Navigating the acceleration of transitions: a strategic framework for investors and policymakers

One of the biggest challenge when working in sustainability transitions is knowing how, when, and where to intervene in systems to accelerate change. The paper ‘Exploring thresholds for a double acceleration movement in sustainability transitions’ by Kejia Yang and Johan Schot offers a structured, practical framework for understanding, tracking, and shaping the acceleration of sustainability transitions. Using China’s energy and mobility transitions as a case study, it introduces five acceleration thresholds and a double acceleration movement to help identify where a transition stands, where it’s heading, and what kind of interventions might be needed to accelerate it.

You can choose to read the short article which will guide you through the practical implication of the paper, or the full paper.