Transforming innovation for decarbonisation? Insights from combining complex systems and social practice perspectives

Labanca, Nicola; Pereira, Ângela Guimarães; Watson, Matt; Krieger, Kristian; Padovan, Darío; Watts, Laura; Moezzi, Mithra; Wallenborn, Grégoire; Wright, Rebecca; Laes, Erik; Fath, Brian D.; Ruzzenenti, Franco; Moor, Tine De; Bauwens, Thomas; Mehta, Lyla

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2020.101452

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“…From a psychological perspective, this bears the hallmarks of habitual behavior, in that environmentally significant actions are often stable, persistent, and an automatic response to particular contexts (159), e.g., commuting by car repeatedly over many months or years. Theories of social practice offer a contrasting account in which routines coevolve with infrastructures, competencies, conventions, and expectations (160).…”

Section: High-carbon Lifestylesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Stoddard

Anderson

Capstick

et al. 2021

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

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Despite three decades of political efforts and a wealth of research on the causes and catastrophic impacts of climate change, global carbon dioxide emissions have continued to rise and are 60% higher today than they were in 1990. Exploring this rise through nine thematic lenses—covering issues of climate governance, the fossil fuel industry, geopolitics, economics, mitigation modeling, energy systems, inequity, lifestyles, and social imaginaries—draws out multifaceted reasons for our collective failure to bend the global emissions curve. However, a common thread that emerges across the reviewed literature is the central role of power, manifest in many forms, from a dogmatic political-economic hegemony and influential vested interests to narrow techno-economic mindsets and ideologies of control. Synthesizing the various impediments to mitigation reveals how delivering on the commitments enshrined in the Paris Agreement now requires an urgent and unprecedented transformation away from today's carbon- and energy-intensive development paradigm. Expected final online publication date for the Annual Review of Environment and Resources, Volume 46 is October 2021. Please see http://www.annualreviews.org/page/journal/pubdates for revised estimates.

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Section: High-carbon Lifestylesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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

Stoddard

Anderson

Capstick

et al. 2021

Annu. Rev. Environ. Resour.

300

123

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“…demonstrated by the slavery-environment nexus [2]. To tackle climate change and encourage decarbonisation, a holistic approach is needed which recognises these social and environmental connections [92]. As Savaresi [56] notes, adding a human rights dimension to REDD+ activities may complicate the dissemination of the programmes, yet not including these protections may undermine the overall success of the projects.…”

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Ending slavery by decarbonisation? Exploring the nexus of modern slavery, deforestation, and climate change action via REDD+

Jackson

Sparks

2020

Energy Research & Social Science

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“…A general (mis)understanding and mistaken simplification is that transition studies focus on production, and SPTs on consumption. Connecting production and consumption, and overcoming these misinterpretations, SPTs in transition studies are applied beyond the user-practice focus [38,[57][58][59][60][61], challenging the supply/demand dichotomy [62]. Applying social practice theory to studies of the supply side and businesses and organizations is common elsewhere, as within management studies indicating a practice-based view of knowing and learning in organizations [63,64].…”

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Providers and Practices: How Suppliers Shape Car-Sharing Practices

Svennevik

2021

Sustainability

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Social practice theories can be useful for studying changes in mobility systems as regards automobility practices. However, many studies address the demand side and the user practices of consumers, without examining the supplier side. This Norwegian study focuses on the role of providers in car-sharing practices, using data from household interviews with car-sharing users, stakeholder workshops, and interviews with providers of car-sharing services. How are car-sharing providers shaping car-sharing practices, and with what implications? How do business models and platform technologies affect car-sharing practices? The results show how new car-sharing service companies, in addition to established firms such as car dealers and car rental companies, affect car-sharing practices by offering several alternatives for accessing cars. The implications of this are discussed, noting how car-sharing practices are shaped by car-sharing providers in the recursive relationship between practice-as-entity and practice-as-performance. The conclusions offer a critical view of how the providers contribute to various kinds of car-sharing understandings, as well as the implications for policy and practitioners.

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Transforming innovation for decarbonisation? Insights from combining complex systems and social practice perspectives

Cited by 37 publications

References 28 publications

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

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

Ending slavery by decarbonisation? Exploring the nexus of modern slavery, deforestation, and climate change action via REDD+

Providers and Practices: How Suppliers Shape Car-Sharing Practices

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