Challenges in the acceleration of sustainability transitions
Sustainability transitions in energy, transport or agro-food systems are needed to tackle grand sustainability challenges. Due to the urgency of these challenges, transitions need to accelerate and widen in scope, which, in some cases, is already happening. This shift in gear, however, comes with a series of 'acceleration challenges', including whole systems change, multi-system interaction, decline and resistance, consumption and lifestyles, and governance. Using insights from the new research field of transition studies, this perspective paper deepens the understanding of these acceleration challenges.