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The report presents the applied understanding of energy sufficiency in the project and gives a literature-based overview of energy sufficiency actions within energy consumption in households and within mobility respectively. Furthermore, the report presents data which enables integration of sufficiency actions into energy modelling. The report presents the applied understanding of energy sufficiency in the project and gives a literature-based overview of energy sufficiency actions within energy consumption in households and within mobility respectively. Furthermore, the report presents data which enables integration of sufficiency actions into energy modelling.

This chapter introduces an ecological economic understanding of the sustainability concept, which combines an emphasis on keeping within environmental limits with an ethical call to fulfil the basic needs of all humans. With a particular focus on the distributional aspects of sustainability, the chapter provides a framework for understanding and discussing social provisioning processes. Provisioning is about transforming natural resources into a total of products and services that is referred to as the real cake. The framework distinguishes between the provisioning of the real cake and the appropriation of the cake, between makers and takers, because both aspects are key to sustainability. The main message is that the transformation of appropriation processes should play a much more important role in sustainability transitions, which requires more debate about who the makers and takers are in modern societies. Although ownership in itself does not contribute anything to the provisioning of the cake, appropriation is closely related to property rights, which form the basis of large social inequalities. The chapter provides a critical discussion of the narratives that legitimise these inequalities and suggests counter narratives. In conclusion, the need for new narratives is related to the idea of social tipping points. This chapter introduces an ecological economic understanding of the sustainability concept, which combines an emphasis on keeping within environmental limits with an ethical call to fulfil the basic needs of all humans. With a particular focus on the distributional aspects of sustainability, the chapter provides a framework for understanding and discussing social provisioning processes. Provisioning is about transforming natural resources into a total of products and services that is referred to as the real cake. The framework distinguishes between the provisioning of the real cake and the appropriation of the cake, between makers and takers, because both aspects are key to sustainability. The main message is that the transformation of appropriation processes should play a much more important role in sustainability transitions, which requires more debate about who the makers and takers are in modern societies. Although ownership in itself does not contribute anything to the provisioning of the cake, appropriation is closely related to property rights, which form the basis of large social inequalities. The chapter provides a critical discussion of the narratives that legitimise these inequalities and suggests counter narratives. In conclusion, the need for new narratives is related to the idea of social tipping points.

Genstarten efter COVID-19 nedlukningen skal være grøn. Men hvordan? Har vi pengene? Har vi ressourcerne? Bliver vi fattigere? Hvad vil det betyde for uligheden i samfundet? Økologisk økonomi danner her udgangspunktet for en diskussion af forskellige tilgange til grøn genstart.

Coronakrisen har understreget behovet for at tænke nyt også om den økonomiske model og den endeløse fokus på vækst.

This document (ENERGISE D2.5) provides an overview of national energy and supply dynamics across 30 European countries. The Deliverable encompasses reviews of the current state of the art and existing trends in national energy policies, energy systems and energy campaigns in each of the 30 countries. To enhance accessibility and engagement with the material, the information gathered is presented in 30 independent National Briefs.

This document (ENERGISE D2.5) provides an overview of national energy and supply dynamics across 30 European countries. The Deliverable encompasses reviews of the current state of the art and existing trends in national energy policies, energy systems and energy campaigns in each of the 30 countries. To enhance accessibility and engagement with the material, the information gathered is presented in 30 independent National Briefs. This format also permits follow on cross country comparison. For example, an analysis of the data presented in this comprehensive document reveals large variations across Europe in relation to final energy consumption for households (MWh/capita), shares of fuel in final residential energy consumption and residential final energy consumption by type of end-use. However, there are also interesting similarities across the continent, i.e. in energy consumption patterns for space heating. This collection of national briefs is an extremely useful resource for researchers and policy makers alike. In addition to providing an overview of the quantitative data per country, this collection delves deeper and provides relevant context and discussion which can assist when exploring how these variations and similarities occur. Specifically, the briefs provide contextual overviews of particular socio-material aspects at play in each country that may influence energy consumption levels, as well as insights into national (and in some cases regional) energy policies, including how energy consumption is understood and targeted. Finally building on from work conducted as part of Deliverables 2.1 and 2.4, this collection includes 30 case study examples, overviewing one sustainable energy consumption initiative (SECI) from each country. These in-depth examples were selected as they have been identified as cases which highlight understanding energy consumption as an outcome of everyday life dynamics and complex interactions between multiple actors, institutions and infrastructural aspects. These SECIs will provide good practice examples for those interested in firstly understanding socio-material aspects of energy consumption and subsequently incorporating these aspects into future targets and strategies.

This document (D2.1) provides an overview of the extensive data that has been collected on sustainable energy consumption initiatives as part of Work Package 2 (WP2) in ENERGISE. First a general introduction is given to the scope and objectives of WP2 specifically, as well as a short introduction as to how sustainable energy consumption initiatives are defined in ENERGISE. Subsequently, a full list is provided of 1000+ sustainable energy consumption initiatives that have been identified throughout Europe.

The financial crisis demonstrated the importance of money and finance for the key concerns of ecological economics: inequality, wellbeing and the conditions for sustainability transitions. To cope with the combined challenge of economic and environmental crises, one of the most popular governance proposals within the ecological economics community is to introduce full reserve banking, where retail banks are required to fully back demand deposits with reserves of government-issued money. Banks can have separate investment activities where they lend funds from time deposits and equity capital, but they are no longer allowed to create new money. In principle, money creation is left to the state and the central bank. Proponents argue that such a system would increase economic stability, remove the undue profits that banks earn due to money creation and make this money available for social purposes instead. However, the idea has met substantial criticism from Post-Keynesians, who are seen as natural allies of ecological economics. The purpose of this paper is to explore the usefulness of the proposal as a response to the combined challenge of governing economic and environmental crises. First, the roots of the present economic crisis are sketched out, and the key ecological economic concerns related to the crisis are outlined. Then, the main arguments in the debate on full reserve banking are explored, concluding that an intermediate position that combines tough restrictions on finance with increased public money creation is a better option. Finally, the discussion is put into a broader perspective.