
Journal of Industrial Ecology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown
Published: March 20, 2025
Abstract The discussion of tipping points (TPs) is getting increasing attention when addressing the climate and energy crisis. While industrial ecology (IE) has been playing a role in debates, it so far fallen short substantially adding to research on TPs. This forum input highlights how current contributions from IE have impacted scientific community's understanding TP. It potential areas where engagement could be more prominent out avenues for achieving this. In particular, five fields action seem pertinent: (i) engaging theory building; (ii) closer collaboration with social sciences economics; (iii) identifying defining new indicators; (iv) making use modeling techniques; (v) open science.
Language: Английский