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Maja Göpel: Klimakrisens løsning findes ikke i kamp, men i samarbejde

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Dec 4, 2024
Maja Göpel, political economist and transformation researcher who studies cooperation-driven climate solutions. She recounts early climate awakenings and explains why broad collaboration across politics, business and movements matters. Conversations cover reframing climate messages, forming unexpected alliances, and combining opposition with offers of cooperation to drive systemic change.
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ANECDOTE

Early Wake-Up Call From Chernobyl

  • Maja Göpel recalls Chernobyl at age 14 as the moment she saw distant events affect ordinary lives and began asking why society doesn't stop obvious harms.
  • That early experience pushed her to study multiple disciplines to understand institutions that enable cooperation.
INSIGHT

Economics' Blind Spots Shape Our Choices

  • Göpel argues mainstream economics often treats humans and costs as frictionless abstractions, masking real social and environmental costs.
  • That discipline's dominance legitimizes unequal outcomes and narrows public debate about viable policies.
INSIGHT

Financialization Broke Market Accountability

  • Financialization decoupled capital from productive processes, letting global finance extract value without local accountability.
  • This erodes markets' public-regulating capacity and concentrates power outside democratic checks.
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