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DOI | 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102287 |
Socio-economic conditions for satisfying human needs at low energy use: An international analysis of social provisioning | |
Vogel J.; Steinberger J.K.; O'Neill D.W.; Lamb W.F.; Krishnakumar J. | |
发表日期 | 2021 |
ISSN | 9593780 |
卷号 | 69 |
英文摘要 | Meeting human needs at sustainable levels of energy use is fundamental for avoiding catastrophic climate change and securing the well-being of all people. In the current political-economic regime, no country does so. Here, we assess which socio-economic conditions might enable societies to satisfy human needs at low energy use, to reconcile human well-being with climate mitigation. Using a novel analytical framework alongside a novel multivariate regression-based moderation approach and data for 106 countries, we analyse how the relationship between energy use and six dimensions of human need satisfaction varies with a wide range of socio-economic factors relevant to the provisioning of goods and services ('provisioning factors'). We find that factors such as public service quality, income equality, democracy, and electricity access are associated with higher need satisfaction and lower energy requirements (‘beneficial provisioning factors’). Conversely, extractivism and economic growth beyond moderate levels of affluence are associated with lower need satisfaction and greater energy requirements (‘detrimental provisioning factors’). Our results suggest that improving beneficial provisioning factors and abandoning detrimental ones could enable countries to provide sufficient need satisfaction at much lower, ecologically sustainable levels of energy use. However, as key pillars of the required changes in provisioning run contrary to the dominant political-economic regime, a broader transformation of the economic system may be required to prioritise, and organise provisioning for, the satisfaction of human needs at low energy use. © 2021 The Authors |
关键词 | Energy useHuman developmentHuman needsSocial provisioningSustainabilityWell-being |
英文关键词 | climate change; democracy; economic growth; energy use; multivariate analysis; regression analysis; socioeconomic impact; sustainability |
语种 | 英语 |
来源期刊 | Global Environmental Change
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文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/205555 |
作者单位 | Sustainability Research Institute, School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds, United Kingdom; Institute of Geography and Sustainability, Faculty of Geosciences and Environment, University of Lausanne, Switzerland; Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Berlin, Germany; Institute of Economics and Econometrics, Geneva School of Economics and Management, University of Geneva, Switzerland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Vogel J.,Steinberger J.K.,O'Neill D.W.,et al. Socio-economic conditions for satisfying human needs at low energy use: An international analysis of social provisioning[J],2021,69. |
APA | Vogel J.,Steinberger J.K.,O'Neill D.W.,Lamb W.F.,&Krishnakumar J..(2021).Socio-economic conditions for satisfying human needs at low energy use: An international analysis of social provisioning.Global Environmental Change,69. |
MLA | Vogel J.,et al."Socio-economic conditions for satisfying human needs at low energy use: An international analysis of social provisioning".Global Environmental Change 69(2021). |
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