1. Co-producing knowledge for supporting transitions to sustainable lifestyles and green economy in Europe Domenico ROSSETTI di VALDALBERO European Commission, DG RTD* Domenico.Rossetti-di-Valdalbero@ec.europa.eu * Personally speaking GLAMURS workshop Brussels, 19 November 2014 1

2. New Production of Knowledge  Mode 1 : Academic monopoly of knowledge production Discipline based  Mode 2 : Co-production of knowledge Problem-orientated and trans-disciplinary Impact: - Positive societal and/or economic difference - More likely if research coproduced But: Academic promotion linked to top journals controlled by disciplines – Potential changes with Open Access? Source: H. Nowotny, A. Alsop 2

3. Stronger interfaces Mutual respect  Man - Nature  Respect – Exploitation  Humanities - Engineering  Design of a car - Efficiency of the combustion engine  Social habits - Technological developments  User friendliness – OS capacity of a smart phone SSH and STEM should work together! Source: D. Rossetti 3

4. Socio-ecological transition A European foresight expert group "The World in 2025 – Rising Asia and socio-ecological transition " Source: European Commission 4

5. EU unsustainable trends  The EU energy bill amounted to € 400 Billion in 2012  The EU is importing 55% of its energy needs  A car is parked 92% of its life cycle  The average speed of an international freight train in the EU is 18km/h  40,000 people die each year in road traffic in the EU Source: D. Rossetti selection from EC Communications 5

6. EU targets 6 E-ELECTRICITY 20% by 2020 EU GHG reductions 20% by 2020 EFFICIENCY improvements 20% by 2020 RENEWABLES BIOFUELS HEATING AND COOLING NATIONAL TARGETS and ACTION PLANS 40% by 2030 27% by 2030 Source: European Council, 23/10/2014

7. CO2 emissions – Old and new actors 20002050 USA & Canada23%12% Enlarged EU14%8% Russia & CIS8%5% Japan4%2% S-E Asia - China20%27% South Asia - India7%13% Africa7%15% Latin America7%9% Others10%9% 49% 51% 27% 73% Source: EC, DG ENV/CLIMA 7

8. EU oil consumption and production Source: Grande Reportagem 8

9. Some EU actions and proposals  A resilient Energy Union with a forward-looking climate change policy (JC Juncker at EP, 15/7/14)  EU mainstreams climate action across policy areas and commits itself to making 20% of its 2014-20 budget climate-relevant (i.e. € 180 B)  Towards a circular economy: a zero waste programme for Europe (COM(2014)398  R&I as sources of renewed growth (COM(2014)339 Source: European Commission 9

10. Innovation  Product innovation  Process innovation  Marketing innovation  Organisational innovation  Social innovation Source: Oslo Manual and EC 10

11. Acting on lifestyles 11

12. Risk size Time Traditional risks Modern risks Tobacco Physical inactivity Obesity Urban air quality Road traffic safety Occupational risk Undernutrition Indoor air pollution Water, sanitation and hygiene The risk transition Source: WHO 12

13. Valuing the time 2 hours 13

14. From Proprietas to Usus  Unifying power of Internet & smart phones  New economy and younger generation  Less ownership (purchasing)  More access (renting, sharing, swapping) 14 Source: D. Rossetti

15. EU RTD Framework Programme (FP7) Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Two research Topics launched in 2011:  Analysis of the impacts of global changes – GLOBAL-IQ coordinated by TSE (€ 2.7 M) GLOBAL-IQ  Creating and adapting jobs in Europe in the context of a socio-ecological transition – NEUJOBS coordinated by CEPS (€ 8 M) NEUJOBS Source: European Commission 15

16. EU RTD Framework Programme (FP7) Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Two research Topics launched in 2012:  Beyond GDP - Measuring economic performance and social progress – E-FRAME coordinated by ISTATE-FRAME  Europe moving towards a new path of economic growth and social development – WWWforEurope coordinated by WIFOWWWforEurope Source: European Commission 16

17. EU RTD Framework Programme (FP7) Socio-economic Sciences and Humanities Three research projects launched in 2013:  End user integration, innovation & entrepreneurship – EU-INNOVATE coord. by TUMEU-INNOVATE  European post-carbon cities of tomorrow – POCACITO coordinated by ECOLOGIC POCACITO  Green lifestyles, alternative models and upscaling regional sustainability – GLAMURS coordinated by Universidad La CoruñaGLAMURS Source: European Commission 17

18. Commonalities of these projects  Forward-looking dimension  Quantitative and qualitative methods  Ambitious but realistic in 21 st century  Innovation-oriented  B-GOT: Beyond GDP Beyond Oil Beyond Tangibles Source: D. Rossetti 18

19. Conclusion: Sobriety vs. excess  Lagom  Negawatt  Genuine Progress Indicator (GPI)  Against planned or wished obsolescence  European way of life 19 Source: D. Rossetti

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