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Leverage points for sustainability transformation

Abson, David J. ; Fischer, Joern ; Leventon, Julia ; Newig, Jens ; Schomerus, Thomas ; Vilsmaier, Ulli ; von Wehrden, Henrik ; Abernethy, Paivi ; Ives, Christopher D. ; Jager, Nicolas W. ; Lang, Daniel J.

Ambio, 2017-02, Vol.46 (1), p.30-39 [Periódico revisado por pares]

Dordrecht: Springer

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Leverage points for sustainability transformation
Autor: Abson, David J. ; Fischer, Joern ; Leventon, Julia ; Newig, Jens ; Schomerus, Thomas ; Vilsmaier, Ulli ; von Wehrden, Henrik ; Abernethy, Paivi ; Ives, Christopher D. ; Jager, Nicolas W. ; Lang, Daniel J.
Assuntos: Atmospheric Sciences ; Biodiversity ; Conservation of Natural Resources - methods ; Earth and Environmental Science ; Ecology ; Ecology - methods ; Ecosystem ; Environment ; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology ; Environmental Management ; Epistemology ; Intervention ; Models, Theoretical ; Ontology ; PERSPECTIVE ; Physical Geography ; Problem Solving ; Research Design ; Science ; Social Environment ; Society ; Sustainability ; Sustainable development
É parte de: Ambio, 2017-02, Vol.46 (1), p.30-39
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Descrição: Despite substantial focus on sustainability issues in both science and politics, humanity remains on largely unsustainable development trajectories. Partly, this is due to the failure of sustainability science to engage with the root causes of unsustainability. Drawing on ideas by Donella Meadows, we argue that many sustainability interventions target highly tangible, but essentially weak, leverage points (i.e. using interventions that are easy, but have limited potential for transformational change). Thus, there is an urgent need to focus on less obvious but potentially far more powerful areas of intervention. We propose a research agenda inspired by systems thinking that focuses on transformational 'sustainability interventions', centred on three realms of leverage: reconnecting people to nature, restructuring institutions and rethinking how knowledge is created and used in pursuit of sustainability. The notion of leverage points has the potential to act as a boundary object for genuinely transformational sustainability science.
Editor: Dordrecht: Springer
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Leverage points for sustainability transformation

Abson, David J. ; Fischer, Joern ; Leventon, Julia ; Newig, Jens ; Schomerus, Thomas ; Vilsmaier, Ulli ; von Wehrden, Henrik ; Abernethy, Paivi ; Ives, Christopher D. ; Jager, Nicolas W. ; Lang, Daniel J.

Dordrecht: Springer

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