Sustainable Mobility in an Ecological Economics Perspective - some problems with relating sustainable development to transport.

I artiklen diskuteres hvordan begrebet bæredygtig udvikling kan gøres operationelt i forhold til transport. Udgangspunktet tages i forskningsretningen økologisk økonomi, som har opstillet en række principper og kriterier for bæredygtighed. Det vises at transportudviklingen pt er i konflikt med de fleste af disse principper. Der er dog behov for at opstille mere konkrete kriterier og indikatorer. EU-Kommssionen har lanceret begrebet "bæredygtig mobilitet" som policy målsætning. Begrebet kritiseres for at være upræcist, blandt andet fordi det ikke hviler på nærmere overvejelser om sådanne principper, kriterier og indikatorer. Begrebet synes også at tage mobilitet og transportvækst som givet

Toward a method for assessing the energy impacts of telecommuting based on time-use data

Most telecommuting (TC) studies focus on travel impacts and do not consider changes in time spent on non-travel activities (e.g. ‘leisure’) and the energy impacts of these changes. We demonstrate a time-use approach to assess interrelations between changes in commuting time and time spent on travel and non-travel activities and associated energy impacts. Time-use data analysis shows that spending less time on commuting is associated with more time spent on ‘sleep’, ‘leisure’, ‘personal, household and family care’, ‘private travel’ and ‘eating and drinking’. Substituting car commuting with ‘sleep’, ‘eating and drinking’, common ‘leisure’ and ‘personal, household and family care’ activities is likely to reduce energy requirements as these are associated with less energy requirements than car commuting. This is different for ‘private travel’, ‘meal preparation at home’, and energy-intensive or out-of-home ‘leisure’ activities, which are associated with relatively high energy requirements. The commute modal split is a key variable in energy impacts of TC, because transport modes differ in their energy requirements. While car commuters can realize high energy savings through TC, for people who usually bike or walk to work, direct energy savings through reduced commuting are zero. Thus, any additional energy impact due to substitute activities, increases net direct energy requirements. Future research should further investigate the relationship between TC and time spent on (non-)travel activities and the marginal energy requirements of these activities. If so, the time-use approach can become key for assessing energy impacts of TC and other applications which impact individual time allocation

Bärkraftig transportframtid - ett svenskt perspektiv

Fördraget är en sammanfattning av rapporten "Färder i framtiden - Transporter i ett bärkraftigt samhälle". Hur kan ett bärkraftigt transportsystem för Sverigese ut? Studien har angripit denna fråga genom att formulera en framtidsbild (med varianter) av transport i ett framtida samhälle som uppfyller krav som ställs av "sustainable development". Tidsperspektivet är 40 - 50 år, cirka år 2040.växhuseffekten har antagits innebära att koldioxidutsläppen från fossila bränslen, räknat per capita, måste reduceras med mellan 80 - 100%. Detta leder till att transportsektorns energibehov behöver minskas till hälften respektive en tredjedel. I alternativet där transportsektorn drivs med en tredjedel av dagens energianvändning antages enbart förnybara energislag användas. Ny transportteknik analyseras och den kan väsentligt reducera energianvändningen per personkilometer respektive godskilometer. Därför analyseras även drivkrafterna bakom transporternas utveckling. Ett strategiskt val identifieras: Mycket av dagens resande utgöres av strukturellt tvungna resor (till och från arbete, för inköp, service etc). Dessa kan rduceras avsevärt genom samhällsplaneringsåtgärder och användande av IT. Sker detta kan ett ökat utrymme för önskat resande skapas, dvs olika former av fritidsresande

Digital Reset: Redirecting Technologies for the Deep Sustainability Transformation

Governments worldwide hope that digital technologies can provide key solutions. Yet this report shows that digitalisation, in its current and mainstream form, is rather aggravating than solving many of the pressing social and environmental crises at hand. What is needed instead is a deep sustainability transformation that fundamentally reorganises the economy and all its sectors - agriculture, mobility, energy, buildings, industry, and consumption. The Report »Digital Reset« shows how digital technologies can support the quest for such a deep sustainability transformation. The report provides a blueprint for the European Union on how to reconceptualise digitalisation so that it first and foremost contributes to achieving carbon neutrality, resource autonomy and economic resilience while supporting equity and fully respecting citizen's rights and privacy. The report is the outcome of a two-year international science-policy dialogue, »Digitalization for Sustainability« (D4S), and presents an up-to-date comprehensive analysis of opportunities, risks and governance options regarding digitalization and sustainability

Pathways from research to sustainable development: insights from ten research projects in sustainability and resilience

Drawing on collective experience from ten collaborative research projects focused on the Global South, we identify three major challenges that impede the translation of research on sustainability and resilience into better-informed choices by individuals and policy-makers that in turn can support transformation to a sustainable future. The three challenges comprise: (i) converting knowledge produced during research projects into successful knowledge application; (ii) scaling up knowledge in time when research projects are short-term and potential impacts are long-term; and (iii) scaling up knowledge across space, from local research sites to larger-scale or even global impact. Some potential pathways for funding agencies to overcome these challenges include providing targeted prolonged funding for dissemination and outreach, and facilitating collaboration and coordination across different sites, research teams, and partner organizations. By systematically documenting these challenges, we hope to pave the way for further innovations in the research cycle