Conditions for the deliberate destabilisation of established industries: Lessons from U.S. tobacco control policy and the closure of Dutch coal mines

Normann, Håkon Endresen

doi:10.1016/j.eist.2019.03.007

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“…Less attention has been devoted to how niche actors mobilize in order to change the regime. Some recent papers address the need for the phase out of existing technologies, so-called strategies of 'creative destruction' (Kivimaa & Kern, 2016;Leipprand & Flachsland, 2018;Normann, 2019;Rogge & Johnstone, 2017).…”

Section: Transitions Dynamics and Up-scalingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are different conceptualizations of policy mixes; see Kern, Rogge, and Howlett (2019) for a thorough discussion and literature review. An important contribution from recent studies is that policy mixes for sustainability transitions should also take phase-out policies into account (so-called creative destruction in Schumpeter's term), due to lock-in of existing and polluting technologies (Kivimaa & Kern, 2016;Normann, 2019). Interestingly, the "policy mix for sustainability transitions" literature is to a large extent applied in case studies where the niches are well beyond their formative phase (and would no longer qualify as niches within diffusion literature).…”

Section: Policy Mixes For Sustainability Transitionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In other words, they have not discussed policy mixes for phase 3 as something qualitatively different from phase 1 and 2. Recent studies address the need for destabilization and phase out of existing technologies, so-called strategies of 'creative destruction' (Kivimaa & Kern, 2016;Leipprand & Flachsland, 2018;Normann, 2019). Such exit strategies imply the prohibition of specific technologies in the future, corresponding to the command-and-control policy approach A.…”

Section: Policy Approaches In Phasementioning

confidence: 99%

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Policies, actors and sustainability transition pathways: A study of the EU’s energy policy mix

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This PhD thesis marks the end of a long and sometimes very strenuous journey. One important reason that I managed to land it was the invaluable support of my two supervisors. Markus Bugge, you have provided thorough and inspiring comments in decisive phases of this PhD and encouraged me to pursue my own ideas. Elin Lerum Boasson, you challenged me to assess my work from a broader theoretical perspective and especially helped me to shake the fourth -and in my view the most important -paper of this thesis into shape. I have truly enjoyed our discussions and I am sincerely grateful to both of you.

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“…Nodes symbolize individual texts. Arrows depict referencing patterns (e.g., Normann, 2019 cites Rogge & Johnstone, 2017). Node size is proportional to the number of incoming citations within the sample.…”

Section: Engaging With Deliberate Declinementioning

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“…A common theme across both perspectives is that a phase‐out typically originates from purposeful authoritative action by governments or other political authorities (e.g., international treaties). These actions span from classic command‐and‐control forms of regulation (Normann, 2019; Sovacool, 2011; Vögele et al, 2018) to market creation policies such as carbon taxes (Chappin & Afman, 2013). Another shared element is the orderly and often gradual or stepwise process of decline.…”

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Deliberate decline: An emerging frontier for the study and practice of decarbonization

Rosenbloom

Rinscheid

2020

WIREs Climate Change

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Promoting low-carbon innovation has long been a central preoccupation within both the practice and theory of climate change mitigation. However, deep lock-ins indicate that existing carbon-intensive systems will not be displaced or reconfigured by innovation alone. A growing number of studies and practical initiatives suggest that mitigation efforts will need to engage with the deliberate decline of carbon-intensive systems and their components (e.g., technologies and practices). Yet, despite this realisation, the role of intentional decline in decarbonization remains poorly understood and the literature in this area continues to be dispersed among different bodies of research and disciplines. In response, this article structures the fragmented strands of research engaging with purposive decline, interrogating the role it may play in decarbonization. It does so by systematically surveying concepts with particular relevance for intentional decline, focusing on phase-out, divestment, and destabilization.

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Designing the mid‐transition: A review of medium‐term challenges for coordinated decarbonization in the United States

Grubert

Hastings‐Simon

2022

WIREs Climate Change

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Decarbonizing the energy system is critical for addressing climate change. Given the dominance of fossil fuels in the energy system, decarbonization requires rapid and significant industrial transition of the energy supply at scale. This includes explicit and coordinated plans not only for zero carbon phase-in, but for fossil carbon phase-out. Even very rapid decarbonization will likely take decades, leading to a medium-term future where the conventional, fossil-based energy system coexists with a new, zero-carbon energy system. Each imposes operational constraints on the other: what we call the mid-transition. Notably, this coexistence means that the new, zero-carbon system will develop under fossil carbon system constraints. The mid-transition will therefore likely require specific analytical metrics designed to support decision making under dynamic and uncertain conditions. Many aspects of transition will be felt, and shaped, directly by individuals because of our direct interactions with energy systems.Even rare missteps are likely to have significant and potentially system designrelevant impacts on perception, political support, and implementation. Comparisons of the new system to the old system are likely to rest on experience of a world less affected by climate change, such that concerns about lower reliability, higher costs, and other challenges might be perceived as inherent to zero-carbon systems, versus energy systems facing consequences of climate change and longterm underinvestment. This review assesses and evaluates medium-term challenges associated with the mid-transition in the United States, emphasizing the need for explicit planning for joint and coordinated phase-in and phase-out.

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Conditions for the deliberate destabilisation of established industries: Lessons from U.S. tobacco control policy and the closure of Dutch coal mines

Cited by 42 publications

References 54 publications

Policies, actors and sustainability transition pathways: A study of the EU’s energy policy mix

Policies, actors and sustainability transition pathways: A study of the EU’s energy policy mix

Deliberate decline: An emerging frontier for the study and practice of decarbonization

Designing the mid‐transition: A review of medium‐term challenges for coordinated decarbonization in the United States

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