations based on social inequality can be found? At national level, where can we prove that contrary situations lead to standstill and paralysis? At international/regional level, where can we point out that international and supranational efforts are failing?