Joel Millward-Hopkins
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 3448331 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Joel Millward-Hopkins |
| NOMBRES | Joel |
| APELLIDO | Millward-Hopkins |
| FIRMA | MILLWARD-HOPKINS J |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4189-1658 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 14 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 77 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 14 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Principles for a post-growth scenario of ambitious mitigation and high human well-being
Doughnut economics, degrowth and decoloniality. New directions for the Doughnut Portrait method
Transformative action is required to respond to the polycrisis of our age, across climate/ecological breakdown and mounting social inequalities. Doughnut economics and its “Portrait of Place” method have established themselves as tools for exploring local change through new possibilities that can help in this response. This position paper, based on a selective review of existing doughnut place portraits, examines how degrowth and decolonial appro…
We have to talk about overconsumption (in three different ways)
Overconsumption remains a controversial topic in much discourse, and its definition remains hazy. Here we thus develop three definitions relevant to different scales—individual, social, and planetary. These can be used to form overlapping corridors beyond which consumption can be defined as useless, unfair, and/or unsustainable, each of which justifies different political responses. While these definitions emerge from different literatures—not al…
Is growth in consumption occurring where it is most needed? An empirical analysis of current energy and material trends
Quantifying minimum mobility and transport needs
The concept of “sustainable consumption corridors” bridges two topics critical to assessing energy and transport systems: human wellbeing and planetary boundaries. However, large disagreements remain regarding how to define minimum, essential and decent levels of demand, which form the floor of such corridors. Aggregate approaches based upon distance travelled (e.g. passenger-kilometres) are insufficient, as they omit why people move. To address …
Large inequalities in climate mitigation scenarios are not supported by theories of distributive justice
Existing global climate mitigation scenarios perpetuate large inequalities in energy and income between countries and regions for the rest of the century, and modellers have recently begun to assess these dynamics in light of distributive justice theories. However, these theories are intended to describe inequalities within nations and cannot straightforwardly be applied to inequalities between nations or world regions. Indeed, an analysis of key…
Luxury-focused carbon taxation improves fairness of climate policy
Equitable climate policies are required for a just and rapid energy transition. A widely discussed climate policy instrument is carbon taxes. Previous studies of the distributional implications of carbon taxation focused on uniform carbon taxes across sectors. Differentiated tax rates across goods and services received less attention. Here we model an alternative carbon tax design accounting for the distribution of household consumption and carbo…
Distributing less, redistributing more
Low energy demand pathways may be essential for the transition to net zero. However, to date, the distributional impacts of these futures have been neglected, leaving open crucial questions about living standards and inequality. Using the lens of ‘decent living energy’, this article begins to piece together the puzzle by providing a distributional analysis of a recent low-energy-demand, net-zero scenario for the UK. We find that if the UK succeed…
Fair’ inequality, consumption and climate mitigation
Economic inequality and climate change are pressing issues that have climbed high up the political agenda, yet action to mitigate both remains slow. As income is a key determinant of ecological impacts, the Global North—and wealthier classes elsewhere—are the primary drivers of global carbon emissions, while the least well off have contributed the least yet are set to be hit hardest by climate impacts. These inequalities are clearly unjust, but t…
Back to the future
Inequality has become a defining feature of our time and concerns are growing that artificial intelligence, human-enhancement and global ecological breakdown could cause levels to spiral upwards. Although public disapproval of current inequalities is widespread, studies also show that people don't desire equality, but prefer 'fair', still significant inequalities. Here, I argue these preferences are rooted in ideals of meritocracy and intuitive n…
Providing decent living with minimum energy
It is increasingly clear that averting ecological breakdown will require drastic changes to contemporary human society and the global economy embedded within it. On the other hand, the basic material needs of billions of people across the planet remain unmet. Here, we develop a simple, bottom-up model to estimate a practical minimal threshold for the final energy consumption required to provide decent material livings to the entire global populat…
Public perceptions of how to reduce carbon footprints of consumer food choices
Carbon footprints—the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with consumer food choices—substantially contribute to climate change. Life cycle analyses from climate and environmental sciences have identified effective rules for reducing these food-related GHG emissions, including eating seasonal produce and replacing dairy and red meat with plant-based products. In a national UK survey, we studied how many and which rules our participants gene…
Resource recovery and low carbon transitions
Here we investigate the increasingly complex relationship between the resource recovery practices of the UK concrete industry and ongoing low-carbon transitions taking place in electricity and steel. Reductions in UK coal-based electricity and primary steel production are reducing domestic availability of residues – coal ash and steel slag – that are used to replace cement in concrete; for decarbonisation purposes and to increase concrete quality…
Natural capital, unnatural markets
This short opinion article is intended to provoke debate around the use of market mechanisms and financial incentives as strategies to mitigate climate change and other ecological issues. It does so by synthesizing schools of thought that critique the ‘naturalization’ of the market and examining these within the context of environmental politics. The article first briefly reviews the most serious criticisms of market‐ and incentive‐based approach…
Providing decent living with minimum energy
It is increasingly clear that averting ecological breakdown will require drastic changes to contemporary human society and the global economy embedded within it. On the other hand, the basic material needs of billions of people across the planet remain unmet. Here, we develop a simple, bottom-up model to estimate a practical minimal threshold for the final energy consumption required to provide decent material livings to the entire global populat…
Distributing less, redistributing more
Low energy demand pathways may be essential for the transition to net zero. However, to date, the distributional impacts of these futures have been neglected, leaving open crucial questions about living standards and inequality. Using the lens of ‘decent living energy’, this article begins to piece together the puzzle by providing a distributional analysis of a recent low-energy-demand, net-zero scenario for the UK. We find that if the UK succeed…
Resource recovery and low carbon transitions
Here we investigate the increasingly complex relationship between the resource recovery practices of the UK concrete industry and ongoing low-carbon transitions taking place in electricity and steel. Reductions in UK coal-based electricity and primary steel production are reducing domestic availability of residues – coal ash and steel slag – that are used to replace cement in concrete; for decarbonisation purposes and to increase concrete quality…
Quantifying minimum mobility and transport needs
The concept of “sustainable consumption corridors” bridges two topics critical to assessing energy and transport systems: human wellbeing and planetary boundaries. However, large disagreements remain regarding how to define minimum, essential and decent levels of demand, which form the floor of such corridors. Aggregate approaches based upon distance travelled (e.g. passenger-kilometres) are insufficient, as they omit why people move. To address …
Large inequalities in climate mitigation scenarios are not supported by theories of distributive justice
Existing global climate mitigation scenarios perpetuate large inequalities in energy and income between countries and regions for the rest of the century, and modellers have recently begun to assess these dynamics in light of distributive justice theories. However, these theories are intended to describe inequalities within nations and cannot straightforwardly be applied to inequalities between nations or world regions. Indeed, an analysis of key…
Back to the future
Inequality has become a defining feature of our time and concerns are growing that artificial intelligence, human-enhancement and global ecological breakdown could cause levels to spiral upwards. Although public disapproval of current inequalities is widespread, studies also show that people don't desire equality, but prefer 'fair', still significant inequalities. Here, I argue these preferences are rooted in ideals of meritocracy and intuitive n…
Natural capital, unnatural markets
This short opinion article is intended to provoke debate around the use of market mechanisms and financial incentives as strategies to mitigate climate change and other ecological issues. It does so by synthesizing schools of thought that critique the ‘naturalization’ of the market and examining these within the context of environmental politics. The article first briefly reviews the most serious criticisms of market‐ and incentive‐based approach…
Resource recovery and low carbon transitions
Here we investigate the increasingly complex relationship between the resource recovery practices of the UK concrete industry and ongoing low-carbon transitions taking place in electricity and steel. Reductions in UK coal-based electricity and primary steel production are reducing domestic availability of residues – coal ash and steel slag – that are used to replace cement in concrete; for decarbonisation purposes and to increase concrete quality…
Public perceptions of how to reduce carbon footprints of consumer food choices
Carbon footprints—the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with consumer food choices—substantially contribute to climate change. Life cycle analyses from climate and environmental sciences have identified effective rules for reducing these food-related GHG emissions, including eating seasonal produce and replacing dairy and red meat with plant-based products. In a national UK survey, we studied how many and which rules our participants gene…
Providing decent living with minimum energy
It is increasingly clear that averting ecological breakdown will require drastic changes to contemporary human society and the global economy embedded within it. On the other hand, the basic material needs of billions of people across the planet remain unmet. Here, we develop a simple, bottom-up model to estimate a practical minimal threshold for the final energy consumption required to provide decent material livings to the entire global populat…
Fair’ inequality, consumption and climate mitigation
Economic inequality and climate change are pressing issues that have climbed high up the political agenda, yet action to mitigate both remains slow. As income is a key determinant of ecological impacts, the Global North—and wealthier classes elsewhere—are the primary drivers of global carbon emissions, while the least well off have contributed the least yet are set to be hit hardest by climate impacts. These inequalities are clearly unjust, but t…
Back to the future
Inequality has become a defining feature of our time and concerns are growing that artificial intelligence, human-enhancement and global ecological breakdown could cause levels to spiral upwards. Although public disapproval of current inequalities is widespread, studies also show that people don't desire equality, but prefer 'fair', still significant inequalities. Here, I argue these preferences are rooted in ideals of meritocracy and intuitive n…
Distributing less, redistributing more
Low energy demand pathways may be essential for the transition to net zero. However, to date, the distributional impacts of these futures have been neglected, leaving open crucial questions about living standards and inequality. Using the lens of ‘decent living energy’, this article begins to piece together the puzzle by providing a distributional analysis of a recent low-energy-demand, net-zero scenario for the UK. We find that if the UK succeed…
Luxury-focused carbon taxation improves fairness of climate policy
Equitable climate policies are required for a just and rapid energy transition. A widely discussed climate policy instrument is carbon taxes. Previous studies of the distributional implications of carbon taxation focused on uniform carbon taxes across sectors. Differentiated tax rates across goods and services received less attention. Here we model an alternative carbon tax design accounting for the distribution of household consumption and carbo…
Large inequalities in climate mitigation scenarios are not supported by theories of distributive justice
Existing global climate mitigation scenarios perpetuate large inequalities in energy and income between countries and regions for the rest of the century, and modellers have recently begun to assess these dynamics in light of distributive justice theories. However, these theories are intended to describe inequalities within nations and cannot straightforwardly be applied to inequalities between nations or world regions. Indeed, an analysis of key…
We have to talk about overconsumption (in three different ways)
Overconsumption remains a controversial topic in much discourse, and its definition remains hazy. Here we thus develop three definitions relevant to different scales—individual, social, and planetary. These can be used to form overlapping corridors beyond which consumption can be defined as useless, unfair, and/or unsustainable, each of which justifies different political responses. While these definitions emerge from different literatures—not al…
Is growth in consumption occurring where it is most needed? An empirical analysis of current energy and material trends
Quantifying minimum mobility and transport needs
The concept of “sustainable consumption corridors” bridges two topics critical to assessing energy and transport systems: human wellbeing and planetary boundaries. However, large disagreements remain regarding how to define minimum, essential and decent levels of demand, which form the floor of such corridors. Aggregate approaches based upon distance travelled (e.g. passenger-kilometres) are insufficient, as they omit why people move. To address …
Principles for a post-growth scenario of ambitious mitigation and high human well-being
Doughnut economics, degrowth and decoloniality. New directions for the Doughnut Portrait method
Transformative action is required to respond to the polycrisis of our age, across climate/ecological breakdown and mounting social inequalities. Doughnut economics and its “Portrait of Place” method have established themselves as tools for exploring local change through new possibilities that can help in this response. This position paper, based on a selective review of existing doughnut place portraits, examines how degrowth and decolonial appro…
Economics (9 obras) · Consumption (sociology (5 obras) · Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies (5 obras) · Natural resource economics (5 obras) · Business (4 obras) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (4 obras) · Environmental Impact and Sustainability (4 obras) · Sociology (4 obras) · Climate change (3 obras) · Climate Change and Geoengineering (3 obras)