Beyond cockpit-ism: Four insights to enhance the transformative potential of the sustainable development goals

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1651-1660

  Hajer, Maarten ^a,b   Nilsson, Måns ^c,d   Raworth, Kate ^e   Bakker, Peter ^f   Berkhout, Frans ^g   de Boer, Yvo ^h   Rockström, Johan ⁱ   Ludwig, Kathrin ^a   Kok, Marcel ^a  

^a PBL NETHERLANDS ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c STOCKHOLM ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f World Business Council for Sustainable Development   (Switzerland)

^g C/o International Council for Science ^*  (France)

^h Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI)   (South Korea)

ⁱ STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agents of change; Cockpit ism; Energetic society; Planetary boundaries; Post 2015 agenda; Safe and just operating space; Sustainable development goals

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84923148784     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su7021651     Document Type: Article

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