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 …

Many developed and developing countries continue to pursue new projects despite
reluctance to invest in the renewal of existing nuclear power plants or the decision to …

In order to reconfigure global socio-economic systems to be compatible with social
imperatives and planetary boundaries, a transition towards sustainable development is …

Technology decline is a central element of sustainability transitions. However, transition
scholars have only just begun to analyze decline. This paper uses the technological …

Achieving temperature targets under the Paris Agreement requires urgent measures to curb
construction of coal-fired power plants (CFPPs) and expediate the retirement of existing …

Nuclear energy is widely regarded as a controversial technology that polarizes public
opinion. Guided by the scientific literacy and cognitive miser models, this study …

It is crucial to understand the dynamics of phase-outs of non-sustainable energy carriers to
accelerate the decarbonization of the economy in hindsight of the climate crisis. Taking the …

This paper focuses on the starkly differing nuclear policies of Germany and the UK. Germany
has committed to discontinue nuclear power, aiming to phase the technology out by 2022 …

In 2009, Japan pledged to reduce its GHG emissions by 25% from 1990 levels by 2020
(“Copenhagen Pledge”). The achievement of the target depended largely on a large …

ABSTRACT A general malaise exists today about the prospects for timely and effective
climate action. This calls for increased attention to factors that enable climate policy change …