The technological and social timelines of climate mitigation: Lessons from 12 past transitions
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2021.112155
Abstract: Abstract Delivering net zero by 2050 will require governments to utilise all available abatement opportunities, yet current policy largely ignores socially-driven mitigation in favour of technological innovation in the energy sector. Past energy transitions have… read more here.
Keywords: technological social; social transitions; past transitions; social timelines ... See more keywords
To do or not to do? Technological and social factors affecting vaccine coverage
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DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121283
Abstract: This paper investigates the role of crucial technological and social factors in enhancing or undermining vaccine coverage rates at the country level worldwide. Employing five country-level databases, it explores how different combinations of technology diffusion… read more here.
Keywords: vaccine coverage; technological social; level; social factors ... See more keywords
A cognitive transition underlying both technological and social aspects of cumulative culture
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x20000230
Abstract: Abstract The argument that cumulative technological culture originates in technical-reasoning skills is not the only alternative to social accounts; another possibility is that accumulation of both technical-reasoning skills and enhanced social skills stemmed from the… read more here.
Keywords: technological social; social aspects; transition underlying; cognitive transition ... See more keywords