TY  - JOUR
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-021-01219-y
EP  - 46
A1  - Creutzig, Felix
A1  - Niamir, Leila
A1  - Bai, Xuemei
A1  - Callaghan, Max
A1  - Cullen, Jonathan
A1  - Diaz-Jose, Julio
A1  - Figueroa, Maria
A1  - Grubler, Arnulf
A1  - Lamb, William F
A1  - Leip, Adrian
A1  - Masanet, Eric
A1  - Mata, Erika
A1  - Mattauch, Linus
A1  - Minx, Jan C
A1  - Mirasgedis, Sebastian
A1  - Mulugetta, Yacob
A1  - Nugroho, Sudarmanto Budi
A1  - Pathak, Minal
A1  - Perkins, Patricia
A1  - Roy, Joyashree
A1  - de la Rue du Can, Stephane
A1  - Saheb, Yamina
A1  - Some, Shreya
A1  - Steg, Linda
A1  - Steinberger, Julia
A1  - Urge-Vorsatz, Diana
Y1  - 2022/01/01/
AV  - public
N2  - 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. Here, we systematically assess the mitigation potential of demand-side options categorized into avoid, shift and improve, and their human well-being links. We show that these options, bridging socio-behavioural, infrastructural and technological domains, 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 options, finding largely beneficial effects in improvement in well-being (79% positive, 18% neutral and 3% negative), even though we find low confidence on the social dimensions of well-being. Implementing such nuanced solutions is based axiomatically on an understanding of malleable rather than fixed preferences, and procedurally on changing infrastructures and choice architectures. Results demonstrate the high mitigation potential of demand-side mitigation options that are synergistic with well-being.
ID  - discovery10152513
SP  - 36
VL  - 12
PB  - NATURE PORTFOLIO
SN  - 1758-678X
TI  - Demand-side solutions to climate change mitigation consistent with high levels of well-being
JF  - Nature Climate Change
ER  -