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Area of Science:

  • Sustainability Science
  • Societal Transformation Studies
  • Policy Analysis

Background:

  • Growing emphasis on deliberate societal transformation to meet 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement goals.
  • Uncertainty persists regarding the governance and mechanisms for achieving profound systemic change.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze how transformative changes are encouraged and achieved, focusing on the 'how,' 'where,' and 'when.'
  • To explore critical drivers and their relationship with leverage points within societal systems.
  • To identify key features for guiding deliberate transformations.

Main Methods:

  • Comprehensive sense-making analysis of diverse data sources.
  • Inclusion of scholarly literature, policy documents (e.g., Paris Agreement contributions, SDG progress reviews), international media, and global focus group discussions.
  • Examination of variations in driver interpretation across different contexts.

Main Results:

  • Four driver categories are crucial for international transformation efforts: technological innovations, political economy redistribution, new narratives, and transformative learning.
  • Societal transformations are influenced by diverse social, cultural, and political contexts, presenting goal conflicts and trade-offs.
  • Variations in how drivers are understood across different data sources were observed.

Conclusions:

  • Understanding the function of drivers, contextual factors, intervention points, and temporal critical junctions is vital for governing transformations.
  • Deliberate transformations require careful consideration of driver interactions within complex societal systems.
  • Effective governance of systemic change necessitates a nuanced approach to drivers and their contextual application.