The potential of digital convergence and sharing of consumer goods to improve living conditions and reduce emissions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15544809 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nuno Bento (0000-0002-5923-0666, Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 124014-124014 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-24 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Research Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1748-9326 • E-ISSN: 1748-9326 |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1088/1748-9326/ad067e |
| OpenAlex | W4387899264 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 51 |
Access to modern energy services (entertainment, food preparation, etc) provided by consumer goods remains unequal, while growing adoption due to rising incomes in Global South increases energy demand and greenhouse gas emissions. The current model through which these energy services is provided is unsustainable and needs to evolve—a goal that emerging social and technological innovations can help to achieve. Digital convergence and the sharing economy could make access to appliances more affordable and efficient. This article estimates the effect of innovations around digital convergence and sharing in a highly granular, bottom-up representation of appliances. We simulate changes in demand for materials and energy, assuming decent living standards for all and global warming limited to 1.5 °C. By 2050, these innovations could attenuate the increase in the number of appliances to 135% and reduce overall energy demand by 28%. The results contribute to understand under which conditions digital convergence and sharing can improve living standards and climate mitigation
Business · Convergence (economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Efficient energy use · Environmental economics · Goods and services · Greenhouse gas · Industrial organization · Natural resource economics · Technological convergence · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Engineering · Sharing Economy and Platforms · Smart Grid Energy Management · Ecology
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A low energy demand scenario for meeting the 1.5 °C target and sustainable development goals without negative emission technologies
Assessing ICT global emissions footprint
Environmental Impact Assessment of Household Consumption
The limits of energy sufficiency
A review of model-based scenario analysis of poverty for informing sustainability
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Cooling for sustainable development
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The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways and their energy, land use, and greenhouse gas emissions implications
Global urbanization projections for the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
Income projections for climate change research
Providing decent living with minimum energy
Income inequality projections for the Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |