The Local Perspective on Energy Transition and Innovation

Schaffrin, André; Fohr, Gabriele

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43940-2_4

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“…That is, either reducing or expanding it. The latter case is when some institutional constraints are removed, or new access to resources, networks or knowledge systems are created and facilitate new forms of innovation and agents' interaction (Amundsen et al, 2018;Füg & Ibert, 2020;Jaakkola & van der Ploeg, 2019;Lutz et al, 2017;Oei et al, 2020;Wiseman, 2018;Schaffrin & Fohr, 2017). In this guise the notion of transformative governance is of special relevance to map out and identify the different kinds of capacities which may lead to tipping points towards sustainability (Hölscher & Frantzeskaki, 2020).…”

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Transformative Emergence: Research Challenges for Enabling Social-ecological Tipping Points Toward Regional Sustainability Transformations

Tàbara,

Mangalagiu,

Frantal

et al. 2024

Springer Climate

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A crucial task to accelerate global decarbonisation is to understand how to enable fast, equitable, low-carbon transformations in Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions (CCIRs). In this early literature review we underlined the relevance of the boundary concept of social-ecological tipping points (SETPs) and showed that the research and policy usage of SETPs applied to accelerate structural regional sustainability transformations faces three key challenges: (I) integrating theoretical and empirical contributions from diverse social and ecological sciences, together with complexity theory (II) designing open transdisciplinary assessment processes able to represent multiple qualities of systemic change and enable regionally situated transformative capacities, and (III) moving away from one-directional metaphors of social change, or static or homogeneous conceptions of individual agency and single equilibrium in energy transitions; and instead, focus on understanding the conditions and capacities for the emergence of systemic transformations and regenerative processes across multiple levels and forms of agency. We refer to these complex and place-situated processes as learning to enable regional transformative emergence.

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Transformative Emergence: Research Challenges for Enabling Social-ecological Tipping Points Toward Regional Sustainability Transformations

Tàbara,

Mangalagiu,

Frantal

et al. 2024

Springer Climate

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“…Schaffrin and Fohr [16] divide the LET process at the local level in four different phases which is, for the theory of LET, extended by a first phase of planning:…”

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“…Citizen ownership may be realized by energy cooperatives [90] or other types of business ownership such as we observed in the LOTUS case studies. In a participatory LET process, one can also expect that innovation takes place [16,91,92]. Krause found that cities with a larger number of participating citizens in the US Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement are themselves more likely to commit to climate protection by joining the program [93].…”

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“…Some obvious similarities exist between this regional innovation system approach and the LET approach [16]. In both cases, the approaches focus on regional or local phenomena.…”

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“…Scholars point out the uneven geographical distribution of renewable energy technologies and sustainable transitions [17] which is the same for the regional competitiveness approach. The ability to build a local innovative environment is necessary to foster regional competitiveness and to ensure the success of LET [16]. Successful LET initiatives are characterized by strong local actor networks [18], comparable to economic clusters.…”

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Towards a Theory of Local Energy Transition

Drewello¹

2022

Sustainability

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The intended transition to a low-carbon energy system presents a systemic challenge for every country. The focus of this article is on local energy transition, a decentralized approach in which local municipalities will play a key role. The main question in this article is which determinants support the process towards local energy transition. Therefore, an analytic framework is presented. The three-levels-model is a holistic approach which focuses on determinants considering local context, a macro, and a micro framework. It highlights the dependency of the process from the local context and a sound national transition policy. The model summarizes the complex interrelationships of local energy transition and will enable local communities, networks, and citizens to successfully engage in an energy transition process.

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