The system building perspective for building sustainable system configurations using the German energy transition as an example
Abstract: An increasing number of countries employ net-zero decarbonization targets in their climate policies, which requires decarbonizing socio-technical systems like the energy system by mid-century. While there is a high level of agreement about net-zero targets, there remains great uncertainty as to how to meet them. At the same time, the challenges of building a new system that fulfils systemic targets such as net-zero are insufficiently reflected on in the sustainability transitions literature. With the help of a literature review building on theories of socio-technical transitions, this paper introduces system building dimensions that account for the difficulties of net-zero transitions. We identify four such dimensions: (1) competing potential system configurations with different sustainability implications; (2) a broad range of complementary system elements needed; (3) lock-ins and path dependencies in the system building process; and (4) the politics of system building. We offer the German energy transition as an empirical case study to illustrate the relevance of these system building dimensions
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Oxford open energy. - 3 (2024) , oiae010, ISSN: 2752-5082
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Veröffentlichung
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Freiburg
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Universität
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2024
- Creator
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Olbrich, Sarah
Bauknecht, Dierk
- DOI
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10.1093/ooenergy/oiae010
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urn:nbn:de:bsz:25-freidok-2576715
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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15.08.2025, 7:31 AM CEST
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- Olbrich, Sarah
- Bauknecht, Dierk
- Universität
Time of origin
- 2024
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