Other papers
A low energy demand scenario for meeting the 1.5 °C target and sustainable development goals without negative emission technologies
Jan 2018 [Potentials & modelling, Other papers]
Arnulf Grubler et al (2018). This paper develops a narrative of future change based on observable trends that results in low energy demand.
Are current policies promoting a change in behaviour, conservation and sufficiency?
May 2017 [Other papers, General policy]
Are current policies promoting a change in behaviour, conservation and sufficiency? An analysis of existing policies and recommendations for new and effective policies. Paolo Bertoldi (2017).
Sufficiency in energy scenario studies: Taking the potential benefits of lifestyle changes into account
Jan 2017 [Potentials & modelling, Other papers]
Sascha Samadi et al (2017). This paper argues that behavioural changes towards energy-sufficient lifestyles have considerable potential to contribute to public policy goals and may even be indispensable for achieving some of these goals.
Two types of ‘enough’: sufficiency as minimum and maximum
Jan 2016 [Overview & framework, Other papers]
Laura Spengler (2016). The question ‘how much is enough?’ can be related to two different kinds of thresholds: minimum and maximum levels.
Sufficiency, Liberal Societies and Environmental Policy in the Face of Planetary Boundaries
Jan 2016 [Overview & framework, Other papers]
Adrian Muller & Markus Huppenbauer (2016). This paper suggests that sufficiency should amend the notion of liberal society.
Energy sufficiency policy: an evolution of energy efficiency policy or radically new approaches?
Jan 2015 [General policy, Other papers]
Stefan Thomas et al (eceee 2015 Summer Study paper). The project ‘Energiesuffizienz’ funded by the German ministry for research has examined what energy sufficiency actually is.
When less is more - Sufficiency: Terminology, rationale and potentials
Jan 2013 [Overview & framework, Other papers]
Corinna Fischer et al (2013). This paper is part of a research project dealing specifically with the question of how sufficiency can emerge in a society and how policy can help to shape this process.
Enough is as good as a feast – sufficiency as policy
Jun 2007 [General policy, Other papers]
Sarah Darby (2007). The paper considers definitions of energy sufficiency, looks at an attempt to model future energy use in terms of efficiency and sufficiency, and discusses quantitative and qualitative aspects of sufficiency and how they might become institutionalised.