Mainstreaming Low-Carbon Lifestyles in The Digital Age – CSCP Discusses What It Takes at The Web Summit in Lisbon @WebSummit#WebSummit 60-80% of the climate change impacts come from household consumption*, of which 20% are direct results of consumer behaviour (e.g. driving cars and heating homes), and 80% are secondary embedded impacts from producing the products or services. How can consumers contribute to climate change mitigation, and what are the key enabling conditions to be fostered in the digital age? By looking at where we live, how we move around and what we eat, we can explore solutions at a systemic level, considering products, infrastructure, technology, business models, behaviours and aspirations. Michael Kuhndt, the Executive Director of CSCP, addresses the consumers’ perspective on climate change as a speaker of the Web Forum 2017. Joining the panel discussion “Reducing carbon-intensive activity: Will we always have Paris” on 8 November, Kuhndt shares ideas on how user-centric innovations could enable low-carbon lifestyles, and explore the roles of technologies in driving radical changes for climate change mitigation. Co-hosted by the prime minister of Portugal, the Web Forum is a centralised platform for discussing the impact of technology on policy areas, from the future of work, climate change and the environment, international security and terrorism, migration, health etc. Source: Ivanova, Diana; Stadler, Konstantin; Steen-Olsen, Kjartan; Wood, Richard; Vita, Gibran; Tukker, Arnold; Hertwich, Edgar G.. (2016) Environmental Impact Assessment of Household Consumption. Journal of Industrial Ecology. vol. 20 (3).