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365 Days of Climate Awareness 349 – Demand, Services and Social Aspects of Mitigation [1]
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Date: 2022-07-28
The IPCC’s models predict that 40-70% of emissions cuts by 2050 could be made on the demand side. This seems easier because it does not require the buildout of entire new industries like revamping energy production and industry do. However, the social inertia in reducing consumption so sharply could prove to be no less a challenge than systemic technological improvement.
Digitizing services alone has not reduced energy consumption in all cases, because improved speed in service is offset by increased energy use by the computer systems. Improved efficiency in the data systems themselves will do more than merely digitalizing to genuinely reduce the carbon footprint of many service industries.
Though an equitable approach to climate change requires the wealthiest to make proportionately larger cuts in their consumption, the intended outcome—reduction in demand—cannot fail to negatively affect sectors of wealthier nations’ economies. Since reduced demand is one symptom of recession, that danger is very real in this course of mitigation. Social movements designed around behavioral change and shared sacrifice for the sake of common goals are an important component in this strategy.
Tomorrow: energy systems.
Be brave, be steadfast, and be well.
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Demand, Services and Social Aspects of Mitigation
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