The concepts of sustainability and sustainable development have acquired great relevance
in scientific research about environmental issues, policies linked to environmental …

The imperatives of environmental sustainability, poverty alleviation and social justice
(partially codified in the Sustainable Development Goals or SDGs) call for ambitious societal …

This article investigates the effect of digitalization on energy consumption. Using an
analytical model, we investigate four effects:(1) direct effects from the production, usage and …

Assessment of the social science literature and regional case studies reveals how social
norms, culture, and individual choices, interact with infrastructure and other structural …

Chapter 3 takes a long-term perspective on climate change mitigation pathways. Its focus is
on the implications of long-term targets for the required short-and medium-term system …

The notion of green growth has emerged as a dominant policy response to climate change
and ecological breakdown. Green growth theory asserts that continued economic expansion …

The scientific literature about circular economy (CE) is scarce yet, and both conceptual
discussions and the development of practical strategies for its implementation are still …

Executive Summary The IPCC Working Group II contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report
addresses the challenges of climate action in the context of sustainable development with a …

Scholars and activists mobilize increasingly the term degrowth when producing knowledge
critical of the ideology and costs of growth-based development. Degrowth signals a radical …

This article outlines a conceptual framework and research agenda for exploring the
relationship between tourism and degrowth. Rapid and uneven expansion of tourism as a …