The project investigates the types of decarbonization strategies that comply with the Paris Agreement, the implementation of which requires the transformation of several sectors beyond energy, such as mobility, construction, agri-food and industry. This sectoral transformation poses challenges for the development of countries and regions, which have become particularly pressing at a time when states have to accelerate the low-carbon transition with more fragile finances and the need for economic recovery, after the pandemic crisis. . The research combines theories from socio-technical transitions and economic geography to identify the low-carbon transition strategies with the greatest transformative potential and investigate how countries and regions prepare for that transformation. The focus of this research is on the type of transition strategies that are most beneficial to the economy, that is, that have the capacity to generate change in other sectors. The project studies the possible directions of the transition and its transformative capacity, assesses the extent to which the system is preparing for this transition mode, and identifies areas that are leading or holding back the change. This research will also identify transformation patterns for emerging sustainable consumption and production modes at the corporate level, and compare them with the decarbonization strategies prescribed in the literature. The results will contribute to the discussion on the processes and ways of conducting sustainable transitions associated with different economic characteristics of the regions. The project will also contribute to the discussion on the influence of context as a facilitator or constraint of some types of decarbonization strategies, as well as identifying key dimensions on which policies can intervene in order to amplify the effect of transitions in structural transformation to national and regional level
DINAMIA’CET-Iscte – Centro de Estudos sobre a Mudança Socioeconómica e o Território
Instituto de Geografia e Ordenamento do Território da Universidade de Lisboa (IGOT )
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa (IESCIDL)
Instituto Politécnico de Viseu (IPV)
Laboratório Nacional de Energia e Geologia, I.P. (LNEG)