Debating transformation in multiple crises

Brand, Ulrich; Brunnengräber, Achim; Andresen, Steinar; Driessen, P.P.J.; Haberl, Helmut; Hausknost, Daniel; Helgenberger, Sebastian; Hollaender, Kirsten; Læssøe, Jeppe; Oberthuer, S.; Omann, Ines; Schneidewind, Uwe

doi:10.1787/9789264203419-90-en

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“…These narratives share a common vision for a comprehensive socio-ecological transition, which changes not only the resource base of the global economy, but the very principles of production, consumption and distribution, that is, the political-economic structures [46][47][48]. The clear priority of these narratives is for human activity to retreat within the biophysical boundaries of the planet in terms of a strong interpretation of sustainability [49][50][51].…”

Section: C) "Eco-retreat"mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Transition to Which Bioeconomy? An Exploration of Diverging Techno-Political Choices

Hausknost

Schriefl

Lauk³

et al. 2017

Sustainability

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Abstract:To date the concept of the bioeconomy-an economy based primarily on biogenic instead of fossil resources-has largely been associated with visions of "green growth" and the advancement of biotechnology and has been framed from within an industrial perspective. However, there is no consensus as to what a bioeconomy should effectively look like, and what type of society it would sustain. In this paper, we identify different types of narratives constructed around this concept and carve out the techno-political implications they convey. We map these narratives on a two-dimensional option space, which allows for a rough classification of narratives and their related imaginaries into four paradigmatic quadrants. We draw the narratives from three different sources: (i) policy documents of national and supra-national authorities; (ii) stakeholder interviews; and (iii) scenarios built in a biophysical modelling exercise. Our analysis shows that there is a considerable gap between official policy papers and visions supported by stakeholders. At least in the case of Austria there is also a gap between the official strategies and the option space identified through biophysical modelling. These gaps testify to the highly political nature of the concept of the bioeconomy and the diverging visions of society arising from it.

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Section: C) "Eco-retreat"mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Transition to Which Bioeconomy? An Exploration of Diverging Techno-Political Choices

Hausknost

Schriefl

Lauk³

et al. 2017

Sustainability

145

139

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“…On the other hand, there are 'transformations to Sustainability' (Stirling, 2011) (Brand et al, 2013) (Temper et al, 2018)(Andy Stirling, 2014a) (Hölscher, Wittmayer and Loorbach, 2018): involving more diverse, emergent and unruly political alignments. Best driven more by hope than by fear, these reflect less disciplined (incommensurable, tacit and embodied) knowledges and social (more than technical) innovation .…”

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Engineering and Sustainability: Control and Care in Unfoldings of Modernity

Stirling

2019

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“…This paper proposes such a strategy for complex problem handling and change management in the urban context. The result of such a strategy is a set of intraventions-rather than interventions-at selected 'pressure points', to facilitate desired systemic 'transformation' [3,4].…”

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Pressure-Point Strategy: Leverages for Urban Systemic Transformation

Flander

Brugmann²

2017

Sustainability

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Sustainability can be understood as a specific kind of problem framing that emphasizes the interconnectedness of different problems and scales and calls for new forms of problem handling that are much more process-oriented, reflexive and iterative in nature. Closely related with the notion of reflexive governance, we propose such an alternative strategy for societal problem handling and change management in the urban context. The strategy starts from stress states in the urban system(s) and uses their initial momentum to encourage systemic change through intraventions-rather than interventions-at selected pressure points. This paper highlights the potential to evolve what has often been an intuitive practice, led by community or elected leaders with unique wisdom about functions and pressure points in their urban system, into a more accessible strategy for shaping socio-ecological transformation in urban practice.

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Debating transformation in multiple crises

Cited by 9 publications

References 4 publications

A Transition to Which Bioeconomy? An Exploration of Diverging Techno-Political Choices

A Transition to Which Bioeconomy? An Exploration of Diverging Techno-Political Choices

Engineering and Sustainability: Control and Care in Unfoldings of Modernity

Pressure-Point Strategy: Leverages for Urban Systemic Transformation

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