Conference: Towards a post-carbon society

A conference entitled 'Towards a post-carbon society: European research on economic incentives and social behaviour' will be held in Brussels, Belgium, on 24 October.

The objective of the conference is to highlight how the political, social and economic dynamics can make a huge difference over the long-term in facing the two major challenges of adaptation to climate change and to more expensive energy resources.

The focus of the conference is on the 'demand side' of the energy and climate change debate. It enriches from the social sciences and humanities perspective the scientific and technology initiatives aiming to achieve the European Union greenhouse gas emissions, energy efficiency and renewables targets.

This conference should also help to identify concrete research opportunities on the topic 'Socio-economic factors and actors that shape the post-carbon society' of the Seventh Framework Programme (Call for Proposals FP7-SSH-2007-1 - Deadline on 29/11/2007).For more information, please visit:
http://postcarbonsociety.teamwork.fr/index.php(opens in new window)

For more information on social sciences and humanities research under FP7, please visit:
http://cordis.europa.eu/fp7/cooperation/socio-economic_en.html(opens in new window)