Societal transitions for the purpose of this report are understood as the collection of shifts in attitudes, values, consciousness and behaviour required to move towards CRD. This builds on the SR1.5  definition of societal  transformation: 'A profound and often deliberate shift initiated by communities towards sustainability, facilitated by changes in individual and collective values and behaviours, and a fairer balance of political, cultural, and institutional power in society'. This includes accepting Indigenous knowledge and local knowledge  as an equally valid form of knowledge as compared with Western, scientific knowledge  and recognition of the role of shifting gender norms to achieve climate resilience . Changes associated with societal transitions are not specific to defined systems . Rather, these sectoral systems are embedded within broader societal systems, including for example political systems, economic systems, knowledge systems and cultural systems . Changes that happen in these broader social systems can therefore prompt changes in all systems embedded within them, meaning that societal transition is key to transforming across a range of sectors and topics . Furthermore,
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