Navigating tensions between rapid and just low-carbon transitions

Review Psychology, Biological

Equity, technological innovation and sustainable behaviour in a low-carbon future

Benjamin K. Sovacool et al.

Summary: This review examines the impact of low-carbon technological and behavioral innovations on inequality and discusses how to ensure a sustainable and equitable low-carbon future.

NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR (2022)

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Article Management

Navigating implementation dilemmas in technology-forcing policies: A comparative analysis of accelerated smart meter diffusion in the Netherlands, UK, Norway, and Portugal (2000-2019)

F. W. Geels et al.

Summary: This study investigates the implementation dilemmas of technology-forcing policies in open-ended diffusion processes involving companies, regulators, consumers and civil society actors. Through comparative case studies of smart electricity meters, the study identifies two patterns for successful implementation of technology-forcing policies.

RESEARCH POLICY (2021)

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Article Environmental Studies

Are rapid and inclusive energy and climate transitions oxymorons? Towards principles of responsible acceleration

Tomas Moe Skjolsvold et al.

Summary: This perspective piece explores ways to responsibly accelerate transitions in energy and climate research, highlighting tensions between managerial and democratic literature, as well as the paradoxes that come with accelerated transitions. The discussion also touches on the conflicts between core and peripheral sites that rapid transitions can contribute to, emphasizing the role of societal conditions in shaping transitions and social order. The authors conclude by discussing the responsibility of transition scholars to situate their work within broader debates about future socio-technical orders and propose three principles for responsible acceleration.

ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE (2021)

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Article Energy & Fuels

A systemic approach to mapping participation with energy transitions

Jason Chilvers et al.

Summary: The study presents a systemic approach to participation in energy systems, combining mapping of diverse public engagements and participatory deliberative mapping involving citizens and specialists, showing support for more distributed and inclusive energy system futures. This method can open up citizen and specialist views, values and visions of sustainable energy transitions, revealing support for more distributed energy system futures.

NATURE ENERGY (2021)

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Editorial Material Energy & Fuels

Achieving just transitions to low-carbon urban mobility

Tim Schwanen

Summary: Energy and transportation researchers can contribute to the transition to low-carbon mobility in cities by implementing broad conceptions of justice that consider various aspects of fairness.

NATURE ENERGY (2021)

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Article Energy & Fuels

Inequitable access to distributed energy resources due to grid infrastructure limits in California

Anna M. Brockway et al.

Summary: The study reveals that grid limitations reduce access to solar photovoltaics for households in California, particularly those in areas with more Black-identifying and disadvantaged populations. Therefore, equity goals should be considered in the design of policies for prioritizing grid upgrades.

NATURE ENERGY (2021)

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Article Environmental Sciences