Reviewing the scope and thematic focus of 100 000 publications on energy consumption, services and social aspects of climate change: a big data approach to demand-side mitigation
As current action remains insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris agreement let alone to stabilize the climate, there is increasing hope that solutions related to demand, services and social aspects of climate change mitigation can close the gap. However, given these topics are not investigated...
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| author | Felix Creutzig Max Callaghan Anjali Ramakrishnan Aneeque Javaid Leila Niamir Jan Minx Finn Müller-Hansen Benjamin Sovacool Zakia Afroz Mark Andor Miklos Antal Victor Court Nandini Das Julio Díaz-José Friederike Döbbe Maria J Figueroa Andrew Gouldson Helmut Haberl Andrew Hook Diana Ivanova William F Lamb Nadia Maïzi Érika Mata Kristian S Nielsen Chioma Daisy Onyige Lucia A Reisch Joyashree Roy Pauline Scheelbeek Mahendra Sethi Shreya Some Steven Sorrell Mathilde Tessier Tania Urmee Doris Virág Can Wan Dominik Wiedenhofer Charlie Wilson |
| author_facet | Felix Creutzig Max Callaghan Anjali Ramakrishnan Aneeque Javaid Leila Niamir Jan Minx Finn Müller-Hansen Benjamin Sovacool Zakia Afroz Mark Andor Miklos Antal Victor Court Nandini Das Julio Díaz-José Friederike Döbbe Maria J Figueroa Andrew Gouldson Helmut Haberl Andrew Hook Diana Ivanova William F Lamb Nadia Maïzi Érika Mata Kristian S Nielsen Chioma Daisy Onyige Lucia A Reisch Joyashree Roy Pauline Scheelbeek Mahendra Sethi Shreya Some Steven Sorrell Mathilde Tessier Tania Urmee Doris Virág Can Wan Dominik Wiedenhofer Charlie Wilson |
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| description | As current action remains insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris agreement let alone to stabilize the climate, there is increasing hope that solutions related to demand, services and social aspects of climate change mitigation can close the gap. However, given these topics are not investigated by a single epistemic community, the literature base underpinning the associated research continues to be undefined. Here, we aim to delineate a plausible body of literature capturing a comprehensive spectrum of demand, services and social aspects of climate change mitigation. As method we use a novel double-stacked expert—machine learning research architecture and expert evaluation to develop a typology and map key messages relevant for climate change mitigation within this body of literature. First, relying on the official key words provided to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change by governments (across 17 queries), and on specific investigations of domain experts (27 queries), we identify 121 165 non-unique and 99 065 unique academic publications covering issues relevant for demand-side mitigation. Second, we identify a literature typology with four key clusters: policy, housing, mobility, and food/consumption. Third, we systematically extract key content-based insights finding that the housing literature emphasizes social and collective action, whereas the food/consumption literatures highlight behavioral change, but insights also demonstrate the dynamic relationship between behavioral change and social norms. All clusters point to the possibility of improved public health as a result of demand-side solutions. The centrality of the policy cluster suggests that political actions are what bring the different specific approaches together. Fourth, by mapping the underlying epistemic communities we find that researchers are already highly interconnected, glued together by common interests in sustainability and energy demand. We conclude by outlining avenues for interdisciplinary collaboration, synthetic analysis, community building, and by suggesting next steps for evaluating this body of literature. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1a8109df160e472bbedde1aa5267cc382023-08-09T14:53:48ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262021-01-0116303300110.1088/1748-9326/abd78bReviewing the scope and thematic focus of 100 000 publications on energy consumption, services and social aspects of climate change: a big data approach to demand-side mitigationFelix Creutzig0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5710-3348Max Callaghan1Anjali Ramakrishnan2Aneeque Javaid3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0453-2701Leila Niamir4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0285-5542Jan Minx5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2862-0178Finn Müller-Hansen6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0425-1996Benjamin Sovacool7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4794-9403Zakia Afroz8https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4053-108XMark Andor9https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1075-8707Miklos Antal10https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3426-9916Victor Court11Nandini Das12Julio Díaz-José13https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0182-8814Friederike Döbbe14https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0930-8533Maria J Figueroa15Andrew Gouldson16Helmut Haberl17https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2104-5446Andrew Hook18Diana Ivanova19https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3890-481XWilliam F Lamb20https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3273-7878Nadia Maïzi21Érika Mata22https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0735-3744Kristian S Nielsen23Chioma Daisy Onyige24Lucia A Reisch25https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5731-4209Joyashree Roy26https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9270-8860Pauline Scheelbeek27https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6209-2284Mahendra Sethi28https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1065-5484Shreya Some29https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7254-9970Steven Sorrell30Mathilde Tessier31Tania Urmee32https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4385-9734Doris Virág33https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8300-8590Can Wan34https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1136-792XDominik Wiedenhofer35https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7418-3477Charlie Wilson36Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change , Torgauer Straße 12-15, Berlin 108297, Germany; Sustainability Economics of Human Settlements, Technical University Berlin , Straße des 17. Juni 135, Berlin 10623, GermanyMercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change , Torgauer Straße 12-15, Berlin 108297, Germany; Sustainability Research Institute and, Priestley International Centre for Climate, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT, United KingdomMercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change , Torgauer Straße 12-15, Berlin 108297, Germany; Sustainability Economics of Human Settlements, Technical University Berlin , Straße des 17. Juni 135, Berlin 10623, GermanyMercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change , Torgauer Straße 12-15, Berlin 108297, GermanyMercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change , Torgauer Straße 12-15, Berlin 108297, GermanyMercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change , Torgauer Straße 12-15, Berlin 108297, Germany; Sustainability Research Institute and, Priestley International Centre for Climate, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT, United KingdomMercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change , Torgauer Straße 12-15, Berlin 108297, GermanyScience Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex , Jubilee Building, Room 367, Falmer, East Sussex BN19SL, United KingdomDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carleton University , 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON K1S 5B6, Canada; Engineering and Energy, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University , 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, AustraliaRWI—Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung , Hohenzollernstraße 1-3 D, Essen 45128, GermanyMTA-ELTE Lendület New Vision Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University , Pázmány P. s. 1/A, 1117 Budapest, Hungary; Institute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna (BOKU), Schottenfeldgasse 29, 1070 Vienna, AustriaIFP Energies Nouvelles, IFP School , 1 & 4 avenue de Bois Préau, 92852 Rueil-Malmaison cedex, FranceGlobal Change Programme, Jadavpur University , Kolkata 700032, IndiaTecnologico Nacional de Mexico-Campus Zongolica , 95000 Veracruz, MexicoDepartment of Management and Organization, Stockholm School of Economics , Kungstensgatan 32, 113 57 Stockholm, SwedenDepartment of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School , Dalgas Have 15, 2000 Frederiksberg, DenmarkSustainability Research Institute and, Priestley International Centre for Climate, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT, United KingdomInstitute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna (BOKU), Schottenfeldgasse 29, 1070 Vienna, AustriaScience Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex , Jubilee Building, Room 367, Falmer, East Sussex BN19SL, United KingdomSustainability Research Institute and, Priestley International Centre for Climate, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT, United KingdomMercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change , Torgauer Straße 12-15, Berlin 108297, Germany; Sustainability Research Institute and, Priestley International Centre for Climate, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT, United KingdomPSL Research University, MINES ParisTech, Centre for Applied Mathematics , FranceIVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute , 411 33 Gothenburg, SwedenDepartment of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School , Dalgas Have 15, 2000 Frederiksberg, DenmarkDepartment of Sociology, University of Port Harcourt , East-West Rd, P.M.B 5323, Choba, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, NigeriaDepartment of Management, Society and Communication, Copenhagen Business School , Dalgas Have 15, 2000 Frederiksberg, DenmarkGlobal Change Programme, Jadavpur University , Kolkata 700032, India; Bangabandhu Chair Professor, Asian Institute of Technology , 12120, Thailand; Department of Economics, Jadavpur University , Kolkata 700032, IndiaLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine , Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, United KingdomMercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change , Torgauer Straße 12-15, Berlin 108297, Germany; Sustainability Economics of Human Settlements, Technical University Berlin , Straße des 17. Juni 135, Berlin 10623, GermanyDepartment of Economics, Jadavpur University , Kolkata 700032, India; Global Centre for Environment and Energy, Ahmedabad University , Ahmedabad 380009, IndiaScience Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex , Jubilee Building, Room 367, Falmer, East Sussex BN19SL, United KingdomPSL Research University, MINES ParisTech, Centre for Applied Mathematics , FranceEngineering and Energy, College of Science, Health, Engineering and Education, Murdoch University , 90 South Street, Murdoch, WA 6150, AustraliaInstitute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna (BOKU), Schottenfeldgasse 29, 1070 Vienna, AustriaSchool of Environment, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, People’s Republic of ChinaInstitute of Social Ecology, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences , Vienna (BOKU), Schottenfeldgasse 29, 1070 Vienna, AustriaTyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, University of East Anglia (UEA) , Norwich NR4 7TJ, United Kingdom; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) , A-2361 Laxenburg, AustriaAs current action remains insufficient to meet the goals of the Paris agreement let alone to stabilize the climate, there is increasing hope that solutions related to demand, services and social aspects of climate change mitigation can close the gap. However, given these topics are not investigated by a single epistemic community, the literature base underpinning the associated research continues to be undefined. Here, we aim to delineate a plausible body of literature capturing a comprehensive spectrum of demand, services and social aspects of climate change mitigation. As method we use a novel double-stacked expert—machine learning research architecture and expert evaluation to develop a typology and map key messages relevant for climate change mitigation within this body of literature. First, relying on the official key words provided to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change by governments (across 17 queries), and on specific investigations of domain experts (27 queries), we identify 121 165 non-unique and 99 065 unique academic publications covering issues relevant for demand-side mitigation. Second, we identify a literature typology with four key clusters: policy, housing, mobility, and food/consumption. Third, we systematically extract key content-based insights finding that the housing literature emphasizes social and collective action, whereas the food/consumption literatures highlight behavioral change, but insights also demonstrate the dynamic relationship between behavioral change and social norms. All clusters point to the possibility of improved public health as a result of demand-side solutions. The centrality of the policy cluster suggests that political actions are what bring the different specific approaches together. Fourth, by mapping the underlying epistemic communities we find that researchers are already highly interconnected, glued together by common interests in sustainability and energy demand. We conclude by outlining avenues for interdisciplinary collaboration, synthetic analysis, community building, and by suggesting next steps for evaluating this body of literature.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd78bdemandservicesclimate change mitigationIPCCbehaviorsocial norm |
| spellingShingle | Felix Creutzig Max Callaghan Anjali Ramakrishnan Aneeque Javaid Leila Niamir Jan Minx Finn Müller-Hansen Benjamin Sovacool Zakia Afroz Mark Andor Miklos Antal Victor Court Nandini Das Julio Díaz-José Friederike Döbbe Maria J Figueroa Andrew Gouldson Helmut Haberl Andrew Hook Diana Ivanova William F Lamb Nadia Maïzi Érika Mata Kristian S Nielsen Chioma Daisy Onyige Lucia A Reisch Joyashree Roy Pauline Scheelbeek Mahendra Sethi Shreya Some Steven Sorrell Mathilde Tessier Tania Urmee Doris Virág Can Wan Dominik Wiedenhofer Charlie Wilson Reviewing the scope and thematic focus of 100 000 publications on energy consumption, services and social aspects of climate change: a big data approach to demand-side mitigation Environmental Research Letters demand services climate change mitigation IPCC behavior social norm |
| title | Reviewing the scope and thematic focus of 100 000 publications on energy consumption, services and social aspects of climate change: a big data approach to demand-side mitigation |
| title_full | Reviewing the scope and thematic focus of 100 000 publications on energy consumption, services and social aspects of climate change: a big data approach to demand-side mitigation |
| title_fullStr | Reviewing the scope and thematic focus of 100 000 publications on energy consumption, services and social aspects of climate change: a big data approach to demand-side mitigation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reviewing the scope and thematic focus of 100 000 publications on energy consumption, services and social aspects of climate change: a big data approach to demand-side mitigation |
| title_short | Reviewing the scope and thematic focus of 100 000 publications on energy consumption, services and social aspects of climate change: a big data approach to demand-side mitigation |
| title_sort | reviewing the scope and thematic focus of 100 000 publications on energy consumption services and social aspects of climate change a big data approach to demand side mitigation |
| topic | demand services climate change mitigation IPCC behavior social norm |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abd78b |
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