Positive Tipping Points Towards Sustainability: Understanding the Conditions and Strategies for Fast Decarbonization in Regions

這本開放存取的書籍首次從社會跨學科的角度，全面回顧了社會傾斜點在能源系統中的應用的最新研究成果。它通過提出一種新的系統性和轉型性變革理論，並將其與相關的評估方法融合，包括建模，來闡明在世界各地不同高碳密集區域，某一特定社會生態系統在某一時間點上能夠或被阻止轉向低碳、可持續發展軌跡的敘事和願景、轉型能力以及有意識的策略和集體行動。

本書展示了在地方和區域背景下，有針對性的政策干預可以引發跨尺度和領域的轉型解決方案和策略之間的自我強化學習反饋。它進一步指出，行為模式的改變，以及對破壞性技術、碳（不）投資和金融過程以及新形式的公民參與的良好治理的支持，可以為實現向低碳可持續未來的積極傾斜點的出現創造必要的轉型條件。

本書是學生、研究人員和學者，以及對可持續性、氣候和能源問題有興趣，並評估旨在加速公正可持續脫碳過程的戰略干預的潛在影響和有效性的政策制定者和從業人員的必讀之作。

​J. David Tàbara is an Associate Researcher at the Global Climate Forum in Berlin, Germany, and at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain. He has been working for over 25 years in EU and international interdisciplinary research on Sustainable Development and has published extensively on knowledge integration methods, with particular attention to questions of public perception, social learning, communication, and public participation for sustainability. He contributed to the first book on Public Participation in Sustainability Science (Cambridge University Press 2003) and recently to various EU research projects on transformative solutions to support sustainable climate action, such as GREEN-WIN, IMPRESSIONS, and as principal investigator of TIPPING+. He is also a member of the Earth Commission Working Group on Transformations of the Global Commons Alliance.
Alexandros Flamos is a Professor at the University of Piraeus (UNIPI) and Director of the Technoeconomics of Energy Systems Laboratory of UNIPI. He has a Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering and a PhD in Decision Support Systems (DSS) applied in Energy and Environmental Economics, Planning & Policy. He has held the position of scientific coordinator/ senior researcher in more than 40 European Commission (EC) and other internationally funded projects (H2020, DG RELEX, EACI, DG R&D, DG Energy, SFOE, European Investment Bank, EuropeAid etc.) in DSS, Energy Management & Planning, Energy and Climate Policy, Security of Energy Supply, Energy Competitiveness, and Energy Justice. Flamos was Editor in Chief of the scientific journal Energy Sources Part B: Economics, Planning & Policy (2018-22). He has authored more than 150 publications in high-impact international scientific journals and international conferences and as an invited speaker at major international energy policy cooperation events (MENAREC, Euro-Asia meetings, COPs).
Diana Mangalagiu is a Professor at Neoma Business School, France and the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. She holds degrees in natural sciences (Ph.D. Artificial Intelligence, Ecole Polytechnique, MSc Physics) and social sciences (MSc Sociology, MSc Management). She has over two decades of research, advising and teaching experience in sustainability, environmental policy, and foresight. She participated as principal investigator or senior researcher in European Commission (DG CLIMA, CONNECT, ENV, ENER, ENV), OECD, World Bank, and UN agencies funded research projects such as GREEN-WIN, IMPRESSIONS, and TIPPING+. She co-founded the Initiative for Science, Society and Policy Dialogue, co-chaired the pan-European Environmental Outlook of the UN Environment, is a scientific board member of the Global Climate Forum, SEI Initiative on Governing Bioeconomy, member of the High-Level Group for International Science Council, and Coordinating Lead Author for IPBES.

Serafeim Michas is a Research Associate at the Technoeconomics of Energy Systems Laboratory (TEESlab) at the University of Piraeus, Greece. He holds a degree on Mechanical Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA). Michas teaches energy modelling at the University of Piraeus, with 7 years of research experience acquired through his participation in 6 projects with European and national funding. His expertise is on energy systems' modelling, exploration of decarbonization pathways, analysis of the socio-economic implications of energy transitions, and decision support for the assessment of policy measures' effectiveness under contextual uncertainties. He also has published 5 papers in high impact international peer-reviewed academic journals and his work has been accepted for presentation at several international scientific conferences.

J. David Tàbara是德國柏林全球氣候論壇和西班牙巴塞隆納自治大學的副研究員。他在歐盟和國際可持續發展的跨學科研究領域已有超過25年的工作經驗，並廣泛發表了關於知識整合方法的論文，特別關注公眾認知、社會學習、溝通和公眾參與等可持續性問題。他為《可持續性科學中的公眾參與》（劍橋大學出版社，2003年）等第一本關於可持續性科學中的公眾參與的書籍做出了貢獻，並最近參與了各種歐盟研究項目，以支持可持續氣候行動的轉型解決方案，例如GREEN-WIN、IMPRESSIONS，以及作為TIPPING+的首席調查員。他還是地球委員會全球共同體轉型工作組的成員。

Alexandros Flamos是希臘比雷埃夫斯大學（UNIPI）的教授，也是UNIPI的能源系統技術經濟實驗室的主任。他擁有電機和電腦工程學位，以及應用於能源和環境經濟學、規劃和政策的決策支持系統（DSS）的博士學位。他在40多個歐洲委員會（EC）和其他國際資助的項目（H2020、DG RELEX、EACI、DG R&D、DG Energy、SFOE、歐洲投資銀行、EuropeAid等）中擔任科學協調員/高級研究員，研究領域包括DSS、能源管理和規劃、能源和氣候政策、能源供應安全、能源競爭力和能源公正。Flamos曾擔任科學期刊《能源資源B部分：經濟學、規劃和政策》（2018-22年）的主編。他在高影響力國際科學期刊和國際會議上發表了150多篇論文，並應邀在重要的國際能源政策合作活動（MENAREC、歐亞會議、COPs）上發表演講。

Diana Mangalagiu是法國Neoma商學院和英國牛津大學的教授。她擁有自然科學（人工智能博士學位，高等應用學院，物理碩士學位）和社會科學（社會學碩士學位，管理碩士學位）的學位。她在可持續性、環境政策和前瞻領域擁有超過二十年的研究、諮詢和教學經驗。她曾擔任歐洲委員會（DG CLIMA、CONNECT、ENV、ENER、ENV）、經濟合作與發展組織、世界銀行和聯合國機構資助的研究項目的首席調查員或高級研究員，例如GREEN-WIN、IMPRESSIONS和TIPPING+。她共同創辦了科學、社會和政策對話倡議，共同主持了聯合國環境的泛歐洲環境展望，是全球氣候論壇、SEI生物經濟治理倡議的科學委員會成員，國際科學委員會高級組織的成員，以及IPBES的協調主導作者。

Serafeim Michas是希臘比雷埃夫斯大學（UNIPI）能源系統技術經濟實驗室（TEESlab）的研究助理。他擁有雅典國立技術大學（NTUA）的機械工程學位。Michas在比雷埃夫斯大學教授能源建模，通過參與6個歐洲和國家資助的項目獲得了7年的研究經驗。他的專業知識包括能源系統建模、碳減排路徑的探索、能源轉型的社會經濟影響分析，以及在情境不確定性下評估政策措施有效性的決策支持。他還在高影響力國際同行評審學術期刊上發表了5篇論文，並且他的工作已被接受在多個國際科學會議上發表。