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Whose voices shape Turkey's nuclear discourse? A social media sentiment study of Digital environmental activism 谁的声音影响了土耳其的核话语？数字环境行动主义的社交媒体情绪研究

IF 7.4 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-09 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104497

Esra Kahya Özyirmidokuz , Ömer Faruk Aydın , Eduard Alexandru Stoica

This study examines how public perceptions of nuclear energy in Turkey are shaped through digital environmental activism on social media. Addressing a gap in the literature, it offers one of the first empirical analyses explicitly focused on Turkey's nuclear energy debate and the role of hashtag-based activism within it. The empirical dataset consists of 1831 posts from Twitter (now X), including both user-generated content and messages shared by Greenpeace Turkey during key events related to the Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant. Utilizing natural language processing and supervised machine learning methods, the study employs multilingual sentiment analysis, text classification, and geospatial mapping to examine the dynamics of online discourse.

The results show that negative and neutral sentiments dominate public reactions, particularly in the Mediterranean region around Mersin, Turkey, where concerns about environmental risks and safety are most prominent. Activist-framed messages receive higher engagement, highlighting the mobilizing effects of environmental justice narratives. Methodologically, the findings demonstrate that translation-based pipelines using English-language models outperform Turkish-only models, revealing persistent resource gaps for under-resourced languages. Overall, the study provides a computational perspective on how social media shapes Turkey's nuclear energy discourse and offers insights for more context-sensitive communication and energy governance strategies.

这项研究考察了土耳其公众对核能的看法是如何通过社交媒体上的数字环保活动形成的。为了解决文献中的空白，它提供了第一批明确关注土耳其核能辩论和基于标签的行动主义在其中的作用的实证分析之一。实证数据集由Twitter（现为X）上的1831条帖子组成，包括用户生成的内容和绿色和平组织土耳其在与阿库尤核电站相关的关键事件期间分享的消息。该研究利用自然语言处理和监督机器学习方法，采用多语言情感分析、文本分类和地理空间映射来检查在线话语的动态。结果显示，负面和中立的情绪主导了公众的反应，尤其是在土耳其梅尔辛附近的地中海地区，那里对环境风险和安全的担忧最为突出。积极分子框架的信息获得了更高的参与度，突出了环境正义叙事的动员效应。在方法上，研究结果表明，使用英语模型的基于翻译的管道优于仅使用土耳其语模型的管道，这揭示了资源不足语言的持续资源缺口。总体而言，该研究为社交媒体如何塑造土耳其的核能话语提供了计算视角，并为更具上下文敏感性的沟通和能源治理策略提供了见解。

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Twice upon a home: Energy use, emissions and inequality across primary and second homes 两套住房：第一和第二套住房的能源使用、排放和不平等

IF 7.4 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104491

Anna Strandell , Santtu Karhinen , Kati Pitkänen , Sara-Tuuli Siiskonen , Enni Ruokamo

Residential energy consumption plays an essential role in mitigating climate change. An energy transition has the potential to alleviate socioeconomic disparities, although it can also lead to an unfair distribution of costs and benefits. The residential energy transition is already progressing in many countries, yet there remains a research gap regarding the participation of diverse population groups and the contribution of second homes to overall household energy consumption and emissions. We applied a novel approach, integrating multiple data sources, to calculate residential energy consumption and emissions for a sample of Finnish households, including those arising from second homes. Regression analysis was then employed to examine the influence of household and building-specific factors on energy consumption and emissions. Regression models initially indicated a positive association between income and per-capita energy use and emissions. However, after accounting for building characteristics, income was negatively associated with per-capita energy consumption. These findings suggest that middle- and high-income households tend to occupy more energy-efficient dwellings than low-income households. Furthermore, while rural households exhibited higher per-capita energy consumption than urban households, differences in emissions were less pronounced. Second homes significantly increased energy use and emissions. The results indicate that certain population groups and areas may be excluded from the benefits of the residential energy transition, warranting further research into the specific circumstances of diverse groups. Future policies aimed at promoting residential energy transition should prioritize support for low-income households and incorporate measures addressing energy consumption and emissions from second homes.

住宅能源消费在减缓气候变化方面发挥着至关重要的作用。能源转型有可能缓解社会经济差距，尽管它也可能导致成本和收益的不公平分配。许多国家的住宅能源转型已经取得进展，但在不同人口群体的参与和第二住宅对整个家庭能源消费和排放的贡献方面仍然存在研究差距。我们采用了一种新颖的方法，整合多个数据源，计算芬兰家庭样本的住宅能源消耗和排放，包括那些来自第二套住房的家庭。然后采用回归分析来检验家庭和建筑特定因素对能源消耗和排放的影响。回归模型最初表明，收入与人均能源使用和排放之间存在正相关关系。然而，在考虑到建筑特征后，收入与人均能源消耗呈负相关。这些发现表明，中高收入家庭比低收入家庭更倾向于使用节能住宅。此外，虽然农村家庭的人均能源消费高于城市家庭，但排放量的差异不太明显。第二套住房显著增加了能源使用和排放。结果表明，某些人口群体和地区可能无法从住宅能源转型中受益，需要进一步研究不同群体的具体情况。未来旨在促进住宅能源转型的政策应优先支持低收入家庭，并纳入解决第二套住房能源消耗和排放问题的措施。

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Integrating energy justice and earth observation to examine the social dimensions of hydroelectric dams 整合能源正义与地球观测，检视水电大坝的社会层面

IF 7.4 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-26 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104521

Garima Gupta , Shubham Pawar , Chris Littleboy , Nils Bunnefeld , Jennifer Dickie , Isabel L. Jones

Hydropower is increasingly promoted as a cornerstone of global low-carbon energy transitions, yet the long-term social consequences of large dams remain inadequately understood. Existing assessments often focus on short-term displacement and overlook evolving socio-spatial harms that persist well beyond construction. This study addresses this gap by applying an interdisciplinary energy justice framework to the Tehri Dam in the Indian Himalaya nearly two decades after its commissioning. Drawing on semi-structured interviews and Earth Observation analysis, we examine how affected communities experience distributional, procedural, recognition, capabilities, and restorative injustices across space and time. The findings reveal that injustices extend far beyond physical relocation. Communities continue to face sustained livelihood loss, reduced access to health and education services, long-term isolation caused by disrupted connectivity, and heightened environmental risks such as land subsidence. These indirect and cumulative harms remain largely invisible in conventional impact assessments. By integrating spatial evidence with lived experiences, the study demonstrates how Earth Observation can uncover hidden and emerging inequalities associated with large-scale energy infrastructure. This research advances energy justice scholarship by foregrounding the spatial and temporal dimensions of hydropower impacts and by illustrating the value of mixed-methods approaches for sustainability research. The findings underscore the need for policy frameworks that recognize both material and non-material losses and support more equitable, community-centred energy transitions in vulnerable regions.

水电日益被推崇为全球低碳能源转型的基石，但大型水坝的长期社会后果仍未得到充分认识。现有的评估往往侧重于短期流离失所，而忽视了不断演变的社会空间危害，这些危害远远超出了建设的范围。本研究通过将跨学科的能源司法框架应用于印度喜马拉雅山脉的特赫里大坝，解决了这一差距，该大坝已投入使用近20年。利用半结构化访谈和地球观测分析，我们研究了受影响的社区如何在时空上经历分配、程序、识别、能力和恢复性的不公正。调查结果显示，不公平现象远远超出了实际搬迁。社区继续面临着持续的生计损失、获得卫生和教育服务的机会减少、因连通性中断而造成的长期孤立，以及地面沉降等环境风险加剧。这些间接和累积的危害在传统的影响评估中基本上是看不见的。通过将空间证据与生活经验相结合，该研究展示了地球观测如何揭示与大规模能源基础设施相关的隐藏和新出现的不平等。本研究通过突出水电影响的空间和时间维度，并通过说明混合方法在可持续性研究中的价值，推进了能源正义研究。研究结果强调，需要制定政策框架，承认物质和非物质损失，并支持脆弱地区更公平、以社区为中心的能源转型。

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Biofuel bottlenecks and synthetic fuels: Leveraging aviation for global climate action 生物燃料瓶颈和合成燃料：利用航空促进全球气候行动

IF 7.4 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104487

Rasmus Karlsson

Biogenic hydrocarbons occupy a central place in transition narratives across multiple sectors, from transport and energy to chemicals and consumer goods. Yet their inherent scarcity creates unavoidable dilemmas of prioritization. This article examines aviation as a case study of these dilemmas. While the industry has tied its hopes for decarbonization to biofuels, their large-scale use risks crowding out other sectors, undermining both climate and biodiversity goals. To guide policymakers, the article proposes three evaluative principles – global scalability, transformational leverage, and ability-to-pay – arguing that aviation is uniquely positioned to accelerate investment in synthetic electrofuels derived from carbon capture. Such fuels offer compatibility with existing infrastructure while simultaneously commercializing technologies that are essential for achieving net-negative emissions. By situating aviation within wider ethical and political debates, the article suggests that, with democratic steering, the sector could shift from climate villain to driver of globally meaningful climate action.

从运输和能源到化学品和消费品，生物碳氢化合物在多个行业的转型叙事中占据中心地位。然而，它们固有的稀缺性造成了不可避免的优先排序困境。本文以航空业为例研究这些困境。虽然该行业将脱碳的希望与生物燃料联系在一起，但大规模使用生物燃料可能会挤占其他行业，破坏气候和生物多样性的目标。为了指导政策制定者，本文提出了三个评估原则——全球可扩展性、转型杠杆和支付能力——并认为航空业在加速对碳捕获衍生的合成电燃料的投资方面具有独特的优势。这种燃料与现有基础设施兼容，同时使实现净负排放所必需的技术商业化。文章认为，通过将航空业置于更广泛的道德和政治辩论中，在民主的指导下，航空业可以从气候恶棍转变为有全球意义的气候行动的推动者。

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New directions for interconnector research: drawing from social sciences and humanities perspectives to explore the Celtic Interconnector 互联研究的新方向：从社会科学和人文科学的角度探索凯尔特互联

IF 7.4 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104473

Alexandra Revez , Evan Boyle , Anne Goarzin , Edmond Byrne , Jesse D. Peterson , Fionn Rogan , Claire Connolly , Aoife Deane , James Cuffe , Roman Le Goff Latimier , Caitríona Ó Dochartaigh , David Espes , Brian Ó Gallachóir

The current discourse on interconnectors primarily centers on the technical and economic aspects necessary for delivering a stable grid infrastructure powered by renewable sources and for integrating energy markets. This article, therefore, explores opportunities to broaden definitions of energy grid interconnectivity beyond the techno-economic sphere. It considers multidisciplinary perspectives and presents novel exploratory viewpoints from the social sciences and humanities. It examines ideas of interconnection by drawing on the Celtic Interconnector, an Irish-French initiative, to explore the cultural, historical, political, and geographical dimensions of interconnectivity. Insights are derived from two workshops with academics in Ireland and France, encouraging a more contextual understanding of energy interconnections beyond their physical and economic dimensions. The article builds on these insights to set out an agenda for future research and reflect on frames of reference for describing, analysing, and engaging with emerging interconnector processes and the multiple stakeholders involved.

目前关于互联的讨论主要集中在提供由可再生能源供电的稳定电网基础设施和整合能源市场所必需的技术和经济方面。因此，本文探讨了在技术经济领域之外扩大能源电网互联定义的机会。它考虑了多学科的观点，并从社会科学和人文科学提出了新颖的探索性观点。它通过借鉴爱尔兰-法国倡议的凯尔特互联（Celtic Interconnector）来探讨互联的文化、历史、政治和地理层面。这些见解来自于与爱尔兰和法国学者的两次研讨会，鼓励人们在物理和经济层面之外对能源互联进行更多的背景理解。本文建立在这些见解的基础上，为未来的研究制定了议程，并反思了描述、分析和参与新兴互连过程和涉及的多个利益相关者的参考框架。

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Beyond geopolitics: Social license and supply chain risks of critical minerals 超越地缘政治：关键矿产的社会许可和供应链风险

IF 7.4 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104490

Clement Sefa-Nyarko

This paper interrogates the concept of criticality in critical minerals, particularly as it pertains to the global supply chains essential for renewable energy and clean technologies. It begins by questioning whose interests define mineral criticality, noting that dominant perspectives (i.e., industry, state, and geopolitics) often marginalize sub-national concerns. A fourth dimension, the role of communities and the presence or absence of social license to operate, is widely studied in mining literature but rarely integrated into criticality assessments. Drawing on qualitative data and a case study of Ghana's emerging lithium sector, the paper reframes criticality to include sub-national social dynamics and offers a critical reflection on how social license functions as a risk factor in critical minerals governance. The findings reveal that delays in legal processes, exclusion from decision-making, and inadequate compensation disrupt livelihoods and heighten tensions in lithium-rich communities. These dynamics elevate the risk of social conflict, which in turn increases the cost of conflict for both state and companies. The paper argues that effective risk governance must embed principles of Free, Prior and Informed Consent, equitable beneficiation, and sustained community engagement. Social license to operate is not a static condition but a dynamic process that can be withdrawn, with significant implications for project timelines, reputational risk, investor confidence, and supply chains risks. As global competition intensifies over access to strategic minerals, the governance of mining sites in the Global South becomes important for supply chain assurance. The findings underscore the importance of integrating social dimensions into global criticality frameworks.

本文探讨了关键矿物的临界概念，特别是因为它涉及可再生能源和清洁技术必不可少的全球供应链。文章首先质疑谁的利益决定了矿产的重要性，并指出主导观点（即行业、国家和地缘政治）往往将次国家的关注边缘化。第四个方面，即社区的作用和有无社会经营许可证，在采矿文献中得到了广泛研究，但很少纳入临界评估。根据定性数据和加纳新兴锂行业的案例研究，本文重新定义了关键性，以包括次国家社会动态，并对社会许可如何在关键矿产治理中作为风险因素进行了批判性反思。调查结果显示，法律程序的延误、被排除在决策之外以及赔偿不足，破坏了锂资源丰富社区的生计，加剧了紧张局势。这些动态提高了社会冲突的风险，这反过来又增加了国家和公司的冲突成本。本文认为，有效的风险治理必须包含自由、事先和知情同意、公平受益和持续的社区参与等原则。社会运营许可不是一个静态条件，而是一个可以撤销的动态过程，这对项目时间表、声誉风险、投资者信心和供应链风险都有重大影响。随着全球对战略矿产的竞争加剧，对全球南方矿区的治理对供应链保障变得重要。研究结果强调了将社会层面纳入全球关键性框架的重要性。

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The contradiction of green extractivism: Analyzing the metals demands for a just energy transition in Europe 绿色开采主义的矛盾：分析欧洲能源转型的金属需求

IF 7.4 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-23 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104518

Valenttina Cardozo Useche , Francesca Poggi

The full decarbonization of Europe's energy matrix presents a contradiction: achieving it demands vast metal extraction, raising serious environmental and geopolitical concerns. This study critically evaluates the feasibility of a Just Energy Transition (JET) by analyzing the quantities and geographic locations of 19 key metals required for Europe's decarbonization across a set of defined scenarios. The methods applied were the generation of a database on the material intensity of renewable energy technologies, the cross-referencing of this database with the existing global mining capacities database of S&P Global, and their subsequent analysis through pluriversality design and redesign principles. The latter is used in this work as an epistemological framework that allows reading the results beyond the technocratic approach. The results reveal four major obstacles that hinder a JET: the preponderance of onshore wind and solar technologies, limited reserves for 10 of the 19 analyzed metals, persistent Global North-South asymmetries, and the concentration of critical deposits in specific vulnerable regions, as well as in commercial terms. These factors risk reinforcing neocolonial extractive patterns. The study concludes that it is necessary to consider the geopolitical and social, cultural and environmental implications of mining required by energy transition technologies to define scenarios aligned with a Just Energy Transition.

欧洲能源体系的全面脱碳带来了一个矛盾：实现这一目标需要大量的金属开采，引发了严重的环境和地缘政治担忧。本研究通过分析欧洲脱碳所需的19种关键金属的数量和地理位置，对公正能源转型（JET）的可行性进行了批判性评估。所采用的方法是建立一个关于可再生能源技术的材料强度的数据库，将这个数据库与S&；P global现有的全球采矿能力数据库相互参照，然后通过多元设计和重新设计原则进行分析。后者在这项工作中被用作认识论框架，允许阅读超越技术官僚方法的结果。结果揭示了阻碍JET的四个主要障碍：陆上风能和太阳能技术的优势，19种分析金属中的10种储量有限，全球南北持续不对称，关键矿床集中在特定的脆弱地区，以及商业条件。这些因素有可能强化新殖民主义的榨取模式。该研究的结论是，有必要考虑能源转型技术所需的采矿的地缘政治和社会、文化和环境影响，以确定与公正的能源转型相一致的情景。

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Designing effective demand response: A review of behavioral insights, consumer engagement, and operational strategies in energy systems 设计有效的需求响应：回顾能源系统中的行为洞察、消费者参与和运营策略

IF 7.4 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-03 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104474

Duc D. Vu , Akhtar Hussain , Duc-Minh Vu , Xiao Zhang , Van-Hai Bui

Demand response (DR) programs help electricity systems balance supply and demand by encouraging consumers to adjust their usage in response to price signals or incentives. As population growth, urbanization, and the electrification of transportation and industry continue to increase energy needs, flexible and effective DR programs have become increasingly important. However, consumer participation remains difficult to secure because individuals are influenced by a range of cognitive factors that shape how they perceive and respond to DR incentives. In this paper, we identify five broad categories of cognitive influences that systematically affect consumer decision-making in DR settings. For each category, we provide representative examples from DR programs and review the relevant literature. We then develop a conceptual framework linking consumer engagement, cognitive influences, and socioeconomic factors, and propose unified strategies for integrating behavioral interventions at each stage of the DR engagement process. These strategies aim not only to strengthen consumer participation but also to enhance the overall effectiveness of DR programs. By deepening our understanding of how behavioral factors shape consumer responses, this review offers actionable insights for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers seeking to design DR interventions that improve energy system performance while promoting efficiency and sustainable consumption habits.

需求响应（DR）计划通过鼓励消费者根据价格信号或激励措施调整其使用量，帮助电力系统平衡供需。随着人口增长、城市化以及交通和工业电气化不断增加能源需求，灵活有效的防灾规划变得越来越重要。然而，消费者的参与仍然难以确保，因为个人受到一系列认知因素的影响，这些因素影响了他们对DR激励的看法和反应。在本文中，我们确定了在DR设置中系统地影响消费者决策的五大类认知影响。对于每个类别，我们提供了DR项目的代表性例子，并回顾了相关文献。然后，我们开发了一个连接消费者参与、认知影响和社会经济因素的概念框架，并提出了在DR参与过程的每个阶段整合行为干预的统一策略。这些策略不仅旨在加强消费者的参与，而且还旨在提高DR计划的整体有效性。通过加深我们对行为因素如何影响消费者反应的理解，本综述为寻求设计DR干预措施的从业者、政策制定者和研究人员提供了可操作的见解，这些干预措施可以提高能源系统的性能，同时促进效率和可持续消费习惯。

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To build or not to build? Sustainability narratives between growth-oriented ‘eco-markets’ and regulative ‘sufficiency’ in Germany's heat transition 建还是不建？在德国的热转型中，以增长为导向的“生态市场”和监管的“充足性”之间的可持续性叙事

IF 7.4 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-08 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104527

Valentin Sagvosdkin , Lukas Bäuerle , Josephine Semb , Barbara Praetorius

Narratives play a significant role in shaping sustainability transitions. The amendment to the German Building Energy Act (Gebäudeenergiegesetz) in 2023, aiming at stricter emission regulations for heating appliances, provides a striking example: its original version was weakened following a strong counter-campaign led by conservative and right-wing political actors. In media debates, misinformation and populist narratives of ‘the people’ affected by the GEG and a ‘green elite’ were used to delegitimize the amendment. However, it remains unclear if affected stakeholders share these narratives and what their visions of sustainability in heating and housing transitions entail. We employed semi-structured interviews to gain insights from 23 expert practitioners across 6 key stakeholder groups affected by the GEG. Content and narrative analysis reveal that sustainability as such is not directly questioned. Instead, two distinct narratives emerge: First, a Sustainable Markets Narrative, predominantly promoted by entrepreneurial actors, emphasising the need for new construction, innovation through markets, eco-efficiency, and market-compatible policies. Second, a Sufficiency Narrative, predominantly supported by Non-Governmental Organisations and administrative actors, that relies on policy mixes, considers rethinking ownership structures, and prioritises the conversion of existing buildings over new construction. However, this narrative is much less common and lacks positive, guiding imaginaries. To position policy proposals on a spectrum from weak to strong sufficiency, we referenced the Energy Sufficiency Policy Database. We find consensus across stakeholders regarding weak approaches such as senior-friendly shared housing or energy consultancy. Regulatory policies like rent caps are absent, indicating a notable science-stakeholder gap regarding stronger sufficiency proposals.

叙事在塑造可持续转型方面发挥着重要作用。2023年修订的《德国建筑能源法》（Gebäudeenergiegesetz）提供了一个引人注目的例子：在保守派和右翼政治人物领导的强烈反对运动之后，其原始版本被削弱了。该法案旨在对供暖设备实施更严格的排放法规。在媒体辩论中，受GEG影响的“人民”和“绿色精英”的错误信息和民粹主义叙事被用来破坏修正案的合法性。然而，目前尚不清楚受影响的利益相关者是否同意这些说法，以及他们对供暖和住房转型的可持续性愿景意味着什么。我们采用半结构化访谈，从受GEG影响的6个关键利益相关者群体的23名专家从业者那里获得见解。内容和叙事分析表明，可持续性本身并没有受到直接质疑。相反，出现了两种截然不同的叙述：首先，可持续市场叙述，主要由企业家行动者推动，强调需要新的建设，通过市场创新，生态效率和市场相容的政策。其次，主要由非政府组织和行政行为体支持的“充足叙事”（充分性叙事）依赖于政策组合，考虑重新思考所有权结构，并优先考虑改造现有建筑，而不是新建建筑。然而，这种叙述并不常见，而且缺乏积极的、指导性的想象。为了将政策建议定位在从弱到强的范围内，我们参考了能源充足政策数据库。我们发现利益相关者对老年人友好的共享住房或能源咨询等弱方法达成共识。租金上限等监管政策的缺失，表明科学利益相关方在更强的充分性建议方面存在显著差距。

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The temporal evolution of resistance strategies during low-carbon transitions: Revealing the industry playbook of US, German, and Japanese automakers in the unfolding electric vehicle transition (1990–2025) 低碳转型中阻力策略的时间演化：揭示美国、德国和日本汽车制造商在电动汽车转型中的行业剧本（1990-2025）

IF 7.4 2区经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Energy Research & Social Science

Pub Date : 2026-01-01 Epub Date: 2025-12-16 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104492

Frank W. Geels , Karen Smith Stegen , Gregory Trencher , Peter Wells

Building on research into the types of resistance strategies employed by incumbent firms (including framing, lobbying, organised pressure, and litigation), this article investigates the temporal development of these strategies during low-carbon transitions. Rather than understanding resistance as a temporary phenomenon in early transition stages, we conceptualise it as a dimension recurring over multiple phases. We develop an ideal-type framework of changes in the type and focus of resistance strategies during five phases of low-carbon reorientation, thereby identifying the industry playbook. We apply this framework to three case studies of incumbent automakers in the United States, Germany, and Japan, which since the 1990s have used multiple resistance strategies while reorienting towards battery electric vehicles (BEVs). We find that US automakers resisted strongly from the early 1990s, that German automakers gradually increased their resistance strategies over time, and that Japanese automakers hardly resisted in early phases (because of their reorientation towards hybrid electric vehicles) but strongly resisted BEVs in later phases. We further find that US automakers used more overt confrontational strategies, while Japanese and German automakers relied on less visible lobbying and consultation tactics. Automakers used resistance strategies throughout the entire case study duration but shifted focus in the last period from opposing the direction of travel towards resisting the speed of change. Although automakers are now significantly reorienting towards BEVs, they continue to use resistance strategies. We explain this paradox by suggesting that automakers play multi-dimensional chess, in which they reorient in some dimensions while resisting in others.

在对现有企业采用的抵抗策略类型（包括框架、游说、有组织的压力和诉讼）的研究基础上，本文研究了这些策略在低碳转型期间的时间发展。我们不是将阻力理解为早期过渡阶段的暂时现象，而是将其概念化为多个阶段中反复出现的维度。在低碳再定位的五个阶段，我们开发了一种理想类型的变化框架，包括抵抗策略的类型和重点，从而确定行业剧本。我们将这一框架应用于美国、德国和日本的三个现有汽车制造商的案例研究，这些汽车制造商自20世纪90年代以来在转向纯电动汽车（bev）的同时使用了多种抵抗策略。我们发现，美国汽车制造商从20世纪90年代初开始强烈抵制，德国汽车制造商随着时间的推移逐渐增加了抵制策略，日本汽车制造商在早期几乎没有抵制（因为他们重新定位于混合动力电动汽车），但在后期强烈抵制纯电动汽车。我们进一步发现，美国汽车制造商使用了更多公开的对抗策略，而日本和德国汽车制造商则依赖于不那么明显的游说和咨询策略。在整个案例研究期间，汽车制造商都在使用抵制策略，但在最后一段时间内，他们将重点从反对发展方向转向抵制变化的速度。尽管汽车制造商现在正在大力转向纯电动汽车，但他们仍在使用抵制策略。我们通过建议汽车制造商玩多维国际象棋来解释这一悖论，他们在某些方面重新定位，而在其他方面进行抵抗。

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