Ecological transformation consists of radically **changing the modes of production and consumption**, to put ecology at the heart of every process and every evaluation.

The objective of this Veolia Institute Review is to better understand **the notion of ecological transformation** throughout the world, to clarify the issues at stake and to identify the conditions for accelerating a virtuous transformation process.

### Discover:

- [Foreword](https://www.institut.veolia.org/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/document/2022/11/The%20Veolia%20Institute%20Review%20-%20Ecological%20Transformation%20-%20Foreword.pdf) by Harvey V. Fineberg, Member of the Foresight Committee of the Veolia Institute
- [Introduction](https://www.institut.veolia.org/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/document/2022/11/The%20Veolia%20Institute%20Review%20-%20Ecological%20Transformation%20-%20Introduction.pdf) by Nicolas Renard, Executive Director, Veolia Institute

[Read the full pdf of the magazine](https://www.institut.veolia.org/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/document/2022/11/Veolia_FACTS_TRANSFORMATION_ECO_GB_Web_Interactif_HD.pdf)

 
  [  ![](/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/styles/default/public/image/2023/10/Transformation_Ecologiquefactsreports_ENG%20%284%29.jpg.webp?itok=bkUwAmIZ)  ](https://www.institut.veolia.org/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/document/2022/11/Veolia_FACTS_TRANSFORMATION_ECO_GB_Web_Interactif_HD.pdf)  


### 1. Understanding and reconciling the issues


Most people now recognize the urgent need to take action to meet the challenge of the climate emergency: 64% of those taking part in the largest ever survey of public opinion on the climate emergency (50 countries, 1.2 million responses) believe climate change is an emergency\*.

*\*People’s Climate Vote, UNDP, 2021.*

&gt; [Reed the introduction](https://www.institut.veolia.org/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/document/2022/11/05%20Understanding%20and%20reconciling%20the%20issues%20INTRO.pdf).


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 ](/en/ecological-transition-ecological-transformation-consensus-and-fault-lines "From ecological transition to ecological transformation: consensus and fault lines") 

 Understanding 

 [From ecological transition to ecological transformation: consensus and fault lines](/en/ecological-transition-ecological-transformation-consensus-and-fault-lines "From ecological transition to ecological transformation: consensus and fault lines") 

 Iris Levy, Mathilde Martin-Moreau, David Ménascé  
 Archipel&amp;Co 

 
 [Read](/en/ecological-transition-ecological-transformation-consensus-and-fault-lines "Read") 


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 ](/en/environmentalism-and-criticism-mechanical-modernity "Environmentalism and criticism of mechanical modernity") 

 Understanding 

 [Environmentalism and criticism of mechanical modernity](/en/environmentalism-and-criticism-mechanical-modernity "Environmentalism and criticism of mechanical modernity") 

 Dominique Bourg  
 Lausanne University 

 
 [Read](/en/environmentalism-and-criticism-mechanical-modernity "Read") 


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 ](/en/geopolitics-and-green-transition-new-balances-new-challenges "Geopolitics and green transition: new balances, new challenges") 

 Understanding 

 [Geopolitics and green transition: new balances, new challenges](/en/geopolitics-and-green-transition-new-balances-new-challenges "Geopolitics and green transition: new balances, new challenges") 

 Sébastien Treyer  
 Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) 

 
 [Read](/en/geopolitics-and-green-transition-new-balances-new-challenges "Read") 


 [   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/styles/content_push_teaser/public/image/2022/11/shutterstock_698172910.jpg.webp?itok=e9AkdKWS)   


 ](/en/going-circular-just "Is going circular just?") 

 Understanding 

 [Is going circular just?](/en/going-circular-just "Is going circular just?") 

 Dr. Patrick Schroeder  
 Dr. Jack Barrie  
 Chatham House 

 
 [Read](/en/going-circular-just "Read") 


 [   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/styles/content_push_teaser/public/image/2022/11/26%20Who%E2%80%99ll%20pay%20to%20save%20the%20planet_Page_1.jpg.webp?h=f825f8bf&itok=ThHnkno3)   


 ](/en/wholl-pay-save-planet "Who’ll pay to save the planet?") 

 Understanding 

 [Who’ll pay to save the planet?](/en/wholl-pay-save-planet "Who’ll pay to save the planet?") 

 Pascale Taminiaux  
 King Baudouin Foundation 

 
 [Read](/en/wholl-pay-save-planet "Read") 


 [   ![](/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/styles/content_push_teaser/public/image/2022/08/shutterstock_2112222170.jpg.webp?itok=Xx_s6UX-)   


 ](/en/role-climate-technologies-green-transition-pathways "The role of climate technologies in green transition pathways") 

 Understanding 

 [The role of climate technologies in green transition pathways](/en/role-climate-technologies-green-transition-pathways "The role of climate technologies in green transition pathways") 

 Sara Trærup  
 UNEP-Copenhagen  
 Climate Center 

 
 [Read](/en/role-climate-technologies-green-transition-pathways "Read") 


### 2. Reinventing our modes of production and organization


While there is increasing unanimity about the diagnosis, the same cannot be said for the question of how to implement ecological transformation. The debate is intense between those who maintain that it is possible to sever the link between increasing GDP and greenhouse gas emissions, and those who refuse a view they judge unrealistic and likely to keep us prisoner of present-day models.

&gt; [Read the introduction](https://www.institut.veolia.org/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/document/2022/11/33%20Reinventing%20our%20modes%20of%20production%20and%20organization%20-%20intro.pdf).


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 ](/en/business-and-planetary-boundaries-which-models-tomorrow "Business and planetary boundaries: which models for tomorrow?") 

 Reinventing 

 [Business and planetary boundaries: which models for tomorrow?](/en/business-and-planetary-boundaries-which-models-tomorrow "Business and planetary boundaries: which models for tomorrow?") 

 Fabrice Bonnifet  
 Bouygues Group 

 
 [Read](/en/business-and-planetary-boundaries-which-models-tomorrow "Read") 


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 ](/en/toward-just-green-economy-transition "Toward a just green economy transition") 

 Reinventing 

 [Toward a just green economy transition](/en/toward-just-green-economy-transition "Toward a just green economy transition") 

 Sangji Lee  
 UNDP 

 
 [Read](/en/toward-just-green-economy-transition "Read") 


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 ](/en/making-low-carbon-energy-available-247 "Making low carbon energy available 24/7") 

 Reinventing 

 [Making low carbon energy available 24/7](/en/making-low-carbon-energy-available-247 "Making low carbon energy available 24/7") 

 Maud Texier  
 Google 

 
 [Read](/en/making-low-carbon-energy-available-247 "Read") 


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 ](/en/cities-forefront-sustainable-transformation "Cities, at the forefront of sustainable transformation") 

 Reinventing 

 [Cities, at the forefront of sustainable transformation](/en/cities-forefront-sustainable-transformation "Cities, at the forefront of sustainable transformation") 

 Ilan Cuperstein  
 C40 Deputy Regional Director for Latin America 

 
 [Read](/en/cities-forefront-sustainable-transformation "Read") 


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 ](/en/low-tech-city-first-attempt "The low-tech city a first attempt") 

 Reinventing 

 [The low-tech city a first attempt](/en/low-tech-city-first-attempt "The low-tech city a first attempt") 

 Pauline Detavernier  
 Nils Le Bot  
 AREP 

 
 [Read](/en/low-tech-city-first-attempt "Read") 


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 ](/en/one-health-ecosystembased-ecology-health "One health: an ecosystem-based ecology of health") 

 Reinventing 

 [One health: an ecosystem-based ecology of health](/en/one-health-ecosystembased-ecology-health "One health: an ecosystem-based ecology of health") 

 Serge Morand  
 CNRS-Cirad 

 
 [Read](/en/one-health-ecosystembased-ecology-health "Read") 


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 ](/en/transitioning-chemical-market "Transitioning the chemical market") 

 Reinventing 

 [Transitioning the chemical market](/en/transitioning-chemical-market "Transitioning the chemical market") 

 Anna Lennquist  
 ChemSec 

 
 [Read](/en/transitioning-chemical-market "Read") 


### 3. Accelerating our actions


Our societies’ reactions to environmental challenges appear ambivalent, characterized as much by a form of resistance and denial, as by proactive movements to embrace change. Reflecting the varying forms and timescales of these changes, green solutions tend to be heterogenous and unevenly taken up from continent to continent. There appear to be several keys to embedding them durably, and to switching from sector-led approaches to the sweeping transformation demanded by the systemic nature of the climate emergency.

&gt; [Read the introduction](https://www.institut.veolia.org/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/document/2022/11/69%20Accelerating%20our%20actions.pdf).


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 ](/en/governance-toward-broader-vision-business "Governance: toward a broader vision of business") 

 Accelerating 

 [Governance: toward a broader vision of business](/en/governance-toward-broader-vision-business "Governance: toward a broader vision of business") 

 Laurent Obadia  
 Veolia 

 
 [Read](/en/governance-toward-broader-vision-business "Read") 


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 ](/en/why-valuing-nature-can-make-difference "Why valuing nature can make a difference") 

 Accelerating 

 [Why valuing nature can make a difference](/en/why-valuing-nature-can-make-difference "Why valuing nature can make a difference") 

 Written based on an interview with Mark Gough  
 CEO of the Capitals Coalition 

 
 [Read](/en/why-valuing-nature-can-make-difference "Read") 


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 ](/en/catalyzing-climate-finance-support-low-carbon-transition "Catalyzing climate finance to support a low-carbon transition") 

 Accelerating 

 [Catalyzing climate finance to support a low-carbon transition](/en/catalyzing-climate-finance-support-low-carbon-transition "Catalyzing climate finance to support a low-carbon transition") 

 Priscilla Negreiros  
 Climate Policy Initiative 

 
 [Read](/en/catalyzing-climate-finance-support-low-carbon-transition "Read") 


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 ](/en/role-european-union-policies-accelerating-green-transition "The role of European Union policies in accelerating the green transition") 

 Accelerating 

 [The role of European Union policies in accelerating the green transition](/en/role-european-union-policies-accelerating-green-transition "The role of European Union policies in accelerating the green transition") 

 Annika Hedberg  
 Stefan Šipka  
 European Policy Centre 

 
 [Read](/en/role-european-union-policies-accelerating-green-transition "Read") 


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 ](/en/strengths-and-limits-behaviour-change-foster-green-transition "Strengths and limits of behaviour change to foster the green transition") 

 Accelerating 

 [Strengths and limits of behaviour change to foster the green transition](/en/strengths-and-limits-behaviour-change-foster-green-transition "Strengths and limits of behaviour change to foster the green transition") 

 Liam Smith  
 BehaviourWorks Australia (BWA) 

 
 [Read](/en/strengths-and-limits-behaviour-change-foster-green-transition "Read") 


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 ](/en/accelerating-transformation-through-placed-based-learning "Accelerating transformation through placed-based learning") 

 Accelerating 

 [Accelerating transformation through placed-based learning](/en/accelerating-transformation-through-placed-based-learning "Accelerating transformation through placed-based learning") 

 Vanessa von der Heyde, Sustainability Institute  
 Jeremy Doyle, Stellenbosch University 

 
 [Read](/en/accelerating-transformation-through-placed-based-learning "Read") 


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 ](/en/ecologies-change-how-art-explores-pathways-just-transition "Ecologies of change - How art explores the pathways for a just transition") 

 Accelerating 

 [Ecologies of change - How art explores the pathways for a just transition](/en/ecologies-change-how-art-explores-pathways-just-transition "Ecologies of change - How art explores the pathways for a just transition") 

 Arie Lengkeek  
 Carolina Mano Marques  
 Art Climate Transition 

 
 [Read](/en/ecologies-change-how-art-explores-pathways-just-transition "Read") 


*This new issue was produced in partnership with the innovation and impact entrepreneurship agency Archipel&amp;Co.*