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SUMMARY:Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with
  high levels of well-being - Prof Dr Felix Creutzig\, Head of the working 
 group Land Use\, Infrastructures and Transport at the Mercator Research In
 stitute on Global Commons and Chair of Sustainability Economics at Technis
 che Universität Berlin
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CONTACT:Andrea Lorenz
DESCRIPTION:Mitigation solutions are often evaluated in terms of costs and
  greenhouse gas reduction potentials\, missing out on the consideration of
  direct effects on human well-being. \n\nHere\, we systematically assess t
 he mitigation potential of demand-side options categorized into avoid\, sh
 ift and improve\, and their human well-being links. We show that these opt
 ions\, bridging socio-behavioural\, infrastructural and technological doma
 ins\, can reduce counterfactual sectoral emissions by 40–80% in end-use 
 sectors. Based on expert judgement and an extensive literature database\, 
 we evaluate 306 combinations of well-being outcomes and demand-side opti
 ons\, finding largely beneficial effects in improvement in well-being (79%
  positive\, 18% neutral and 3% negative)\, even though we find low confide
 nce on the social dimensions of well-being. Implementing such nuanced solu
 tions is based axiomatically on an understanding of malleable rather than 
 fixed preferences\, and procedurally on changing infrastructures and choic
 e architectures. Results demonstrate the high mitigation potential of dema
 nd-side mitigation options that are synergistic with well-being.
LOCATION:Queens' College\, Cambridge (please see event signage from Porter
 s' Lodge)
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