Bringing the political system (back) into social tipping relevant to sustainability DOI Creative Commons
Christina Eder, Isabelle Stadelmann‐Steffen

Energy Policy, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 177, P. 113529 - 113529

Published: March 27, 2023

Recently, social tipping dynamics relevant to sustainability have become the subject of a growing literature. Numerous publications seek bring concept (back) from natural system and make important contributions its conceptualization, definition, constant refinement. Yet, despite wide array, current literature has blind spot: it does neither adequately integrate, conceptualize, nor measure role political sphere thus underestimates importance for processes. This is starting point our contribution, which not only emphasizes dimension's relevance analysis tipping, but also proposes two main ways integrate into such analyses: by conceptualizing either as trigger or an element that can tip itself. Moreover, capture complexity sphere, namely interaction between networks, actors, processes, we suggest analysing along three elements: polity, politics, policy. We illustrate empirical benefit these refinements presenting comparative case study nuclear phase-out in Germany Switzerland.

Language: Английский

Perspectives on tipping points in integrated models of the natural and human Earth system: cascading effects and telecoupling DOI Creative Commons
Christian Franzke, Alessio Ciullo, Elisabeth A. Gilmore

et al.

Environmental Research Letters, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 17(1), P. 015004 - 015004

Published: Dec. 14, 2021

Abstract The Earth system and the human are intrinsically linked. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have led to climate crisis, which is causing unprecedented extreme events could trigger tipping elements. Physical social forces can lead points cascading effects via feedbacks telecoupling, but current generation of climate-economy models do not generally take account these interactions feedbacks. Here, we show importance interplay between societies systems in creating way they turn affect sustainability security. lack modeling links an underestimation societal risks as well how be harnessed moderate physical impacts. This calls for systematic development a better integration understanding at different spatial temporal scales, specifically those that enable decision-making reduce likelihood crossing local or global points.

Language: Английский

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A socio-technical transition perspective on positive tipping points in climate change mitigation: Analysing seven interacting feedback loops in offshore wind and electric vehicles acceleration DOI Creative Commons
Frank W. Geels,

Martina Ayoub

Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 193, P. 122639 - 122639

Published: May 17, 2023

This paper engages with climate mitigation debates on positive tipping points, which attract increasing attention but remain divided between technological and social point approaches. Building recent attempts to overcome this dichotomy, the develops a socio-technical transitions perspective shows how co-evolutionary interactions techno-economic improvements actor reorientations can significantly accelerate diffusion. Mobilising insights from political science, discourse theory, business studies, consumption innovation we elaborate Multi-Level Perspective articulate seven feedback loops in dynamics. We illustrate test our two case UK offshore wind electric vehicles. These studies not only demonstrate importance of interacting loops, also show contrasting sequence dynamics, substantial deployment preceding major wind, while following them EV case. The cases indicate crucial roles policymakers low-carbon dynamics as well policy learning social, political, feedbacks strengthening reorienting support.

Language: Английский

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A just world on a safe planet: a Lancet Planetary Health–Earth Commission report on Earth-system boundaries, translations, and transformations DOI Creative Commons
Joyeeta Gupta, Xuemei Bai, Diana Liverman

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The Lancet Planetary Health, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 8(10), P. e813 - e873

Published: Sept. 12, 2024

Language: Английский

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Climate tipping point interactions and cascades: a review DOI Creative Commons
Nico Wunderling, Anna S. von der Heydt, Yevgeny Aksenov

et al.

Earth System Dynamics, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 15(1), P. 41 - 74

Published: Jan. 26, 2024

Abstract. Climate tipping elements are large-scale subsystems of the Earth that may transgress critical thresholds (tipping points) under ongoing global warming, with substantial impacts on biosphere and human societies. Frequently studied examples such include Greenland Ice Sheet, Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), permafrost, monsoon systems, Amazon rainforest. While recent scientific efforts have improved our knowledge about individual elements, interactions between them less well understood. Also, potential events to induce additional elsewhere or stabilize other is largely unknown. Here, we map out current state literature climate review influences them. To do so, gathered evidence from model simulations, observations, conceptual understanding, as paleoclimate reconstructions where multi-component spatially propagating transitions were potentially at play. uncertainties large, find indications many destabilizing. Therefore, conclude should not only be in isolation, but also more emphasis has put interactions. This means cascades cannot ruled centennial millennial timescales warming levels 1.5 2.0 ∘C shorter if surpassed ∘C. At these higher then fast AMOC address crucial gaps element interactions, propose four strategies combining observation-based approaches, system modeling expertise, computational advances, expert knowledge.

Language: Английский

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Linking the blue economy to Women's empowerment to create avenues for the realization of ocean sustainability targets in the global south DOI Creative Commons
Baker Matovu, Raimund Bleischwitz, Isaac Lukambagire

et al.

Ocean & Coastal Management, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 262, P. 107582 - 107582

Published: Feb. 18, 2025

Language: Английский

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The politics of enabling tipping points for sustainable development DOI Creative Commons
Lukas Fesenfeld, Nicolas Schmid, Robert Finger

et al.

One Earth, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 5(10), P. 1100 - 1108

Published: Oct. 1, 2022

Language: Английский

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Incorporating human behaviour into Earth system modelling DOI
Brian Beckage, Frances C. Moore, Katherine Lacasse

et al.

Nature Human Behaviour, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 6(11), P. 1493 - 1502

Published: Nov. 16, 2022

Language: Английский

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Multidimensional partisanship shapes climate policy support and behaviours DOI Open Access
Adam Mayer, E. Keith Smith

Nature Climate Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 13(1), P. 32 - 39

Published: Jan. 1, 2023

Language: Английский

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Regenerative sustainability. A relational model of possibilities for the emergence of positive tipping points DOI Creative Commons
J. David Tàbara

Environmental Sociology, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 9(4), P. 366 - 385

Published: July 30, 2023

Global environmental change problems are relational problems, so individual and collective actions aimed at dealing with them need to address fundamental changes about how we relate social biophysical systems. In this contribution, I suggest that current attempts theorise act on sustainability transformations would benefit from a perspective characterising individuals, organisations societies as coupled social-ecological systems set in the context of accelerating global change. Using whole-life-systems' non-exemptionalist worldview, conceptual model is presented help explore theoretical possibilities for creating regenerative pathways. Learning restore improve life-support conditions ensure long-term will require enacting positive synergies between capitals well reframing anthropocentric conceptions agency emancipation. particular, pathways entail synergising different kinds levels non-dualistic ways tackle same time in: institutional arrangements (S), energy natural resources (E), information knowledge (I) accumulated (C) -the SEIC model.

Language: Английский

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Climate change and growth DOI Creative Commons

Nicholas Stern,

Joseph E. Stiglitz

Industrial and Corporate Change, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 32(2), P. 277 - 303

Published: Feb. 17, 2023

Abstract Contrary to much of the conventional wisdom, taking stronger actions on climate change may enhance economic growth, even as conventionally measured, but more so, in terms societal well-being. We identify flaws models and analyses which contend that there must be a trade-off explain mechanisms dynamic forces have potential growth. Critically, are numerous market failures result suboptimal performance. how addressing reduces bite these enhances incentives political will address them. packages policies alleviate failures, reduce carbon emissions. Finally, we argue green transition is coming at time when, both because persistent deficiencies aggregate demand advances technology, including artificial intelligence robotization, macroeconomic opportunity costs strong especially low benefits particularly high.

Language: Английский

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