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4 - Global Arenas of Transformations

from Part II - Varieties of Transformations to Sustainability

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2019

Björn-Ola Linnér
Affiliation:
Linköpings Universitet, Sweden
Victoria Wibeck
Affiliation:
Linköpings Universitet, Sweden
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Chapter 4 – Global arenas of transformation – analyses how the transformation concept has been used to describe or advocate change towards sustainable development in international contexts. The chapter presents the development of the research field and provides an overview of how sustainability transformations have been approached in the news media in different parts of the world. Media texts also present a range of transformation goals that are of two types: those intended to prevent the risks of environmental degradation and human insecurity, and those that propose ideas on how to attain various sustainable futures. Finally, the chapter explores how sustainability transformations have been conceptualized in international politics, with particular focus on the variations in policy discourse in low–, middle–, and high-income countries, in Agenda 2030 and the Voluntary National Reviews of the Sustainable Development Goals as well as the Nationally Determined Contributions to the Paris Agreement.

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Sustainability Transformations
Agents and Drivers across Societies
, pp. 63 - 93
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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