Post Carbon Pathways: Reviewing post carbon economy trasition strategies

This report provides a concise overview of the key goals and priorities of eighteen of the most promising and innovative large-scale post carbon economy transition plans and strategies, from both government and non-government sources. The report is the first stage in an ongoing Post Carbon Pathways project, which aims to strengthen understanding of ways to overcome barriers to the rapid implementation of large-scale post carbon economy transition strategies.

This report focuses particularly on large-scale post carbon economy transition plans and strategies, which are defined, for the purposes of this report, as  ‘documents which identify one or more integrated, plausible pathways for achieving dramatic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, within a national or supra-national jurisdiction’. 

Although this report has focused on large-scale, integrated strategies, the authors are conscious that there are also a wide variety of innovative and influential post carbon transition strategies that are being developed and implemented at local and regional levels, as well as in specific metropolitan contexts. While they are beyond the scope of this report, they should be the subject of further comparative research and analysis.