Who bears the costs of the green shift?

The effects of climate change are unevenly distributed, and so are the effects of climate policy. Shifting transportation from cars and planes to trains and trams will impose greater costs on rural areas while benefiting cities the most. Similarly, phasing out the oil and gas industry will have more significant consequences in the oil-capital than in Oslo. This distribution of costs and benefits is crucial for gaining public support for the necessary actions to combat climate change.

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose has conducted research on which regions in Europe will be most and least affected by the green shift. His findings indicate that the least developed regions, particularly rural areas, will bear the brunt of the costs - thus, increasing the differences between rich and poor regions in Europe.

In this panel, he presents the results of his research, followed by a conversation about what this means for the green transition in Europe - and in Norway.

Link to the article: https://single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/publications/regional-vulnerability-green-transition_en

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose, Professor Economic Geography, London School of Economics and Professor II UiS Business School.

Panel:

Siddharth Sareen, Professor of Environment and Energy, Faculty of Social Sciences, UiS

Bertel Åndstad, Investment Director at Nysnø, with extensive experience in finance, business development, and new investments in the energy sector. 

Moderator:

Rune Dahl Fitjar, Professor Innovation Studies and Head of Centre for Innovation Research, UIS Business School