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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2019.05.002 |
The Environmental Impact of Green Consumption and Sufficiency Lifestyles Scenarios in Europe: Connecting Local Sustainability Visions to Global Consequences | |
Vita, Gibran1,2; Lundstrom, Johan R.3; Hertwich, Edgar G.4; Quist, Jaco5; Ivanova, Diana1; Stadler, Konstantin1; Wood, Richard1 | |
2019-10-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS |
ISSN | 0921-8009 |
EISSN | 1873-6106 |
出版年 | 2019 |
卷号 | 164 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Norway; Germany; Sweden; USA; Netherlands |
英文摘要 | The sustainability transformation calls for policies that consider the global consequences of local lifestyles. We used stakeholders' visions of sustainable lifestyles across Europe to build 19 scenarios of sufficiency (net reductions) and 17 of green consumption (shift in consumption patterns). We applied Environmentally Extended Multi-Regional Input-Output analysis to model scenarios by assuming widespread adoption of the proposed lifestyles changes. Finally, we estimated the domestic and foreign implications for land, water, carbon and human toxicity potential. We distinguish the options with most potential from those that are seemingly fruitless or present backfire risks. While our method allows for testing a large number scenarios under a consistent framework, further work is needed to add robustness to the scenarios. However, we do find a range of indicative results that have strong potential to contribute to mitigation efforts. Services: We find that a local and sharing service economy has a maximum reduction potential of 18% of the European carbon footprint (CF). Clothing & Appliances: Sharing and extending lifetimes of clothes and devices could diminish CF by approximately 3%. Transport: Reducing motorized transport by remote work and active travel could mitigate between 9 and 26% of CF. Food: Vegan diets could spare 4% of the land and reduce up to 14% of CF. Bio-economy: Switching to biomaterials and bioenergy tend to reduce carbon and toxic emissions at the risk of increasing water and land use. Housing: Passive housing and decentralized renewable energy reduces carbon emissions up to 5 and 14%, respectively. We characterize the sensitivity of our results by modelling income rebound effects and confirm the importance of deterring expenditure in resource intensive goods. |
英文关键词 | Sustainable lifestyles Backcasting Participatory modelling Environmentally-Extended Multiregional Input-Output (EE-MRIO) Environmental footprints Sufficiency Green consumption Quality of life |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000480374500016 |
WOS关键词 | GAS EMISSIONS ; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY ; HUMAN-NEEDS ; CARBON ; ENERGY ; FOOD ; STRATEGIES ; OPTIONS ; HEALTH ; POLICY |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Economics ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Business & Economics |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/187308 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Norwegian Univ Sci & Technol, Dept Energy & Proc Engn, Trondheim, Norway; 2.Univ Kassel, Sustainable Resource Futures Grp SURF, Ctr Environm Syst Res, Kassel, Germany; 3.Lund Univ, Environm & Energy Syst Studies, Lund, Sweden; 4.Yale Univ, Sch Forestry & Environm Studies, Ctr Ind Ecol, New Haven, CT 06511 USA; 5.Delft Univ Technol, Fac Technol Policy Management, Delft, Netherlands |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Vita, Gibran,Lundstrom, Johan R.,Hertwich, Edgar G.,et al. The Environmental Impact of Green Consumption and Sufficiency Lifestyles Scenarios in Europe: Connecting Local Sustainability Visions to Global Consequences[J]. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,2019,164. |
APA | Vita, Gibran.,Lundstrom, Johan R..,Hertwich, Edgar G..,Quist, Jaco.,Ivanova, Diana.,...&Wood, Richard.(2019).The Environmental Impact of Green Consumption and Sufficiency Lifestyles Scenarios in Europe: Connecting Local Sustainability Visions to Global Consequences.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,164. |
MLA | Vita, Gibran,et al."The Environmental Impact of Green Consumption and Sufficiency Lifestyles Scenarios in Europe: Connecting Local Sustainability Visions to Global Consequences".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 164(2019). |
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