How Green is Your Deal x RETOOL project: Episode 5: Democracy is heating up: impacts of climate change on policymaking
What happens to democratic systems as climate impacts intensify? How do heatwaves, droughts, floods, and rising inequality shape political trust, participation, and stability? And can democracies withstand the pressures of a warming world — or even help us navigate them in a more just and inclusive way?
In this episode, Daniel Lindvall shares his insights about how natural disasters and environmental crises could temporarily boost civic engagement — or threaten democratic stability altogether.
Daniel Lindvall is an Associate Professor in Sociology at Uppsala University and the Institute for Futures Studies in Stockholm. His research mostly focuses on the interrelation between climate change and democracy, but he is also conducting research on climate governance, just transition, climate policy acceptance, and energy policies. He recently published the book Climate Change and the Endurance of Democracy. Lindvall has also worked in the Swedish government offices for several years and for different international organisations.
This season is produced in collaboration with the podcast How Green Is Your Deal? by GreenDeal-NET.
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