Introducing Fairtrans
This SEK 40 million research programme will promote transformations towards a fair, fossil-free future in Sweden
Fair Transformations to a Fossil Free Future (FAIRTRANS), will develop economic and political frameworks for transformation, alongside several other key actors from the business sector, trade unions and other organisations in Sweden.
The four-year programme is jointly funded by Mistra and Formas.
“We will explore the ways in which we can turn conflicts into cooperation and contribute towards a thriving and sustainable planet and fair future for all,” says Thomas Hahn, programme co-director and associate professor at the SRC.
Specifically, FAIRTRANS will:
• Calculate comprehensive national roadmaps, considering a globally fair national carbon budget and trade-offs with planetary boundaries and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
• Develop a digital platform and a voluntary market for incentivising carbon sequestration in agriculture.
• Produce scientific knowledge to ensure fair and inclusive digital climate action.
• Develop new digital tools to capture broad-ranging societal attitudes towards transformation in both Sweden and the EU.
• Explore scenarios for decoupling and research rebound effects and the ways in which these might influence rapid, fair, growth-independent climate transformation.
“We will engage with large organisations to develop strategies for action and learning, to ensure that their members are included and can benefit from the transformations,” adds Stephan Barthel, joint programme co-director. Barthel is also an SRC professor but represents the University of Gävle in this consortium.
Other partners include the Global Challenge (“Global Utmaning”) think tank and Uppsala University, as well as individual researchers from the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and Lund University.
Read more about Fairtrans here