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DOI 10.14512/gaia.33.3.3
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Title (Primary) Sufficiency as a “Strategy of the Enough”: Curbing ecological crises and injustices. A summary of the German Advisory Council on the Environment’s discussion paper
Author Michaelis, J.; Vogel, B.; Strunz, S.; Lucht, W.; Dahms, H.; Dornack, C.; Geissler, A.; Hertin, J.; Hoffart, F.; Kemfert, C.; Klein, M.; Köck, W.; Lage, J.; Marquard, E.; Schmalz, S.; Settele, J.; Sommer, B.; Weiss, S.; Wiegand, S.
Source Titel Gaia-Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society
Year 2024
Department NSF; UPR
Volume 33
Issue 3
Page From 275
Page To 281
Language englisch
Topic T5 Future Landscapes
Keywords circular economy; low-carbon technology; planetary boundaries; resource limitation; sufficiency; sustainability
Abstract A recent discussion paper Sufficiency as a “Strategy of the Enough”: A Necessary Debate by the German Advisory Council on the Environment (SRU) aims to intensify the debate on sufficiency, a central but neglected element of future-oriented policy. It defines sufficiency as the need to limit the consumption and production of ecologically critical goods and services, mainly by the economically rich, as a basis for reducing distributional injustices and environmental impacts. Rather than proposing specific measures, the paper deliberately aims to explain the need for sufficiency from various scientific disciplines, and invite discussion. Here, the authors of the discussion paper provide a short overview of the analyses and arguments in English.
Persistent UFZ Identifier https://www.ufz.de/index.php?en=20939&ufzPublicationIdentifier=29881
Michaelis, J., Vogel, B., Strunz, S., Lucht, W., Dahms, H., Dornack, C., Geissler, A., Hertin, J., Hoffart, F., Kemfert, C., Klein, M., Köck, W., Lage, J., Marquard, E., Schmalz, S., Settele, J., Sommer, B., Weiss, S., Wiegand, S. (2024):
Sufficiency as a “Strategy of the Enough”: Curbing ecological crises and injustices. A summary of the German Advisory Council on the Environment’s discussion paper
GAIA 33 (3), 275 - 281 10.14512/gaia.33.3.3