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==== 2.5.2.2 Reasons Why Transitions Will Occur at Historical Rates of Change ====

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Recent work has also reasserted previous claims that the speed of a low-carbon transition will follow historical patterns ( ''low confidence'' ). Broad transitions involve technological complexity, time-consuming technological development, risk-averse adopters, high upfront costs, and low immediate individual adoption benefits, attributes that are not all present in the examples of rapid change described above ( [[#Grubler--2016|Grubler et al. 2016]] ). Additional factors that slow transitions include: the need for the transition to occur globally, thus requiring nations with unequal economic resources and development circumstances to engage in near-universal participation; slow progress in recent decades; intermittence of renewables, and the time involved in building supporting infrastructure ( [[#Smil--2016|Smil 2016]] ); difficulty in decarbonising transportation and industry ( [[#Rissman--2020|Rissman et al. 2020]] ); and material resource constraints ( [[#Davidsson--2014|Davidsson et al. 2014]] ).

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