Enough of that already
Sufficiency-based challenges to high-carbon consumption in Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4329286 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anders Hayden (0000-0003-1479-9573, Dalhousie University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 97-114 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-4016 • E-ISSN: 1743-8934 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09644016.2013.818301 |
| OpenAlex | W1998983897 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 23 |
While dominant responses to climate change aim to decouple economic growth and emissions, a sufficiency approach challenges infinitely growing production and consumption. Sufficiency can target different levels. At the macro level, it questions endless economic growth, but it has advanced further at the micro level, where it challenges specific commodities, practices, or sectors. Relatively easy targets for politicians and others wanting to signal ecological concern include plastic bags and bottled water. The idea of ‘less’ has also progressed, paradoxically, when it contributes to a broader growth agenda. Examples in Canada include efforts to reduce food miles, which can expand the local agricultural economy, and state promotion of reduced electricity consumption to ensure power-system reliability, upon which overall economic growth depends. These cases suggest that sufficiency may, for the foreseeable future, find its best prospects in limited circumstances where it can be linked to the legitimation or, ironically, the economic imperatives of states
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |