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… System change, not climate change Presented on September 9, 2022 at Eindhoven University of Technology System change, not climate change 3 Introduction “System change, not climate change”. I have climate change activists to thank for the title of this lecture. It is on banners carried around by people who took part in the demonstrations that erupted from 2018 onwards all over the world. I am not completely sure what they meant with it. System change means different things to different people. … Assessment Report was being written.) The main differences were that it was not based on peer-reviewed literature, not reviewed by thousands of experts and governments, and they were quite policy-prescriptive. I recommended people to separate waste, buy organic products, and buy a car with a catalyst to reduce sulphur dioxide emissions. At the high point, I had about 10 subscribers, I think. Fast forward 30 years. Amsterdam, March 2019. Friends of the Earth Netherlands along with many other … depend on each other, forming a larger system of itself. But at the same time, speaking about land, about buildings, about industry makes what is needed more concrete and tangible. So for now, I will stick to systems transitions. I already introduced why the energy system transition is systemic. As another example, in the urban and infrastructure transition, in order to have resilient, climate-neutral and healthy cities, we need to change transport systems, buildings, water provision and use, and …
