The following chapter illustrates, on the basis of empirical research results from the IASS and the Kopernikus project ENavi, that people in Germany support the energy transition, but consider its implementation to be socially unjust and not targeted enough.
The transport transition is a socio-technical transformation process that cannot succeed without the acceptance of the population. Conceptually, three levels of acceptance can be distinguished: (i) tolerance, (ii) positive attitude and (iii) active engagement (Renn 2013).
Connectedness to nature is considered an important predictor of environmentally conscious behaviour. Adolescents represent an important target group in education for sustainable development. In this study, a youth version in German of the Connectedness to Nature Scale (CNS; Mayer & Frantz, 2004) was developed and validated.
Air pollution remains a problem in German cities. In particular, the nitrogen dioxide (NO2) annual limit-value set by the European Union of 40 µg/m3 was not met at ~40% of roadside monitoring stations across German cities in 2018. In response to this issue, many cities are experimenting with various traffic-reducing measures targeting diesel passenger vehicles so as to reduce emissions of NO2 and improve air quality. Identifying the determinants of public acceptance for these measures using a systematic approach can help inform policy-makers in other German cities.
This paper presents different visions of the energy transition by first outlining the most important individual decisions on the path to the goals of the energy transition.
In 2019, Brandenburg faces major challenges and important decisions. The Policy Brief contains recommendations for structural change and mobility to policy makers.
How will people move in the future? Which drive technologies will prevail? And what role will the future gas station play?
Urban mobility is the main source of air pollution in Europe and accounts for 25% of greenhouse gas emissions. In order to address this, a range of interventions and policies are being implemented across major European cities and studies in sustainable urban transport have proliferated. One such mitigation strategy involves redesigning urban form through 'hard' traffic policies, with a view of decreasing emission levels and therefore mitigating the effects of air pollution and climate change.
From February 6 to 8, 2019, Leuphana University of Lüneburg hosted the first ever Leverage Pointsconference on sustainability research and transformation. On behalf of the whole Leverage Pointsproject team from Leuphana University, members of the team take stock with colleagues from the Bridging the Great Divideproject from Leuphana University, and the NaWis network.
The current paper summarises the status and evolving trend in cargo-bikesharing by analysing five essential aspects of current cargo-bikesharing schemes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.