System change, not climate change

The latest IPCC reports have concluded that in order to limit warming to 1.5°C, system transformations are urgently needed. But what are system transformations? How can they be enabled? Wouldn’t such system transitions worsen other social and environmental challenges? How can justness be safeguarded during transitions? What demands do societal transitions put on how research is conducted and organized? And where can we draw the line between researching climate change and climate activism? Would researching these issues not make one an activist? Heleen de Coninck discusses these questions and issues in her inaugural lecture and outline her research agenda.