WP2 will review the latest and most relevant research analysing systemic changes regarding psychosocial processes and cultural factors – e.g. public opinion and values, engagement and responses to decarbonisation processes, intergroup conflict and cooperation – in the emergence of Social-Ecological Tipping Points (SETPs) and their effects on Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions (CCIRs). The goal is to identify key factors and trends, and select a set of key indicators (qualitative and/or quantitative) from Environmental and Social Psychology and Anthropology, needed to understand SETPs in regional social-ecological systems. Through at least one case study WP2 will illustrate the relevance of the selected social psychology and anthropology dimensions and indicators, to understand cumulative processes, capacities and community forces in CCIRs that lead to positive or negative tipping points in regional and community energy transitions.

WP3 will review the latest and most relevant research analysing policy interventions in transitions and (regional) crises, so as to be able to better analyse interventions and their effect in the emergence of Social-Ecological Tipping Points (SETPs) in Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions (CCIRs). The goal is to identify key factors and define a set of Public Policy indicators (qualitative and/or quantitative) as one of four parts of an overarching analytical framework. Through at least one case study, WP3 will illustrate the relevance of the selected indicator set, to understand policies, events, societal, economic and political capacities, and socio-structural forces in CCIRs that lead to positive or negative tipping points in regional energy transitions.

WP4 will review the latest and most relevant research analysing systemic changes in economic and resource systems and their effect in the emergence of Social-Ecological Tipping Points (SETPs) in Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions (CCIRs). The goal is to identify key factors and trends, and to define key indicators (qualitative and/or quantitative) from studies needed to understand SETPs in regional social-ecological systems. Through at least one case study, WP4 will illustrate the relevance of the selected economic dimensions, to understand cumulative processes, capacities and socio-structural forces in CCIRs that lead to positive or negative tipping points in regional energy transitions.

WP5 will define, characterise and create a regional energy systems' typology as a means of identifying and analysing the emergence of Social-Ecological Tipping Points (SETPs) in Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions (CCIRs), based on the empirical case studies' insights. WP5 will design guidelines based on integrating the factors and indicators  of WPs 1-4, for identifying SETPs in CCIRs. These guidelines will be used in the TIPPPING⁺ regional case studies. The goal is to co-develop socially acceptable regional visions and goals up to 2030 and win-win transformation strategies for CCIRs. In addition, WP5 will devise regional strategies, responses and solutions for a low carbon transition based on future narratives within CCIRs considering their unique characteristics and capabilities.

The primary aim of WP6 is to coordinate stakeholder consultation, guarantee that the knowledge generated in the project is policy robust and policy relevant and therefore maximise the impact of project process and outputs by reaching out to a large and diverse group of regional audiences. WP6 will secure a broad, equitable, policy-relevant and diverse representation of regional stakeholders all along the project duration. WP6 will structure and optimally target dissemination activities of TIPPING⁺ in order to guarantee the widest possible outreach of project outputs to potential beneficiaries (incl. policy makers, business and industry, academia, NGOs, civil society, etc.), through any appropriate means (e.g., scientific articles, conferences, policy briefs, etc.).

WP7 will carry out a knowledge integration process for coherently bringing in and synthesizing all the findings of WPs 1-6. It will carry out a knowledge integration dialogue and develop an Integration Framework to assess in a scientific and policy relevant way the key insights generated by all project work packages. It will formulate a new social theory on Social-Ecological Tipping Points (SETPs), both positive and negative, for a better understanding of cross-cutting issues affecting low-carbon, clean energy transitions. WP7 will also generate robust and empirically grounded recommendations on the most effective tipping interventions toward low-carbon, clean energy transitions in European Coal and Carbon Intensive Regions (CCIRs).