COT WAS PRESENTED AT THE STRATEGY FOR NET ZERO FUTURE WORKSHOP AT SAID BUSINESS SCHOOL, OXFORD UNIVERSITY

On November 22, 2022 the Center for Organization and Time (COT), joining Oxford Net Zero research initiative, took part in the Strategy for the Net Zero Future workshop at Said Business School, Oxford University. The workshop was organized by Professor Juliane Reinecke and Reseach Lecturer Aoife Brophy. The event attracted more than 80 people signed up to attend, including the Actionable Futures project team and partners, senior and junior reseachers, students from different departments in Oxford, and practitioners from local companies and SMEs.
The workshop started with a debrief of COP27 by Alexis McGivern, Net Zero Standards  Manager for Oxford Net Zero. Aiming to connect researchers working at the intersection between climate and business, a panel of speakers introduced different perspectives on defining a net-zero strategy. Professor Tor Hernes, COT director, presented a temporal view on net-zero organizations. Kaya Axelsson, a Ph.D. candidate at the Environmental Change Institute and Policy Engagement Fellow at Oxford Net Zero, provided an overview of the different standardizations of net zero. Dr. Cécile Girardin, Technical Director of the Natural-based Solutions Initiative and Science Lead at Oxford Biodiversity Network, added the perspective on nature-based solutions and net-zerowithout forgetting nature. Dr. Jessica Omukuti, a Research Fellow at the Oxford Net Zero Initiative, talked about A Just Transition to Net-Zero. The facilitated discussions by Aoife Brophy mainly concerned multi-actor involvment in the process of achieving net zero and how to take holistic approach towards net zero.
To forster conversations and connections that would contribute to translating public and private net-zero commitments into action, the last part of the workshop was on opportunities for policy and business impact. Sam Frankhauser, Professor of Climate Economics and Policy at the Smith School for Enterprise and Environment, spoke about the opportunities for policy impact. Professor Majken Schultz, a COT member, the chairwoman of the Carlsberg Foundation, and the Deputy Chair of the Carlsberg Group, illustarted oppportunities for business impact, using examples from the Actionable Futures project. The facilitated discussion by Juliane Reinecke centered around researchers' roles and how researchers can best contribute to these opportunities by collaborating with policymakers and businesses.