A5048330615- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Innovative Approaches in Technology and Social Development
- Climate Change Policy and Economics
- Sustainability in Higher Education
- Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
- Smart Cities and Technologies
- Global Energy and Sustainability Research
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Sustainable Building Design and Assessment
- Transportation and Mobility Innovations
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
- Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration
- University-Industry-Government Innovation Models
- Technology Use by Older Adults
- Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Energy, Environment, Economic Growth
- Sustainable Industrial Ecology
- Energy Efficiency and Management
- Climate Change Communication and Perception
- Urban Transport and Accessibility
- Regional resilience and development
- Higher Education Practises and Engagement
Kyoto University
2021-2025
Tohoku University
2017-2021
Clark University
2015-2017
The University of Tokyo
2012-2015
This paper explores a global trend where universities are collaborating with government, industry and civil society to advance the sustainable transformation of specific geographical area or societal sub-system. With empirical evidence, we argue that this function ‘co-creation for sustainability’ could be interpreted as seeds an emerging, new mission university. We demonstrate still evolving differs significantly from economic focus third conventional technology transfer practices, which...
The energy products of oil and gas majors have contributed significantly to global greenhouse emissions (GHG) planetary warming over the past century. Decarbonizing economy by mid-century avoid dangerous climate change thus cannot occur without a profound transformation their fossil fuel-based business models. Recently, several are increasingly discussing clean change, pledging decarbonization strategies, investing in alternative energies. Some even claim be transforming into companies....
Purpose There is a widely held belief that sustainable development (SD) policies are essential for universities to successfully engage in matters related sustainability, and an indicator of the extent which they active this field. This paper aims examine evidence currently exists support assumption. It surveys sample Brazil, Germany, Greece, Portugal, South Africa UK USA ascertain field have formal on development, whether such pre-condition successful sustainability efforts....
Contemporary smart cities have largely mirrored the sustainable development agenda by embracing an ecological modernisation approach to urban development. There is a strong focus on stimulating economic activity and environmental protection with little emphasis social equity human experience. The health well-being has potential shift of centre aims. Through systematic widespread application technologies such as wearable monitors, creation open data platforms for parameters, virtual...
There is a consensus about the strategic importance of cities and urban areas for achieving global transformation towards sustainability. While there mounting interest in types qualities that increase capacity systems to attain deep transformations, empirical evidence extent which existing institutional material exhibit transformative lacking. This paper thereby seeks determine sustainability initiatives led by local governments their partners reflect various components literature claims can...
Carbon lock-in hampers the realisation of sustainable energy systems. It occurs when carbon-intensive technologies, markets and institutions co-evolve become wedded to historical trajectories despite environmentally superior technologies being available. Multiple material non-material causes are discussed in literature on socio-technical or transitions carbon lock-in. However, these yet be synthesised into a comprehensive framework guide empirical identification factors. Also, understanding...
Fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) can play a key role in accelerating the electrification of road transport. Specifically, they offer longer driving ranges and shorter refuelling times relative to Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) while reducing needs for space-intensive public charging infrastructure. Although maturity market penetration hydrogen is currently trailing batteries, transport planners several countries are looking both technologies reduce carbon emissions air pollution. Home...
As policymakers and automotive stakeholders around the world seek to accelerate electrification of road transport with hydrogen, this study focuses on experiences Germany, a leader in fuel cell technology. Specifically, it identifies compares drivers barriers influencing production market penetration privately-owned electric passenger vehicles (FCEVs) buses (FCEBs) public transit fleets. Using original data collected via survey 17 interviews, we elicited opinions experts examine...
Most companies include carbon offsets in their net-zero strategy. However, many offset projects are poor quality and fail to reduce emissions as claimed. Here we focus on the twenty retiring most from voluntary market over 2020-2023. We examine if could be considered high likely benefit climate. curate an original company-level dataset climate benefits across four dimensions: (1) use of low/high-risk project types; (2) age credits; (3) price (4) country implementation. find that have...
Universities are under mounting pressure to partner with societal stakeholders and organizations collaboratively create implement sustainability-advancing knowledge, tools, transformations. Simultaneously, an increasing number of reaching out universities achieve organizational objectives increase the effectiveness strategies further sustainability. Using a conceptual framework “sustainability co-creation”, this study empirically examines historical ongoing experiences five in Japan that...
In explaining how socio-technical transitions occur, prevailing theories focus on bottom-up processes driven by new entrants, diverse actors and open-ended exploration in small, protected niches.Incumbent firms are frequently portrayed as hampering change, while managerial strategies using traditional public policy instruments remain understudied.Addressing this bias, we examine used networks of incumbent state industry China, Japan California to accelerate the production diffusion...
Abstract Non-technical summary We identify a set of essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, across natural and social sciences: (1) looming inevitability implications overshooting the 1.5°C warming limit, (2) urgent need for rapid managed fossil fuel phase-out, (3) challenges scaling carbon dioxide removal, (4) uncertainties regarding future contribution sinks, (5) intertwinedness crises biodiversity loss change, (6) compound events, (7) mountain...