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==== 4.3.1.3 Expanding the Range of Policies and Other Mitigative Options ====

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Shifting development pathways aims to influence the ultimate drivers of emissions (and development generally), such as the systemic and cultural determinants of consumption patterns, the political systems and power structures that govern decision-making, the institutions and incentives that guide and constrain socio-technical innovation, and the norms and information platforms that shape knowledge and discourse, and culture, values and needs ( [[#Raskin--2002|Raskin et al. 2002]] ). These ultimate drivers determine the mitigative capacity of a society.

Decision-makers might usefully consider a broader palette of policies and measures as part of an overall strategy to meet climate goals and other sustainable development goals ( [[#4.3.2|Section 4.3.2]] and Table 4.12). This is consistent with the fact that mitigation is increasingly understood to be inseparable from broader developmental goals, which can be facilitated by policy coherence and integration with broader objectives and policies sectorally and societally. This is supported by other observations that mitigation measures based on conventional climate policy instruments, such as emissions taxes or permits, price incentives such as feed-in tariffs for low-carbon electricity generation, and fuel economy standards, and building codes, which aim to influence the proximate drivers of emissions alone will not achieve the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement ( [[#Méjean--2015|Méjean et al. 2015]] ; [[#Rogelj--2016|Rogelj et al. 2016]] ; [[#IPCC--2018a|IPCC 2018a]] ; UNEP 2018). An approach of shifting development pathways to increased sustainability (SDPS) broadens the scope for mitigation.

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