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SUMMARY:Conceptualising climate futures - Säde Hormio (University of Hels
 inki)
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CONTACT:Lewis Bremner
DESCRIPTION:Climate action is often presented by policymakers as an econom
 ic issue: what would strong regulation to curb emissions do to our economi
 es\, what are the most cost-efficient switches\, and so on. Yet many norma
 tive questions without easy answers arise about burden-sharing and values.
  Although economics face limitations when applied to complex\, large-scale
  societal challenges like climate change\, I wish to highlight a potential
 ly important role for economic methodology. This is the need for economist
 s to illustrate the desirability of greater climate action through modelli
 ng more innovative\, optimistic scenarios\, where the emphasis is on what 
 could be\, rather than where the current policies are leading us. We shoul
 d not ignore the big challenges ahead or engage in 'climate dreaming': dis
 missing the need for urgent mitigation action now in the hope that technol
 ogical innovations will come to save us. But what gets too little attentio
 n is how fast things can sometimes change and how radically some parameter
 s have already changed in the recent years. While ethical values need to b
 e weighed in participatory debates\, climate economics can engage in eluci
 dating what is possible and desirable.
LOCATION:Large Lecture Theatre\, Department of Plant Sciences\, Downing Si
 te
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