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Derk Loorbach gave his inaugural speech ‘To Transition! STEPS Working Paper 78: Towards Innovation Democracy? STEPS Working Paper 78 by Andy Stirling Download this paper (PDF) Innovation is about more than technological invention.
It involves change of many kinds: cultural, organisational and behavioural as well as technological. So, in a world crying out for social justice and ecological care, innovation holds enormous progressive potential. Yet there are no guarantees that any particular realised innovation will necessarily be positive. Related content. The Circular Economy: A review of definitions, processes and impacts. Transforming the linear economy, which has remained the dominant model since the onset of the Industrial Revolution, into a circular one is by no means an easy task.
Such a radical change entails a major transformation of our current production and consumption patterns, which in turn will have a significant impact on the economy, the environment and society. Understanding these impacts is crucial for researchers as well as for policy-makers engaged in designing future policies in the field. This requires developing an in-depth knowledge of the concept of the circular economy, its processes and their expected effects on sectors and value chains. Understanding the Circular Economy in Europe, from Resource Efficiency to Sharing Platforms: The CEPS Framework. This paper aims to rethink the concept of the ‘circular economy’ through the prism of its relevance to its many stakeholders, ranging from public and private actors and mature and emerging industries to cities and regions, SMEs and multi-sectoral corporations.
The paper presents a schematic framework, which breaks down the circular economy into eight fundamental building blocks and shows how they are interconnected in relation to the multiplicity of involved actors. Coincidentally called “CEPS” (short for Circular Economy Progress for Stakeholders), the framework is used to develop recommendations addressed to European policy-makers on how best to support the transition towards a circular economy in the EU. Igor Taranic is Research Assistant in the Energy and Climate Change research unit at CEPS. Commons Transition Policy Proposals for a P2P Foundation. Putting the sharing economy into perspective - ScienceDirect. TRANSIT presents: Learning for Change. Agenda 14 September, 2017 Social innovation has been heralded as an effective way of dealing with societal challenges and has found its way into policy discourses across the EU.
The optimistic assumptions made about social innovation merit scrutiny however, as they seem to underestimate the complexity of these challenges. At the final conference of the TRANSIT research project, we will be sharing insights on the transformative nature of social innovation, while also seeking to foster new connections and knowledge in support of a transition to just, resilient and sustainable societies. Update: the TRANSIT conference is fully booked! Staying tuned? Paradoxes of transformative social innovation: Social innovation is widely heralded as the proverbial silver bullet, but is it really? The most effective individual steps to tackle climate change aren't being discussed. Governments and schools are not communicating the most effective ways for individuals to reduce their carbon footprints, according to new research.
Published today in the journal Environmental Research Letters, the study from Lund University, found that the incremental changes advocated by governments may represent a missed opportunity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions beneath the levels needed to prevent 2°C of climate warming. The four actions that most substantially decrease an individual's carbon footprint are: eating a plant-based diet, avoiding air travel, living car-free, and having smaller families. The research analysed 39 peer reviewed papers, carbon calculators, and government reports to calculate the potential of a range of individual lifestyle choices to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This comprehensive analysis identifies the actions individuals could take that will have the greatest impact on reducing their greenhouse gas emissions. This document is subject to copyright.