34. Heleen de Coninck on the IPCC, climate tech & a just Net Zero transition

Challenging Climate

Dr Heleen de Coninck is a Professor of Socio-Technical Innovation and Climate Change at Eindhoven University of Technology, and Associate Professor in Innovation Studies and Sustainability at Radboud University. She is also the newly appointed deputy chair of the Dutch Scientific Climate Council.
In this episode, we discuss the four Net Zero transitions set out in the 2018 IPCC 1.5ºC report, and specifically how to facilitate a just transition. Towards the end, we debate on how much focus on geoengineering technologies is healthy.
Links:

• Heleen's profile
• Lecture transcript: system change, not climate change
• IPCC Special Report on "Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage”
• IPCC Special Report on “Global Warming of 1.5 ºC”

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Chapters

1. 34. Heleen de Coninck on the IPCC, climate tech & a just Net Zero transition (00:00:00)

2. Introduction and background (00:02:53)

3. IPCC: Is this just a timewaster for climate scientists? (00:04:45)

4. The Dutch Scientific Climate Council (00:08:16)

5. The four Net Zero transitions (00:11:13)

6. What’s our progress on the four transitions thus far? (00:17:28)

7. System change vs Climate change (00:19:52)

8. Can we have both a rapid and a just transition? (00:23:58)

9. Climate tech: a dangerous distraction? (00:25:25)

10. Emission pathway reliance on Carbon Capture and Storage (00:30:10)

11. Solar geoengineering: the only panacea? (00:34:08)

12. Can we strike a balance? (00:38:21)

13. What gives you optimism? (00:40:38)