The acceleration of low-carbon transitions: Insights, concepts, challenges, and new directions for research

Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Geels, Frank W.; Andersen, Allan Dahl; Grubb, Michael; Jordan, Andrew; Kern, Florian; Kivimaa, Paula; Lockwood, Matthew; Markard, Jochen; Meadowcroft, James; Meckling, Jonas; Moore, Brendan; Raven, Rob; Rogge, Karoline S.; Rosenbloom, Daniel; Schmidt, Tobias S.; Schot, Johan; Sharp, Darren; Stephenson, Janet; Vormedal, Irja; Yang, Kejia

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2025.103948

articleEnergy Research & Social ScienceFeb 6, 2025HYBRID OA

The acceleration of low-carbon transitions: Insights, concepts, challenges, and new directions for research

BKBenjamin K. Sovacool FWFrank W. Geels ADAllan Dahl Andersen MGMichael Grubb AJAndrew Jordan

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Abstract

Given that several low-carbon transitions are now accelerating, what can we say about the drivers, conditions, mechanisms, and dynamics of acceleration? This question is widely discussed in policy and academic circles, but so far there is little attempt to develop a more comprehensive answer that considers the pluralistic and heterogeneous nature of what acceleration is, how it comes about, and how it can be studied moving forward. To provide a more comprehensive approach to the phenomenon of acceleration, this paper offers a prismatic perspective that mobilizes insights from several social science disciplines and fields that have engaged with acceleration and links them to sustainability transitions. The…

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Acceleration
Carbon fibers
Engineering physics
Materials science
Physics
Classical mechanics

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