Net Zero in the Maelstrom: Professional Practice for Net Zero in a Time of Turbulent Change

Peter W. G. Newman ()
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Peter W. G. Newman: Sustainability Policy Institute, School of Design and the Built Environment, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University, Perth, WA 6102, Australia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 6, 1-19

Abstract: The net zero transition is examined as a process of technical change that has rapidly accelerated and now faces social, economic and political transformations that can enable this rapid transition. The illustration of a maelstrom, with barrels that can enable survival, is used to show that professional practice during the turbulent period of change needs new net zero standards reflected in new processes and regulations for business accounting, energy, urban and transport planning, as well as new approaches for the just transition and Indigenous/local engagement. Australian examples are provided to show the beginning of such a maelstrom process to illustrate the significance of this agenda in 2023.

Keywords: net zero; transition; professional practice; urban planning; energy planning; transport planning (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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