XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology (July 13-19, 2014)

July 13 - 19, 2014

416

Toward a World of Low Carbon: Social, Economic and Environmental Impacts

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology (host committee)

Language: English

This session debates the development of alternative energy and its social, economic and environmental impacts. Although the number of studies on these impacts are reduced, its possible to propose a model of "types and Impacts" of the changes generated in the economy, the environment and lives of people, including changes in the habits of citizens, business, civil Governments and civil society. Several indicators of the industry and energy policies of countries indicate the development of an "energy transition", and the trend appears to be increasing deployment with hybridization of plants based on renewable and alternative energy - that is, the gradual energy transition toward a "world of low carbon ". In this sense, this work session proposes to bring together researchers from different regions of the world to discuss the transformation process in the energy matrix, with emphasis on socio-technical dimension of this phenomenon.