The evolution of “phase-out” as a bridging concept for sustainability: From pollution to climate change

G Trencher, A Rinscheid, D Rosenbloom… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Many sustainability challenges, such as contamination of air, water, and soil or climate
change, can be traced back to specific polluting substances (eg, mercury), technologies (eg …

Reconfiguring European industry for net-zero: a qualitative review of hydrogen and carbon capture utilization and storage benefits and implementation challenges

BK Sovacool, DF Del Rio, K Herman… - Energy & …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Based on a rich corpus of original mixed-methods research, this paper explores the benefits,
barriers, and justice impacts of industrial decarbonization via hydrogen and carbon capture …

[HTML][HTML] The political economy of net-zero transitions: Policy drivers, barriers, and justice benefits to decarbonization in eight carbon-neutral countries

BK Sovacool, DF Del Rio, W Zhang - Journal of Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study examines the political economy of decarbonization in eight countries over the
period 2000 to 2021/2022 that have already achieved a national net-zero transition. These …

Social innovation supports inclusive and accelerated energy transitions with appropriate governance

BK Sovacool, H Brugger, I Brunzema… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Accelerating energy transitions that are both sustainable and just remains an important
challenge, and social innovation can have a key role in this transition. Here, we examine the …

Smooth sailing ahead? Policy options for China's new energy vehicle industry in the post-subsidy era

Y Du, Z Guo, H Bao - Energy Research & Social Science, 2024 - Elsevier
The Chinese government views the development of new energy vehicles (NEVs) as a key
measure to achieve sustainable development. In 2020, the government proposed the …

[HTML][HTML] A tale of two coal regimes: An actor-oriented analysis of destabilisation and maintenance of coal regimes in Germany and Japan

M Duygan, A Kachi, P Temocin, G Trencher - Energy Research & Social …, 2023 - Elsevier
Phasing out coal-fired electricity is an urgent global task, critical to efforts to mitigate climate
change and air pollution. Despite the growth and increasing competitiveness of renewable …

Imagining and emplacing net zero industrial clusters: A critical analysis of stakeholder discourses

HL Lai, P Devine‐Wright - Geo: Geography and Environment, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Decarbonizing industrial sectors is a critical global challenge, involving the creation of new
industrial spaces—'net zero industrial clusters'—co‐locating energy sectors and 'hard‐to …

Progress in Research on Net-Zero-Carbon Cities: A Literature Review and Knowledge Framework

Z Duan, S Kim - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Through quantitative and qualitative analysis, this report conducts a thorough evaluation of
the literature on the present progress in research on and the performance of net-zero-carbon …

[HTML][HTML] “Oh Yes! Net-Zero”: Sociotechnical capabilities and regional innovation systems for British industrial decarbonization

BK Sovacool, KS Herman, M Iskandarova… - … Innovation and Societal …, 2024 - Elsevier
Few sectors in the global economy need deep decarbonization as much as heavy industry,
which is currently the largest and fastest growing source of global carbon emissions. Based …

The transition of Ghana's cooling appliance sector to a circular economy via a small wins governance framework

S Kuhn, R Opoku, DD Diaba, KA Agyarko… - Sustainable Production …, 2024 - Elsevier
Air conditioning poses environmental, socioeconomic, and political challenges, especially in
sub-Saharan countries such as Ghana, where almost all devices are imported. Thus far …