It starts at home? Climate policies targeting household consumption and behavioral decisions are key to low-carbon futures

Dubois, Ghislain; Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Aall, Carlo; Nilsson, Maria; Barbier, Carine; Herrmann, Alina; Bruyère, Sébastien; Andersson, Camilla; Sköld, Bore; Nadaud, Franck; Dorner, Florian; Moberg, Karen Richardsen; Ceron, Jean Paul; Fischer, Helen; Amelung, Dorothee; Baltruszewicz, Marta; Fischer, Jeremy; Bénévise, Françoise; Louis, Valérie R.; Sauerborn, Rainer

doi:10.1016/j.erss.2019.02.001

articleEnergy Research & Social ScienceMar 1, 2019HYBRID OA

It starts at home? Climate policies targeting household consumption and behavioral decisions are key to low-carbon futures

GDGhislain Dubois BKBenjamin K. Sovacool CACarlo Aall MNMaria Nilsson CBCarine Barbier

Tourisme Transports Territoires Environnement Conseil · Aarhus University · +7 more institutions

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Abstract

Through their consumption behavior, households are responsible for 72% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Thus, they are key actors in reaching the 1.5 °C goal under the Paris Agreement. However, the possible contribution and position of households in climate policies is neither well understood, nor do households receive sufficiently high priority in current climate policy strategies. This paper investigates how behavioral change can achieve a substantial reduction in greenhouse gas emissions in European high-income countries. It uses theoretical thinking and some core results from the HOPE research project, which investigated household preferences for reducing emissions in four European cities in France,…

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Greenhouse gas
Consumption (sociology)
Futures contract
Climate change
Carbon footprint
Natural resource economics
Business
Household income

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