Decarbonizing maritime shipping and aviation
Disruption, regime resistance and breaking through carbon lock-in and path dependency in hard-to-abate transport sectors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6057608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Frauke Urban (0000-0003-3021-0220), Anissa Nurdiawati (0000-0002-5684-0397), Fumi Harahap (0000-0002-2916-4004), Kateryna Morozovska |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Pages | 100854 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2210-4224 • E-ISSN: 2210-4232 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.eist.2024.100854 |
| OpenAlex | W4399177171 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 51 |
Aviation and maritime shipping are hard-to-abate transport sectors that are heavily dependent on fossil fuels. They jointly account for nearly 10 % of global greenhouse gas emissions, while infrastructure and investments are locked into high-carbon pathways for decades. Fuels and technologies to decarbonize include advanced biofuels, electrofuels, hydrogen and electric propulsion. This research aims to analyse the decarbonization strategies for maritime shipping and aviation from a comparative perspective, and analyzing the role of different actors for disruption to break through carbon lock-in and path dependency. The research uses Sweden as a case study and applies qualitative methods, including expert interviews, focus group discussions and site visits. Our research finds that aviation and maritime shipping are slowly changing, albeit with different dynamics. Both sectors show that incumbent regime actors play a major role in shaping transition pathways and disrupting the (quasi)equilibrium, while niche innovation is often developed together by incumbents and niche players
Aviation · Business · Civil aviation · Economics · Environmental economics · Fossil fuel · Greenhouse gas · Industrial organization · International trade · Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure · Engineering · Maritime Transport Emissions and Efficiency · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 7 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |