Same goal, different paths: regional transformative innovation policies and coal phase-out (down) in China
研究中国两个省份（内蒙古和广东）在相同国家脱碳目标下却呈现不同煤炭减少路径的原因，提出一个共同演化框架来解释区域政策、能力和体制转型的互动。
How can we explain divergent regional coal phase-down pathways within a large country? We develop a co-evolutionary conceptual framework that elucidates how regional policy change, regional capabilities and socio-technical regime transformation interact dynamically to shape distinct transition trajectories within national policy frameworks and regional structural conditions. We apply this framework to two Chinese provinces – Inner Mongolia and Guangdong – that exhibit markedly different coal phase-down pathways despite the same national decarbonisation agenda. The study contributes to research on place-based transformative innovation policy by showing that regional energy transitions emerge from co-evolutionary interactions among region-specific policy, capability and structural dynamics.