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A transition support system to build decarbonization scenarios in the academic community

Jérémie Klein
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Marceau Challet
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Serge Janicot
Miriam Candelas
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Geraldine Sarret
Pascal Bellemain
Odin Marc
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Cédric-Stéphane Bationo
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Liselotte Tinel
Emmanuel Mignot
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Nathalie Philippon
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Alain Dezetter
Alexandre Caron
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Aurélie Verney-Carron
Anne Delaballe
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Nelly Bardet
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Florence Nozay-Maurice
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Anne-Sophie Loison
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Franck Delbart
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Sandrine Anquetin
Françoise Immel
Christophe Baehr
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Laurence Delattre
Elodie Petitdidier
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Florence Michau
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Nicolas Bijon
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Sébastien Pinel
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Océane Biabiany
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Cathy Grevesse
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Anne Biarnès
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Charlotte Récapet
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Morgane Costes-Thiré
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Mariline Poupaud
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Maialen Barret
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Marie Bonnin
Virginie Mournetas
Bernard Tourancheau
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Bertrand Goldman
Marie Paule Bonnet
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Isabelle Michaud Soret
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A growing portion of scientists realises the need to not only alert about climate change, but also change their professional practices. A range of tools have emerged to promote more sustainable activities, yet many scientists struggle to go beyond simple awareness-raising to create concrete transition actions. Here we propose a game-based transition support system MaTerre180’ , which has been designed to build scenarios of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions in the academic community. After providing a common scientific background about the context (global warming issue, its causes and consequences) and setting up a challenge (50% reduction of carbon budget by 2030), the participants belonging to the academic community and its governance bodies immerse themselves into fictional characters, to simulate the behaviour of real research groups. The game has been deployed during the year 2021, with six hundred participants from nine countries and 50 cities. Results explore clear pathways for GHG reductions between 25 and 60%, and a median reduction of 46%. The alternatives allowing the greatest reduction are video communication tools (36%), followed by mutualization of professional activities and voluntary cancellation or reduction, that represent 22 and 14% of reduction, respectively. The remaining 28% of reduction consists of transport alternative, relocation of professional activities, extended duration of some travels, etc. In addition, the analyses pointed out the importance of the guided negotiation phase to bring out some alternatives such as relocation, local partners and computing optimization. An added value of this transition support system is that the information it collects (anonymously) will be used to answer pressing research questions in climate change science and environmental psychology regarding the use of serious games for promoting changes in attitudes and behaviours towards sustainability, and including broader questions on how network structures influence “climate behaviour”, knowledge and the governance of the commons. Modestly, MaTerre180’ offers an innovative game-based transition support system to build scenarios of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions in the academic community. It is not simply a question of moving tokens on a virtual gameboard and a playful adjustment of practices, but rather a question of brainstorming about possible and desirable ways of remodelling research and teaching communities and embracing a new paradigm. After tens of workshops, our results show clear pathways for reaching up to 50% GHG reductions and stress the importance of guided negotiations to bring out alternatives to carbonized activities. This first attempt reinforces our belief that scientific engagement is at the heart of the international development agenda and a key approach to tear down the institutional barriers that inhibit the transformation needed to achieve a more sustainable society.
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hal-04126329 , version 1 (15-06-2023)

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Nicolas Gratiot, Jérémie Klein, Marceau Challet, Olivier Dangles, Serge Janicot, et al.. A transition support system to build decarbonization scenarios in the academic community. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation, 2023, 2 (4), pp.e0000049. ⟨10.1371/journal.pstr.0000049⟩. ⟨hal-04126329⟩
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