
'Good governance is key in energy transition process'
‘Transition management literature, like Transitions to Sustainable Development taught us how to structure a complex, interactive design process in which all relevant stakeholders were involved. After launching the national Climate Change programme, new initiatives started to bloom in a variety of sectors. All kinds of new sustainable businesses arose while societal support for the energy transition was growing as well. In the past the call for action on climate change came from specific groups in society. Now we see that the issue is becoming part of a much broader movement. All kinds of new actors in industry and society start to take up the issue.'
‘ At the same time you see that opponents, who question the role of mankind in climate change, become more vocal as well. This rather chaotic dynamic is characteristic for the gradual shift from the take off phase to the acceleration phase. A crucial factor is securing the consistency of government policy. Changing the rules of the game in the meantime is disastrous for the process. Good governance is key in the energy transition process.'
‘The transition to a sustainable society is a revolution that can be compared in scale and magnitude with the ICT and internet revolution of the late 20th century. Perhaps we cannot yet fully imagine how our energy technologies and material cycles will look by the end of this century, but we can be certain they will be different from the current technologies.'
For mrs Cramers keynote speach at the KSI Conference , see PDF below



Transitions to Sustainable Development
This recent study, published by Routledge, presents and combines three perspectives on transitions to a sustainable society: complexity theory, inn
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