Accelerating sustainability transitions: the case of the hydrogen agenda in the North West region of England

IF 3.6 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy Pub Date : 2022-12-09 DOI:10.1080/15487733.2022.2082108
Reace Edwards, J. Howe, C. Font-Palma
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Abstract Low-carbon hydrogen can assist in addressing the global crisis of climate change by significantly decarbonizing a range of heavy-emitting sectors. In the United Kingdom, hydrogen technologies are at the forefront of the net zero-emission roadmaps of many industrial clusters. However, with impending timeframes linked to emission targets and other decarbonization objectives, it is increasingly important to understand how to accelerate such transitions to hydrogen. There is, to date, a notable gap in the academic literature concerning the acceleration of sustainability transitions. Using the case of the hydrogen agenda in England’s North West region, we explore how the transition to hydrogen can be accelerated and thus begin to contribute toward filling this omission. In doing so, we use data collected through semi-structured interviews and from the public domain to unpack and develop upon an existing framework that emerged from the European Commission funded-project Accelerating and Rescaling Transitions to Sustainability (ARTS). The framework comprises five acceleration mechanisms which local sustainability transition initiatives have adopted. This analysis generates novel findings in relation to why actors in the region have faced difficulties in instrumentalizing as well as the mechanism’s overall importance in acceleration. We use these challenges to inform several recommendations which policy makers could adopt to accelerate the North West’s, and wider UK’s, transition to hydrogen.
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加速可持续转型:以英格兰西北地区的氢议程为例
摘要:低碳氢可以通过显著降低一系列高排放部门的碳排放,帮助解决全球气候变化危机。在英国,氢技术处于许多产业集群净零排放路线图的最前沿。然而,随着与排放目标和其他脱碳目标相关的时间框架的临近,了解如何加速向氢的过渡变得越来越重要。迄今为止,关于加速可持续性转型的学术文献存在显著差距。以英格兰西北地区的氢议程为例,我们探讨了如何加速向氢的过渡,从而开始为填补这一遗漏做出贡献。在此过程中,我们使用通过半结构化访谈和公共领域收集的数据,对欧盟委员会资助的加速和重新调整可持续转型(ARTS)项目中出现的现有框架进行了分析和发展。该框架包括五个加速机制,这些机制是当地可持续转型倡议所采用的。这一分析产生了新的发现,涉及该区域的行为体为什么在工具化方面面临困难,以及该机制在加速方面的总体重要性。我们利用这些挑战为政策制定者提供了一些建议,以加速西北地区乃至整个英国向氢能源的过渡。
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Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy
Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy Social Sciences-Geography, Planning and Development
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12.00
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0.00%
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54
审稿时长
27 weeks
期刊介绍: Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy is a refereed, open-access journal which recognizes that climate change and other socio-environmental challenges require significant transformation of existing systems of consumption and production. Complex and diverse arrays of societal factors and institutions will in coming decades need to reconfigure agro-food systems, implement renewable energy sources, and reinvent housing, modes of mobility, and lifestyles for the current century and beyond. These innovations will need to be formulated in ways that enhance global equity, reduce unequal access to resources, and enable all people on the planet to lead flourishing lives within biophysical constraints. The journal seeks to advance scientific and political perspectives and to cultivate transdisciplinary discussions involving researchers, policy makers, civic entrepreneurs, and others. The ultimate objective is to encourage the design and deployment of both local experiments and system innovations that contribute to a more sustainable future by empowering individuals and organizations and facilitating processes of social learning.
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