Opening up the feasibility of sustainability transitions pathways (STPs): Representations, potentials, and conditions | SEI

This research paper proposes an evaluation frame to assess the feasibility of sustainability transitions pathways (STPs), emphasizing the need for radical departures from current socio-technical trajectories to meet low-carbon and sustainability goals.

• The authors propose a framework to evaluate the feasibility of sustainability transitions pathways (STPs) based on three specific 'facets': representations for exploring potentials, and the conditions that increase the likelihood of these pathways being realized.
• Achieving low-carbon and sustainability objectives necessitates radical shifts away from current socio-technical trajectories, requiring the identification of more ambitious system transformation pathways and a clear understanding of how to implement them.
• The paper advocates for the use of multiple forms of knowledge to support strategic decision-making, serving as a complement to traditional scenario tools based on modelling.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2019). Opening up the feasibility of sustainability transitions pathways (STPs): Representations, potentials, and conditions | SEI. https://www.sei.org/publications/feasibility-stps/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Opening up the feasibility of sustainability transitions pathways (STPs): Representations, potentials, and conditions | SEI. 2019. https://www.sei.org/publications/feasibility-stps/.

Wikipedia

{{cite report |author=Stockholm Environment Institute |title=Opening up the feasibility of sustainability transitions pathways (STPs): Representations, potentials, and conditions | SEI |date=15 January 2019 |url=https://www.sei.org/publications/feasibility-stps/ |access-date=17 August 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}

BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2019opening, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Opening up the feasibility of sustainability transitions pathways (STPs): Representations, potentials, and conditions | SEI}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2019}, month = jan, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/feasibility-stps/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }