Round table: At the eye of the storm in Arrhenius laboratory:

Evenemang

Datum: onsdag 11 juni 2025

Tid: 11.00 – 12.00

Plats: Aula Magna, Hörsal Vä, Stockholm University

Tracing the progress of climate science – and peering into its future

Participants: Sverker Sörlin (KTH), Silke Beck (University of Munich), and Bård Lahn (Oslo University), chair: Eva Lövbrand

One hundred and thirty years ago Svante Arrhenius published the results of what he called ‘tedious calculations’, showing that doubling CO2 levels in the atmosphere would result in a 5-6 degree rise in temperature. Albeit somewhat off in precision, this was a ‘nice try’ for 1896 – and effectively made Arrhenius one of the founders of climate change science. Ironically, Arrhenius’s outlook was cheerful. He publicly proclaimed: “We would then have some right to indulge in the pleasant belief that our descendants, albeit after many generations, might live under a milder sky and in less barren surroundings than is our lot at present’.

Tragically remote today from our understanding of the climate change effect on the Earth, this statement serves as an entry point to a conversation we, Arrhenius’s descendants whose ‘lot’ is much grimmer than he could have imagined, would like to spark off at Svante Arrhenius House at the Nordic Science and Technology Studies conference. We invite you to revisit the beginnings of climate science, its tumultuous relationship with politics, and speculate on where it might be going. We will explore the performative implications of climate modelling globally and locally, and in what ways climate projections are shaping the futures we collectively create.

This event is part of the Nordic STS conference. Please note that this session is open, but the other sessions at the conference require registration!

 

The KTH Reactor Hall. Photo: Jann Lipka
The KTH Reactor Hall. Photo: Jann Lipka

 

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