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Transition Experiments: Opening Up Low-Carbon Transition Pathways for Canada through Innovation and Learning

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  • Daniel Rosenbloom
  • James Meadowcroft
  • Stephen Sheppard
  • Sarah Burch
  • Stephen Williams

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Canada is embarking on a low-carbon energy transition that will involve the diffusion of innovations and the reconfiguration of energy systems. This article examines the potential contribution that transition experiments can make to this process. Transition experiments can be understood as deliberate interventions that test novel configurations of social and technical elements that could lead to substantial low-carbon change. The analysis suggests that transition experiments can provide four primary benefits that might be leveraged to open low-carbon pathways for Canada: learning, capacity building, de-risking, and public education and engagement.

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  • Daniel Rosenbloom & James Meadowcroft & Stephen Sheppard & Sarah Burch & Stephen Williams, 2018. "Transition Experiments: Opening Up Low-Carbon Transition Pathways for Canada through Innovation and Learning," Canadian Public Policy, University of Toronto Press, vol. 44(4), pages 368-383, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpp:issued:v:44:y:2018:i:4:p:368-383
    DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2018-020
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    1. Bjerkan, Kristin Ystmark & Ryghaug, Marianne, 2021. "Diverging pathways to port sustainability: How social processes shape and direct transition work," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 166(C).
    2. Nicola Stocco & Francesco Gardona & Fulvio Biddau & Paolo Francesco Cottone, 2021. "Learning Processes and Agency in the Decarbonization Context: A Systematic Review through a Cultural Psychology Point of View," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(18), pages 1-31, September.

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