Everyone is talking about decarbonizing and getting to Net Zero. Easier said than done. It involves a compelling story of how everyone can play a part of making, shaping and co-creating a different reality. A conversation between Sir Geoff Mulgan an international thought leader, who formerly ran NESTA, the mayor of Leuven Mohamed Ridouani, who received the EU Capital of Innovation award for their ambitious decarbonization plan and Patrizia Nanz professor of Transformative Sustainability Studies in Potsdam. They explore how you go beyond a vision on paper, get commitment from all interest groups, harness the resources, change the rules, incentives and organizational structures as well as individual behaviours to turn a crucial idea into a lived experience.
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Net Zero – The Utopian Vision, but How Do We Get There?
Geoff Mulgan
Sir Geoff Mulgan CBE is Professor of Collective Intelligence, Public Policy and Social Innovation at University College London (UCL). Prior to that he was Chief Executive of Nesta, the UK’s innovation foundation (2011-2019). He’s a senior fellow with Demos Helsinki and the New Institute in Hamburg, and is currently chairing an EU programme on ‘Whole of Government Innovation’. From 1997 to 2004 Geoff had roles in the UK government including director of the Government’s Strategy Unit and head of policy in the Prime Minister’s office. From 2004 to 2011 he was the first Chief Executive of The Young Foundation. He was the first director of the think-tank Demos; and has been a reporter on BBC TV and radio. Geoff co-founded many organisations including Demos, the Young Foundation, the Social Innovation Exchange (SIX), Uprising, Studio Schools Trust, Action for Happiness, the Alliance for Useful Evidence and the Australia Centre for Social Innovation. He has advised many governments around the world and is a World Economic Forum Schwab Fellow from 2019-22. Past books include ‘The Art of Public Strategy’ (Oxford University Press), ‘Good and Bad Power’ (Penguin), ‘The Locust and the Bee’ (Princeton University Press), ‘Big Mind: how collective intelligence can change our world’ (Princeton University Press), and ‘Another World is Possible: how to reignite social and political imagination’ (Hurst/OUP 2022). Geoff has given TED talks on the future economy, happiness and education.