TY  - JOUR
A1  - Alfredsson, Eva
A1  - Bentsson, Magnus
A1  - Szejnwald Brown, Halina
A1  - Eisenhour, Cindy
A1  - Lorek, Sylvia
A1  - Stevis, Dimitris
A1  - Vergragt, Philip
T1  - Why achieving the Paris Agreement requires reduced overall consumption and production
JF  - Sustainability: Science, Practice and Policy
N2  - Technological solutions to the challenge of dangerous climate change are urgent and necessary but to be effective they need to be accompanied by reductions in the total level of consumption and production of goods and services. This is for three reasons. First, private consumption and its associated production are among the key drivers of greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, especially among highly emitting industrialized economies. There is no evidence that decoupling of the economy from GHG emissions is possible at the scale and speed needed. Second, investments in more sustainable infrastructure, including renewable energy, needed in coming decades will require extensive amounts of energy, largely from fossil sources, which will use up a significant share of the two-degree carbon budget. Third, improving the standard of living of the world’s poor will consume a major portion of the available carbon allowance. The scholarly community has a responsibility to put the issue of consumption and the associated production on the research and policy agenda.
KW  - sustainable consumption and production
KW  - Paris agreement
KW  - climate change
KW  - Agenda 2030
KW  - sustainable investments
Y1  - 2018
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-106448
UR  - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15487733.2018.1458815
SN  - 1548-7733
VL  - 14
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 5
ER  -