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Take-aways from the ‘Driving the Green Transition’ Workshop

Tuesday 19 September 2023  
 
ELIA's Green Team Intern, Peiyu Jiang, reflects on the two-day CYANOTYPES workshop titled Driving the Green Transition which took place on 14 and 15 September in Brussels, Belgium hosted by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology – NTNU.  
 
The CYANOTYPES workshop welcomed participants to discuss how to use skills strategies to mitigate climate change. Involving stakeholders in the Cultural and Creative Sectors and Industries (CCSIs), the workshop was a content-driven event which invited guests and participants to share ideas and brainstorm on how to make the CCSIs resilient in the face of climate change and contribute to creating more sustainable societies.  
 
During the first day of the event, many important questions were raised which offered a lot of food for thought. Several of the ideas about the interconnectedness between skills in the CCSIs, climate change adaptation and the green transition stood out to ELIA Green Team Intern Peiyu Jiang. They surely will be explored more in the course of the CYANOTYPES project (2022-2026). 
 
These are Peiyu’s key take-aways:
  • Skills are central in the CYANOTYPES project, several categories of skills were discussed during the workshop, such as digital, green, and entrepreneurial skills.  Some skills are transversal and cross the boundaries of disciplines. When we think about sustainability solutions, we need to connect different angles and merge different disciplines. For example, we may need both scientific and engineering skills for carbon footprint tracking and choosing renewable energy sources.  
  • Resilience thinking is also an important skill. Resilience is the capacity for a system to absorb disturbance and remain functioning. The CCSIs should remain flexible to any unexpected climate changes that may occur and affect their business. It is vital to plan ahead and consider several different future scenarios for more possibilities to be able to adapt to different climate situations. 
  • Moreover, it is also important to ask ourselves: “To what extent do the CCSI change or influence people’s attitude towards sustainability?” Is raising awareness or changing people’s attitude the most important factor when it comes to deciding our way towards sustainability?” Art is a common language for humanity. Presenting climate change, green transition, and sustainability through the lens of art might be an effective way of changing people's attitudes about sustainability. 
  • Self-questioning and critical thinking are key. Not only can organisations themselves use and improve this capacity, but it can be further integrated in the field of education as well to cultivate critical thinking among the next generation. 

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