Thread by @julialeventon

Who wants some highlights of research published this week on transformations to sustainability? All of us – yippee 🥳! Here we are then 🧵1/10

Starting with @JefimVogel, @JKSteinberger et al., looking at how countries are meeting human needs, and their energy use. Economic growth is not necessary to meet human needs; rather we need public systems that provide these needs at low energy use sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 2/10

This is a fantastic illustration of what a transformed social and economic system looks like, and why we want it! Which means we all want to know how to get there. Which is where the next paper fits in… 3/10

This paper from @jevgeniy_b argues that transformation is not a metaphor. Its an eloquent argument that transformation is not only about where we want to go, but how we dismantle the existing systems. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 4/10

This is a contribution that pushes our attention into this murky in between space of processes of transformation, and reminds us that transformation isn’t just about creating the new, it also needs us to get rid of the old. Which is where the next 2 papers come in… 5/10

1st, reflections on the Dasgupta Review on the economics of biodiversity by @ben_d_groom link.springer.com/article/10.100… Outlining how the review is a step change in moving from growth-centric, economics, to ecological economics framing of economy embedded within the environment 6/10

There is much to think about from this paper about the tensions in the role of valuation in transformations, specific to biodiversity, but making links to climate. 7/10

2nd, @KatyRoelich on decision making under deep uncertainty (DMDU) for infrastructure transformation. Here, decision making is embedded within deeper systems of orgs & institutions, meaning DMDU methods need to better adapt to, these contexts. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 8/10

This is a really practical and constructive contribution to thinking about 1) the role of infrastructure in transformations; and 2) processes and dynamics of how decision making in transformations. 9/10

In summary, we have been blessed this week with excellent contributions on where we need to go, the pathway to get there, and obstacles we will meet along the way. Happy weekend all 10/10