Abstract
Sustainability transitions are key to addressing grand challenges confronting humanity, yet there are many developments that undermine this endeavor. For example, new products and industries emerge that exacerbate existing challenges, instead of mitigating them. Context systems such as policy making, finance, education or independent journalism, which provide critical resources for transitions, transform in ways that hamper their ability to support sustainability transitions. We argue that transitions research needs explicitly to confront unfavorable developments in order to create a broader repertoire of strategies, including precautionary policies, to better orchestrate sustainability transitions.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 39-41 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Environmental innovation and societal transitions |
Volume | 41 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2021 |
Keywords
- Critical context systems
- ENERGY
- GOVERNANCE
- PATHWAYS
- POLITICS
- POWER
- Precautionary transition policy
- SYSTEMS
- Unsustainable shifts