The four systems transitions identified in SR1.5 already include a component of societal change-for example, attitude change is part of public acceptance that facilitates shifts in energy including changing electricity to renewables  and developing nuclear power , and behavioural change is a part of shifting irrigation practices to drive required land and ecosystems transitions . Extracting societal transitions also allows for a detailed examination of other societal dimensions that facilitate systems transitions, for example justice issues relating to water and energy access and distribution, and land use. Societal transition, sometimes known as 'societal transformation', is an established concept in different literatures, as described below. Transformation and transition are terms often used as synonyms , although different schools of thought understand them as sub-components of each other, for example transition driving transformation, or transformation driving transition. For a more detailed discussion on the differences between transition and transformation represented in the literature, see Box 18.1.
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