An agenda for sustainability transitions research: State of the art and future directions

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 31, P. 1 - 32

Published: Feb. 1, 2019

Language: Английский

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Socio-technical transitions to sustainability: a review of criticisms and elaborations of the Multi-Level Perspective

Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 39, P. 187 - 201

Published: July 29, 2019

Language: Английский

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Our future in the Anthropocene biosphere

AMBIO, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 50(4), P. 834 - 869

Published: March 14, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed an interconnected and tightly coupled globalized world in rapid change. This article sets the scientific stage for understanding responding to such change global sustainability resilient societies. We provide a systemic overview of current situation where people nature are dynamically intertwined embedded biosphere, placing shocks extreme events as part this dynamic; humanity become major force shaping future Earth system whole; scale pace human dimension have caused climate change, loss biodiversity, growing inequalities, resilience deal with uncertainty surprise. Taken together, actions challenging biosphere foundation prosperous development civilizations. Anthropocene reality-of rising system-wide turbulence-calls transformative towards sustainable futures. Emerging technologies, social innovations, broader shifts cultural repertoires, well diverse portfolio active stewardship support highlighted essential parts transformations.

Language: Английский

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The COVID-19 crisis as an opportunity for escaping the unsustainable global tourism path

Tourism Geographies, Journal Year: 2020, Volume and Issue: 22(3), P. 624 - 632

Published: May 12, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has halted mobility globally on an unprecedented scale, causing the neoliberal market mechanisms of global tourism to be severely disrupted. In turn, this situation is leading decline certain mainstream business formats and, simultaneously, emergence others. Based a review recent crisis recovery processes, sector likely rebound from sudden shock, primarily because various forms government interventions. Nevertheless, although policymakers seek strengthen resilience post-pandemic tourism, their subsidies and other initiatives serve maintain fundamentally flawed logic. has, therefore, brought us fork in road – giving perfect opportunity select new direction move forward by adopting more sustainable path. Specifically, offers public, private, academic actors unique design consolidate transition towards greener balanced tourism. Tourism scholars, for example, can take role redesigning curriculum prepare future industry leaders responsible travel experience.

Language: Английский

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Climate change and COP26: Are digital technologies and information management part of the problem or the solution? An editorial reflection and call to action

International Journal of Information Management, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 63, P. 102456 - 102456

Published: Nov. 24, 2021

The UN COP26 2021 conference on climate change offers the chance for world leaders to take action and make urgent meaningful commitments reducing emissions limit global temperatures 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels by 2050. Whilst political aspects subsequent ramifications of these fundamental critical decisions cannot be underestimated, there exists a technical perspective where digital IS technology has role play in monitoring potential solutions, but also an integral element solutions. We explore this editorial article, offering comprehensive opinion based insight multitude diverse viewpoints that look at many challenges through lens. It is widely recognized all its forms, important solution, industry wider society view as being part problem. Increasingly, researchers are referencing importance responsible digitalization eliminate significant e-waste. reality component efforts get net zero, however, adoption requires pragmatic tradeoffs we transition from current behaviors more friendly society.

Language: Английский

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Dealing with the game-changing technologies of Agriculture 4.0: How do we manage diversity and responsibility in food system transition pathways?

Global Food Security, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 24, P. 100347 - 100347

Published: Dec. 19, 2019

Agriculture 4.0 is comprised of different already operational or developing technologies such as robotics, nanotechnology, synthetic protein, cellular agriculture, gene editing technology, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and machine learning, which may have pervasive effects on future agriculture food systems major transformative potential. These underpin con­cepts ver­ti­cal farm­ing systems, dig­i­tal agri­cul­ture, bioe­con­omy, cir­cu­lar aquapon­ics. In this perspective paper, we argue that more attention needed for the inclusion exclusion technologies, reflection how they relate to diverse transition pathways towards sustainable agricultural driven by mission-oriented innovation systems. This would require processes responsible innovation, anticipating potential impacts through inclusive processes, reflecting being responsive emerging where adjusting direction course pathways.

Language: Английский

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Three Decades of Climate Mitigation: Why Haven't We Bent the Global Emissions Curve?

Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 46(1), P. 653 - 689

Published: June 29, 2021

Despite three decades of political efforts and a wealth research on the causes catastrophic impacts climate change, global carbon dioxide emissions have continued to rise are 60% higher today than they were in 1990. Exploring this through nine thematic lenses—covering issues governance, fossil fuel industry, geopolitics, economics, mitigation modeling, energy systems, inequity, lifestyles, social imaginaries—draws out multifaceted reasons for our collective failure bend curve. However, common thread that emerges across reviewed literature is central role power, manifest many forms, from dogmatic political-economic hegemony influential vested interests narrow techno-economic mindsets ideologies control. Synthesizing various impediments reveals how delivering commitments enshrined Paris Agreement now requires an urgent unprecedented transformation away today's carbon- energy-intensive development paradigm.

Language: Английский

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Integrated pest management: good intentions, hard realities. A review

Agronomy for Sustainable Development, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 41(3)

Published: May 11, 2021

Abstract Integrated Pest Management (IPM) provides an illustration of how crop protection has (or not) evolved over the past six decades. Throughout this period, IPM endeavored to promote sustainable forms agriculture, pursued sharp reductions in synthetic pesticide use, and thereby resolved myriad socio-economic, environmental, human health challenges. Global use has, however, largely continued unabated, with negative implications for farmer livelihoods, biodiversity conservation, right food. In review, we examine developed time assess whether concept remains suited present-day We believe that despite many good intentions, hard realities need be faced. 1) identify following major weaknesses: i) a multitude definitions generate unnecessary confusion; ii) inconsistencies between concepts, practice, policies; iii) insufficient engagement farmers technology development frequent lack basic understanding its underlying ecological concepts. 2) By diverting from fundamental principles, integration practices proceeded along serendipitous routes, proven ineffective, yielded unacceptable outcomes. 3) show majority cases, chemical control still basis plant programs. 4) Furthermore, research is often lagging, tends misguided, pays attention ecology functioning agroecosystems. 5) Since 1960s, rules have been twisted, foundational concepts degraded serious (farm-level) implementation not advanced. To remedy this, are proposing Agroecological Crop Protection as captures agroecology can optimally put service protection. constitutes interdisciplinary scientific field comprises orderly strategy (and clear prioritization) at field, farm, agricultural landscape level dimension social organizational ecology.

Language: Английский

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Transition versus transformation: What’s the difference?

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Journal Year: 2017, Volume and Issue: 27, P. 1 - 3

Published: Nov. 1, 2017

'Transition' and 'transformation' have become buzzwords in political scientific discourses. They signal the need for large-scale changes to achieve a sustainable society. We compare how they are applied interpreted literatures explore whether distinct concepts provide complementary insights. Transition transformation not mutually exclusive; nuanced perspectives on describe, interpret support desirable radical non-linear societal change. Their differences may partially result from their etymological origins, but largely stem different research communities concerned with either transition or transformation. Our review shows respective approaches understanding interpreting system change can enrich each other.

Language: Английский

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Nature-Based Solutions for Urban Climate Change Adaptation: Linking Science, Policy, and Practice Communities for Evidence-Based Decision-Making

BioScience, Journal Year: 2019, Volume and Issue: 69(6), P. 455 - 466

Published: March 23, 2019

Nature-based solutions offer an exciting prospect for resilience building and advancing urban planning to address complex challenges simultaneously. In this article, we formulated through a coproduction process in workshops held during the first IPCC Cities Climate Science Conference Edmonton, Canada, March 2018, series of synthesis statements on role, potential, research gaps nature-based climate adaptation mitigation. We interlocking questions about evidence knowledge needed integrating into agendas. elaborate ways advance agenda by focusing coproduction, indicators big data, novel financing models. With intend open wider discussion how cities can effectively mainstream mitigate adapt negative effects change future role science coproducing solutions.

Language: Английский

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