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Establishing Framework: Sustainable Transition Towards a Low-Carbon Economy

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With increasing recognition of the issue of global climate change, greater attention is being focused on governments’, businesses’ and consumers’ behaviour in order to develop more sustainable ways to satisfy society’s needs. This transition is gradually evolving throughout all global economic systems. With this in mind, this chapter proposes a conceptual framework to support the analysis of low-carbon initiatives at national and regional levels. It explores the literature on sustainability transitions and identification of relevant factors that affect the transition of economies towards a more sustainable way to produce and to consume, while the chapter concludes with a review of regional innovation systems that serve as a catalyst for sustainability transition.

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  1. Eastern and Midland Regional Assembly, Ireland and Visiting research fellow, University of Derby, Derby, UK

    Juan Martinez-Covarrubias

  2. University of Derby, Derby, UK

    Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes

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  1. Derby Business School, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

    Polina Baranova

  2. Derby Business School, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

    Elaine Conway

  3. Derby Business School, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

    Nicola Lynch

  4. Derby Business School, University of Derby, Derby, United Kingdom

    Fred Paterson

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Martinez-Covarrubias, J., Garza-Reyes, J.A. (2017). Establishing Framework: Sustainable Transition Towards a Low-Carbon Economy . In: Baranova, P., Conway, E., Lynch, N., Paterson, F. (eds) The Low Carbon Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56753-2_2

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