Incorporating social mechanisms in energy decarbonisation modelling
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7445112 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brunilde Verrier (0000-0003-4213-5221, corresponding author), Pei‐hao Li, Pei-Hao Li (0000-0002-2988-2399), Steve Pye (0000-0003-1793-2552), Neil Strachan (0000-0001-5595-1645) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Pages | 154-169 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| 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.2022.10.003 |
| OpenAlex | W4308157562 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 61 |
The achievement of national pledges that are compatible with the Paris Agreements warming limit of 1.5C is a massive challenge, as it requires not only an acceleration of technological innovation, but also a socio-economic and cultural transformation. Reducing uncertainties demands a better integration of behavioural evolutions in models exploring future energy pathways, including non-monetary barriers and drivers to technology diffusion. This study provides suggestions on incorporating social mechanisms of change such as resistance to change and the diffusion of environmental values into a UK-focused probabilistic energy system model, with a focus on people's attitudes towards residential heating technologies. We also offer a comprehensive literature review on interdisciplinary energy transitions modelling and exploratory scenarios embedding climate risks perceptions. We argue that efficient policy-making to meeting net-zero emissions targets must fully embrace whole-system approaches, support the more constrained segments of society, and account for interconnected socio-political factors
Business · Climate change · Economic system · Economics · Energy (signal processing · Environmental economics · Macroeconomics · Political science · Politics · Probabilistic logic · Risk analysis (engineering · Technological change · Climate Change Policy and Economics · Computer Science · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
Nudging pro‐environmental behavior
The enactment of socio-technical transition pathways
Some Contributions of Integrated Assessment Models of Global Climate Change
The ongoing energy transition
Evolutionary theorizing and modeling of sustainability transitions
Conceptualizing the acceptance of wind and solar electricity
A review of socio-technical energy transition (STET) models
Resistance to Change
Paris Agreement climate proposals need a boost to keep warming well below 2 °C
A low energy demand scenario for meeting the 1.5 °C target and sustainable development goals without negative emission technologies
Theorizing Resistance in Organization Studies
Beyond Technology
Sustainability transitions
The behaviour change wheel
Hybrid Modeling
Ten challenges for computer models in transitions research
A review of linking models and socio-technical transitions theories for energy and climate solutions
Societal Transformations in Models for Energy and Climate Policy
Negative emissions—Part 1
A transitions model for sustainable mobility
Sticky’ energy practices
Beyond the social license to operate
Ecologies of participation in socio-technical change
Take me to your leader
A participatory exploratory modelling approach for long-term planning in energy transitions
Integrating techno-economic, socio-technical and political perspectives on national energy transitions
Agent-based modelling and socio-technical energy transitions
Modelling social influence and cultural variation in global low-carbon vehicle transitions
Modelling the socio-political feasibility of energy transition with system dynamics
Modelling energy transitions for climate targets under landscape and actor inertia
The diffusion of environmental product and service innovations
Prospects of modelling societal transitions
An agenda for sustainability transitions research
The Limits to Growth
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2024 (2) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |