The Geopolitics of Decarbonization has been identified as one of the central thematic research topics of the Mistra Geopolitics Programme. Changes in the geopolitical landscape may have far-reaching implications on the opportunities to drive sustainable development agendas. At the same time, the transitional changes that are needed to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions will have geopolitical repercussions, both due to the implications of declining fossil fuel demands, and to the consequences of development and expansion of new sources of energy and materials required for the transition.
Understanding the implications of this reconfiguration, which is already underway, touches on issues of security, human development and environmental change that are fundamental to the Programme.