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Demand-side strategies key for mitigating material impacts of energy transitions

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  • Felix Creutzig

    (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
    Technical University Berlin)

  • Sofia G. Simoes

    (LNEG – National Laboratory for Energy and Geology)

  • Sina Leipold

    (Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research)

  • Peter Berrill

    (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
    Technical University Berlin)

  • Isabel Azevedo

    (INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial)

  • Oreane Edelenbosch

    (Utrecht University)

  • Tomer Fishman

    (Leiden University)

  • Helmut Haberl

    (BOKU University)

  • Edgar Hertwich

    (Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

  • Volker Krey

    (Norwegian University of Science and Technology
    International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA))

  • Ana Teresa Lima

    (Technical University of Denmark)

  • Tamar Makov

    (Ben Gurion University)

  • Alessio Mastrucci

    (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA))

  • Nikola Milojevic-Dupont

    (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
    Technical University Berlin)

  • Florian Nachtigall

    (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
    Technical University Berlin)

  • Stefan Pauliuk

    (University of Freiburg)

  • Mafalda Silva

    (INEGI - Instituto de Ciência e Inovação em Engenharia Mecânica e Engenharia Industrial)

  • Elena Verdolini

    (University of Brescia
    Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change)

  • Detlef Vuuren

    (Utrecht University)

  • Felix Wagner

    (Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change
    Technical University Berlin)

  • Dominik Wiedenhofer

    (BOKU University)

  • Charlie Wilson

    (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
    University of Oxford)

Abstract

As fossil fuels are phased out in favour of renewable energy, electric cars and other low-carbon technologies, the future clean energy system is likely to require less overall mining than the current fossil-fuelled system. However, material extraction and waste flows, new infrastructure development, land-use change, and the provision of new types of goods and services associated with decarbonization will produce social and environmental pressures at localized to regional scales. Demand-side solutions can achieve the important outcome of reducing both the scale of the climate challenge and material resource requirements. Interdisciplinary systems modelling and analysis are needed to identify opportunities and trade-offs for demand-led mitigation strategies that explicitly consider planetary boundaries associated with Earth’s material resources.

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  • Felix Creutzig & Sofia G. Simoes & Sina Leipold & Peter Berrill & Isabel Azevedo & Oreane Edelenbosch & Tomer Fishman & Helmut Haberl & Edgar Hertwich & Volker Krey & Ana Teresa Lima & Tamar Makov & A, 2024. "Demand-side strategies key for mitigating material impacts of energy transitions," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 14(6), pages 561-572, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:14:y:2024:i:6:d:10.1038_s41558-024-02016-z
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-024-02016-z
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    1. Brand, C. & Marsden, G. & Anable, J.L. & Dixon, J. & Barrett, J., 2025. "Achieving deep transport energy demand reductions in the United Kingdom," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 207(C).

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