[HTML][HTML] A “spatially just” transition? A critical review of regional equity in decarbonisation pathways

A Garvey, JB Norman, M Büchs, J Barrett - Energy Research & Social …, 2022 - Elsevier
Spatial justice is a theoretical framework that is increasingly used to examine questions of
equity in the low carbon transition (LCT) from a geographical perspective. We conducted a …

Emissions savings from equitable energy demand reduction

M Büchs, N Cass, C Mullen, K Lucas, D Ivanova - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Energy demand reduction (EDR) will be required to reach climate targets in the Global
North. To be compatible with just transitions principles, EDR needs to be equitable …

[HTML][HTML] Luxury-focused carbon taxation improves fairness of climate policy

Y Oswald, J Millward-Hopkins, JK Steinberger, A Owen… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Equitable climate policies are required for a just and rapid energy transition. A widely
discussed climate policy instrument is carbon taxes. Previous studies of the distributional …

Social policy in a climate emergency context: Towards an ecosocial research agenda

T Hirvilammi, L Häikiö, H Johansson, M Koch… - Journal of Social …, 2023 - cambridge.org
Social policy developed as a research field and academic discipline to ensure protection
from social risks in the era of emerging capitalism and industrialization. While welfare states …

How socially just are taxes on air travel and 'frequent flyer levies'?

M Büchs, G Mattioli - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Policies to reduce air travel demand, including in the tourism sector, are urgently required as
air travel's climate impact keeps growing while low-carbon aviation remains a distant …

Global trends of carbon finance: A bibliometric analysis

L Su, W Yu, Z Zhou - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Based on the Web of Science core database, this paper used bibliometric analysis to
analyze 4408 academic works related to carbon finance from 1992 to 2021. This work …

Political dimensions of social-ecological transformations: polity, politics, policy

M Pichler - Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Social-ecological transformations are necessarily political. That is, they are shaped by
intentional interventions to steer societies and its metabolism but also by conflicts and power …

[HTML][HTML] Banning fossil fuel cars and boilers in Switzerland: mitigation potential, justice, and the social structure of the vulnerable

A Torné, E Trutnevyte - Energy Research & Social Science, 2024 - Elsevier
Despite many policy instruments to mitigate climate change, literature on distributional
justice has mainly focused on carbon taxes. We focus on two regulatory instruments that …

[HTML][HTML] Unlocking the potential of income and wealth caps in post-growth transformation: A framework for improving policy design

M François, SM De Wilmars, K Maréchal - Ecological Economics, 2023 - Elsevier
Preventing the increase of economic inequality in a non-growing economy is a major
challenge. In post-growth research, scholars agree that reducing the income and assets of …

Who flies but never drives? Highlighting diversity among high emitters for passenger transport in England

G Mattioli, M Büchs, J Scheiner - Energy Research & Social Science, 2023 - Elsevier
Energy research is paying increasing attention to inequalities in climate emissions and to
the disproportionate contribution of 'high emitters' to national emissions, notably from …