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Sufficiency, Efficiency, Substitutions: Relative effectiveness to reduce the carbon footprint of France by 2050

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  • Bruno Fontaine

    (SMASH - Société de Mathématiques Appliquées et de Sciences Humaines, CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Antoine Teixeira

    (ADEME - Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Énergie, CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Julien Lefevre

    (AgroParisTech, CIRED - Centre International de Recherche sur l'Environnement et le Développement - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - AgroParisTech - ENPC - École des Ponts ParisTech - Université Paris-Saclay - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris Saclay (COmUE))

  • Fanny Vicard

    (ADEME - Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Énergie)

Abstract

Net-zero emissions scenarios (NZE) generally do not focus on imported green-house gases emissions. On an other side, input-ouput environmental assessments of decarbonization scenarios often miss the macroeconomic consequences of the energy transition. In this study, we built and evaluated the material and environmental footprints of detailed and coherent NZE scenarios for France, describing a various range of mitigation actions and transition ideologies, through a bottom-up coupling with hybrid input-output analysis (HIO). We discuss the relative effectiveness of these actions, classified into sufficiency, efficiency and substitution categories. This highlights the efficiency of sufficiency actions to reduce both material and carbon footprints.

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  • Bruno Fontaine & Antoine Teixeira & Julien Lefevre & Fanny Vicard, 2023. "Sufficiency, Efficiency, Substitutions: Relative effectiveness to reduce the carbon footprint of France by 2050," Post-Print hal-04483018, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-04483018
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    Sufficiency; efficiency; Green growth; net-zero emissions; Carbon footprint; Input-output;
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