The Transition to Renewable Energy Systems - On the Way to a Comprehensive Transition Concept
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The Transition to Renewable Energy Systems - On the Way to a Comprehensive Transition Concept. / Schneidewind, Uwe; Augenstein, Karoline; Scheck, Hanna.
Transition to Renewable Energy Systems. ed. / Detlef Stolten; Viktor Scherer. Wiley Blackwell Japan, 2013. p. 119-136.Research output: Contributions to collected editions/works › Chapter › peer-review
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T1 - The Transition to Renewable Energy Systems - On the Way to a Comprehensive Transition Concept
AU - Schneidewind, Uwe
AU - Augenstein, Karoline
AU - Scheck, Hanna
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2013 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. All rights reserved.
PY - 2013/1/1
Y1 - 2013/1/1
N2 - In recent decades, humanity has entered an era where human beings have themselves begun to massively impact the global ecological framework conditions for their social existence and economic activities ("Anthropocene"). Only by way of a "Great Transformation" (WBGU) does it seem feasible that in 2050 welfare within planetary boundaries can be guaranteed for nine billion people. Such a complex and comprehensive transition requires more than mere technological change. What is needed is an integrated change process across economic, institutional, and cultural levels. The ability to grasp this type of multi-dimensional change can be described as "Transformative Literacy." Up to now, such a "Transformative Literacy" is being established only partly in politics, economics, and society. This chapter attempts to provide insights into such a comprehensive understanding of change processes and to address its central dimensions. The German energy transition serves as an illustrative case of such a comprehensive change process. In an outlook, this chapter illustrates three discursive dogmas within the sustainability debate and assesses them against the background of the presented framework and in the context of the ongoing energy transition.
AB - In recent decades, humanity has entered an era where human beings have themselves begun to massively impact the global ecological framework conditions for their social existence and economic activities ("Anthropocene"). Only by way of a "Great Transformation" (WBGU) does it seem feasible that in 2050 welfare within planetary boundaries can be guaranteed for nine billion people. Such a complex and comprehensive transition requires more than mere technological change. What is needed is an integrated change process across economic, institutional, and cultural levels. The ability to grasp this type of multi-dimensional change can be described as "Transformative Literacy." Up to now, such a "Transformative Literacy" is being established only partly in politics, economics, and society. This chapter attempts to provide insights into such a comprehensive understanding of change processes and to address its central dimensions. The German energy transition serves as an illustrative case of such a comprehensive change process. In an outlook, this chapter illustrates three discursive dogmas within the sustainability debate and assesses them against the background of the presented framework and in the context of the ongoing energy transition.
KW - Change processes
KW - Energy transition
KW - Renewable energy systems
KW - Sustainability
KW - Transformative literacy
KW - Sustainability Science
KW - Transdisciplinary studies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85018250288&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1002/9783527673872.ch8
DO - 10.1002/9783527673872.ch8
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:85018250288
SN - 9783527332397
SP - 119
EP - 136
BT - Transition to Renewable Energy Systems
A2 - Stolten, Detlef
A2 - Scherer, Viktor
PB - Wiley Blackwell Japan
ER -