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New paper is out @tandfonline. “Provisioning for Sufficiency: Envisaging Production Corridors”, with Ian Gough
doi.org/10.1080/154877…
What are production corridors and why do we need them? 🧵
#sufficiency #transformation #needs #planetaryboundaries #floors #ceilings #excess
doi.org/10.1080/154877…
What are production corridors and why do we need them? 🧵
#sufficiency #transformation #needs #planetaryboundaries #floors #ceilings #excess
Millionaires are on track to burn more than 70% of remaining carbon budget for 1.5℃ sciencedirect.com/science/articl…
Excessive water use by elites exacerbates urban water crisis as much as climate change or population growth nature.com/articles/s4189…
*** and so forth ***
Thus, … 1/18
Excessive water use by elites exacerbates urban water crisis as much as climate change or population growth nature.com/articles/s4189…
*** and so forth ***
Thus, … 1/18
In a world of planetary boundaries & substantial inequalities, between & within countries, it will not be possible to meet basic needs of all people without imposing limits on forms of excess. The climate crisis is, first & foremost, a distributional crisis. @Earth4All_ 2/18
Low-carbon electricity, deep electrification-focused renovations, and smaller, electric new homes are part of decarbonization pathways for the US residential sector. Our new paper out in @NatureClimate with @EdgarHertwich @NREL rdcu.be/cSWD6 doi.org/10.1038/s41558…
@NatureClimate @EdgarHertwich @NREL Clean electricity and renovations are the two big strategies with biggest impact at a national level.
But further reductions come from building electric, smaller new homes.
But further reductions come from building electric, smaller new homes.
@NatureClimate @EdgarHertwich @NREL Speeding up the demolition and construction of housing increases emissions (despite more efficient new homes), due to embodied emissions in construction and new single-family homes being a lot larger than old ones (curbing the efficiency benefits of new homes)
The @EnR_Network held its first in person meeting in over 2 years in #Lisbon. After a first day of fruitful discussion on collaborative action between Energy Agencies, today, the network held a seminar on #energy and #water #efficiency at national and local levels.
The President of @EnR_Network, @nelsonlage highlighted the role of energy agencies in the #GreenTransition, as enabling agents acting between international and local level, to balance the three dimensions of the #EnergyTrilemma: Security Affordability #Sustainability
Sec of State @Joaogalamba described the vision for national-local level governance towards #NetZero in 2050: "energy agencies work to mobilize local authorities, economic players, and citizens to fight #ClimateCrisis, to foster cities’ pivotal role to deliver the #EUGreenDeal"
📢New Paper:
#Energy_sufficiency is the missing lever to tackle the ⚡️crisis & climate heating 🌡️!
With @ThPellerin we show:
1⃣ What's #sufficiency and #sufficiency_policy,
2⃣its benefits,
3⃣ #sufficiency actions in current crisis,
4⃣ what EU could do.
#Energy_sufficiency is the missing lever to tackle the ⚡️crisis & climate heating 🌡️!
With @ThPellerin we show:
1⃣ What's #sufficiency and #sufficiency_policy,
2⃣its benefits,
3⃣ #sufficiency actions in current crisis,
4⃣ what EU could do.
Simply put, energy #sufficiency is about redu-
cing energy consumption through changes
in #behaviour.
It's notion of #enough implies a social lower boundary and a ecological upper threshold.
cing energy consumption through changes
in #behaviour.
It's notion of #enough implies a social lower boundary and a ecological upper threshold.
Why do we need #sufficiency policies?
Our collective choices such as taxa-
tion, infrastructure, legal and social norms,
shape our behaviour - currently not in a sustainable way!
Also the new @IPCC_CH WGIII report proposes therefore sufficiency policies!
Our collective choices such as taxa-
tion, infrastructure, legal and social norms,
shape our behaviour - currently not in a sustainable way!
Also the new @IPCC_CH WGIII report proposes therefore sufficiency policies!
Despite COVID, emissions are still way too high.
To limit global warming to 1.5 C, we need to *rapidly*
(i) decarbonise energy use AND
(ii) reduce energy use AND
(iii) decarbonise land use AND
(iv) reduce land use
Yes, ALL of these things SIMULTANEOUSLY.
How are we doing?
THREAD
To limit global warming to 1.5 C, we need to *rapidly*
(i) decarbonise energy use AND
(ii) reduce energy use AND
(iii) decarbonise land use AND
(iv) reduce land use
Yes, ALL of these things SIMULTANEOUSLY.
How are we doing?
THREAD
1/ To limit warming to 1.5 C, global energy use must be completely decarbonised.
But the opposite is happening! Emissions per unit of energy use (‘carbon intensity of energy’) have been INCREASING since 2000 (largely due to increases in the share of coal, primarily in China).
But the opposite is happening! Emissions per unit of energy use (‘carbon intensity of energy’) have been INCREASING since 2000 (largely due to increases in the share of coal, primarily in China).
2/ Rapid decarbonisation of energy use requires both a rapid roll-out of renewables AND a rapid phase-out of fossils. Not either-or: both-and.
#EuropeanScenario How can we consider the role and impact of Agriculture, Forest, Other Land Uses and Bioenergy in energy and climate scenarios? Presentation of the approach developed by @SolagroFR by @ChrisCouturier1
#EuropeanScenario Energy #sufficiency is on the agenda today! Collective discussion on the role of sufficiency in mitigation actions and on how to better integrate sufficiency assumptions in scenarios
#EuropeanScenario How can we build a sustainable industry strategy towards 2050? Discussing how to address the evolution of materials flows in scenarios with Emmanuel Rauzier, member of @nWassociation
