Legitimating the governance of embodied emissions as a building block for sustainable energy transitions
Nino David Jordan, Raimund Bleischwitz
Abstract
• Presents important developments in governance of embodied emissions. • Empirical analysis of building industry as vanguard of embodied emissions governance. • Connects developments in building industry to potential breakthroughs in global climate governance. • Proposes legitimising dimensions crucial to governance of embodied emissions.
Topics & Concepts
Embodied cognitionCorporate governanceVanguardEmbodied energyBusinessSustainabilitySustainable energyBlock (permutation group theory)Political scienceArchitectural engineeringEnvironmental planningEnvironmental resource managementEngineeringEconomicsEnvironmental scienceEcologyGeographyComputer scienceRenewable energyFinanceGeometryArchaeologyArtificial intelligenceMathematicsElectrical engineeringBiologySustainability and Climate Change GovernanceClimate Change Policy and EconomicsSocial Acceptance of Renewable Energy