Transforming provisioning systems to enable 1.5° lifestyles in Europe? Expert and stakeholder views on overcoming structural barriers
Sustainability Science Practice and Policy,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
20(1)
Published: July 15, 2024
This
article
explores
the
urgent
need
for
transformative
change
toward
provisioning
systems
that
align
with
staying
as
close
possible
to
Paris
Agreement's
1.5
°C
limit
climate
change.
Despite
historical
awareness
of
change,
current
unsustainable
patterns
production
and
consumption
persist,
prompting
an
examination
role
societal
structures
in
hindering
Using
framework
systems,
this
study
analyses
expert
stakeholder
views
on
structural
barriers
steps
overcome
them.
Based
36
interviews
Stakeholder
Thinking
Labs
113
participants
five
European
Union
case
countries,
identifies
discusses
seven
key
affect
sustainability
food,
mobility,
housing,
leisure.
These
include
economic
growth
paradigm,
policy
incoherence,
vested
interests,
externalization
environmental
costs,
dominant
narratives
good
life,
inequality,
insufficient
integration
concerns
educational
systems.
When
considering
actualization
these
concrete
stakeholders
emphasize
welfare
provision
improved
resource
efficiency;
argue
radical
measures
such
bans,
limits,
taxes
address
challenges;
highlight
governance
challenges
related
participation
power.
The
analysis
underlines
complexity
promoting
interplay
different
emphasizing
a
holistic
approach
achieve
sustainable
1.5°
lifestyles.
Language: Английский
The ‘glass ceiling’ of Germany’s socio-ecological transformation: Citizen, expert, and local stakeholder perspectives on responsibility for change
Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
34(2), P. 273 - 293
Published: June 1, 2024
Abstract
The
IPCC
(2022)
underscores
the
urgent
need
to
transform
economic
and
social
systems
stay
within
~1.5
°C
warming
threshold,
with
pressure
placed
on
states
lead
processes
of
transformation.
Germany’s
market
economy
is
currently
neither
socially
nor
ecologically
sustainable,
requiring
a
socio-ecological
transformation
towards
sustainable
consumption
production
systems.
As
imperatives
modern
democratic
welfare
state
require
high
levels
material
welfare,
growth
legitimation
through
(over)consumption,
there
“glass
ceiling”
any
such
Through
combination
empirical
research
methods,
including
11
expert
interviews,
gamified
citizen
workshop
22
citizens,
local
stakeholder
27
stakeholders,
this
paper
explores
readiness
perspectives
German
experts,
stakeholders
for
findings
highlight
contradictory
role
given
in
transformation,
difficulties
transforming
“imperial
modes
living”,
collective
evasion
responsibility,
which
suggests
into
genuinely
ecological
model.
Language: Английский
Middle school students' misconceptions about geography concepts
International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 17
Published: Nov. 7, 2024
Misconceptions
in
middle-school
geography
classes
pose
a
considerable
challenge
to
students'
comprehension
of
geographical
processes.
Studies
have
indicated
that
numerous
misconceptions
exist
within
the
student
body
regarding
geography.
Therefore,
it
is
crucial
identify
and
rectify
these
misconceptions.
To
address
this
issue,
interviews
were
conducted
with
students.
A
total
155
pupils
grades
five,
six,
seven
participated
study.
Semi-structured
also
conducted.
Students'
understanding
was
assessed
using
descriptive
content
analysis.
In
general,
findings
indicate
students
possess
various
topics,
which
gradually
decrease
as
they
progress
higher
grades.
Language: Английский