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Securing decent living standards for all while reducing global energy use

Fundamental changes in our economies are required to secure decent living standards for all in the struggle against climate breakdown, according to a new study.

GSEM Prof. Jaya Krishnakumar was part of the research team that found that governments need to dramatically improve public services, reduce income disparities, scale back resource extraction, and abandon economic growth in affluent countries, for people around the world to thrive whilst cutting global average energy use in half.

The study examined what policies could enable countries to use less energy whilst providing the whole population with 'decent living standards' - conditions that satisfy fundamental human needs for food, water, sanitation, health, education, and livelihoods.

The paper, “”, is published in Global Environmental Change (doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102287).

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