Decarbonising Economies

Summary, in English

Based on an interdisciplinary investigation of future visions, scenarios, and case-studies of low carbon innovation taking place across economic domains, Decarbonising Economies analyses the ways in which questions of agency, power, geography and materiality shape the conditions of possibility for a low carbon future. It explores how and why the challenge of changing our economies are variously ascribed to a lack of finance, a lack of technology, a lack of policy and a lack of public engagement, and shows how the realities constraining change are more fundamentally tied to the inertia of our existing high carbon society and limited visions for what a future low carbon world might become. Through showcasing the first seeds of innovation seeking to enable transformative change, Decarbonising Economies will also chart a course for future research and policy action towards our climate goals.

• Author: Harriet Bulkeley; Johannes Stripple; Lars J Nilsson; Bregje van Veelen; Agni Kalfagianni; Fredric Bauer; Mariësse van Sluisveld
• Department/s: Department of Political Science; BECC: Biodiversity and Ecosystem services in a Changing Climate; CIRCLE; Transport and Roads; Department of Technology and Society; Environmental and Energy Systems Studies; LTH Profile Area: The Energy Transition; LUCSUS (Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies)
• Publishing year: 2022
• Language: English
• Publication/Series: Elements in Earth System Governance
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108934039
• Document type: Book
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Topic: Energy Systems; Social Sciences Interdisciplinary; Economic Geography
• Status: Published
• Project: REINVENT Realising Innovation in Transitions for Decarbonisation
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISBN: 9781108934039