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Moore, Brendan, Verfuerth, Caroline, Minas, Angela Mae, Tipping, Christianne, Mander, Sarah, Lorenzoni, Irene, Hoolohan, Claire, Jordan, Andrew J. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7678-1024 and Whitmarsh, Lorraine
(2021)
Transformations for climate change mitigation: A systematic review of terminology, concepts, and characteristics.
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, 12 (6).
ISSN 1757-7780
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Abstract
Deep, broad, and rapid society-wide changes are urgently required to limit global temperature rise in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Since 2005, academics and policy makers have increasingly referred to such changes as transformations. This recent uptake and rapid diffusion of transformation-related concepts in research on climate change mitigation calls for a systematic and up-to-date analysis. In this article, we address this gap by undertaking a systematic review of articles that use transformation-related terms in the social science literature on climate change mitigation. Drawing on a corpus of 198 articles identified from Scopus, we find a diverse, fragmented research field that strongly focuses on the national, city, and international levels, the energy sector, and high-income countries. Although the use of transformation terminology has increased rapidly, there are few shared definitions, which arguably constitutes a serious challenge to scholarship and evidence-based policy making. To facilitate a more cumulative and impactful approach to research, we propose transformational climate change mitigation as a new umbrella term for the varied mitigation-related societal transformations required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. We conclude by identifying priorities for future research.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Funding Information: Economic and Social Research Council (via the Centre for Climate Change and Social Transformations [CAST]), Grant/Award Number: ES/S012257/1; European Research Council (via DeepDCarb Advanced Grant Project), Grant/Award Number: 882601. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | climate change mitigation,systematic review,transformation,transformational mitigation,transition,geography, planning and development,global and planetary change,atmospheric science,sdg 13 - climate action ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3300/3305 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Research Groups/Centres > Theme - ClimateUEA |
| UEA Research Groups: | University of East Anglia Schools > Faculty of Science > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Marine Knowledge Exchange Network |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Oct 2021 01:20 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2023 09:39 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/81532 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/wcc.738 |
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