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  • 8 - In the Shadow of an Oil Refinery: Narrating Just Transitions in the City of Lysekil

  • Edited by Karin Bäckstrand, Stockholms Universitet, Jens Marquardt, Technische Universität, Darmstadt, Germany, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Swedish Institute of International Affairs, Oscar Widerberg, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
  • Book:
    The Politics and Governance of Decarbonization
    Published online:
    05 December 2024
    Print publication:
    28 November 2024, pp 161-181
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    This chapter employs narrative analysis to examine how people who live in the shadow of carbon-intensive industries imagine a just transition to net-zero emissions. The analysis rests upon an interview study with local politicians, civil servants, union representatives, and citizen groups in the Swedish west-coast city of Lysekil, home to Scandinavia’s largest oil refinery. By mapping stories of climate (in)justice told in view of Sweden’s efforts to decarbonize, this chapter illustrates the cultural dimensions of carbon lock-ins and why some people resist transformative change. In the city of Lysekil, the refinery is not only an important source of local employment but also deeply entangled with community identity and sense of place. However, the chapter also points to the multiple interpretations of just transitions to climate neutrality and the power of narrative to open-up possibilities for decarbonized futures.