A Framework for Decoupling Human Need Satisfaction From Energy Use
A Framework for Decoupling Human Need Satisfaction From Energy Use
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2017.05.019
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发表时间：
2017-11-01
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7
通讯作者：
Steinberger, Julia K.
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作者：
Brand-Correa, Lina I.;Steinberger, Julia K.
气候变化给现代社会带来了巨大的挑战，其中的核心是将人类的需求满足与能源使用脱钩。能源系统是温室气体排放的主要来源，能源提供的服务(如供暖、电力、运输和照明)对支持人类发展至关重要。为了应对这一挑战，我们倡导以需要为中心的幸福主义理解，而不是享乐主义的主观幸福观。我们还主张改变我们分析能源需求的方式，从能源吞吐量转向能源服务。通过在幸福-能量光谱的两端采用这些观点，可以发现“双重脱钩”的潜力。我们提出了一个新的分析框架，并展示了几种分析能源服务与人类需求之间的关系和脱钩的方法。最后，我们在分析框架的基础上提出了这一领域未来的研究方向。(C)2017年作者。爱思唯尔出版公司(Elsevier B.V.)
Climate change poses great challenges to modern societies, central amongst which is to decouple human need satisfaction from energy use. Energy systems are the main source of greenhouse gas emissions, and the services provided by energy (such as heating, power, transport and lighting) are vital to support human development. To address this challenge, we advocate for a eudaimonic need-centred understanding of human well-being, as opposed to hedonic subjective views of well-being. We also argue for a shift in the way we analyse energy demand, from energy throughput to energy services. By adopting these perspectives on either end of the wellbeing-energy spectrum, a "double decoupling" potential can be uncovered. We present a novel analytic framework and showcase several methodological approaches for analysing the relationship between, and decoupling of, energy services and human needs. We conclude by proposing future directions of research in this area based on the analytic framework. (C) 2017 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.