Sustainability transition and economic growth enigma: Money or energy?

被引：7

作者：

Ayres, Robert U. ^{[1
]}

Campbell, Colin J. ^{[2
]}

Casten, Thomas R. ^{[3
]}

Horne, Paull

Kuemmel, Reiner ^{[4
]}

Laitner, John A. ^{[5
]}

Schulte, Uwe G. ^{[1
]}

van den Bergh, Jeroen C. J. M. ^{[6
,7
,8
]}

von Weiszaecker, Ernst U. ^{[9
]}

机构：

[1] INSEAD, Blvd Constance, F-77305 Fontainebleau, France

[2] Assoc Study Peak Oil & Gas, Ballydehob, County Cork, Ireland

[3] Recycled Energy Dev, Westmont, IL 60559 USA

[4] Univ Wurzburg, Inst Theoret Phys & Astrophys, D-97074 Wurzburg, Germany

[5] Econ & Human Dimens Res Associates, Tucson, AZ 85750 USA

[6] ICREA, Barcelona, Spain

[7] Vrije Univ Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

[8] Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Inst Environm Sci & Technol ICTA, Cerdanyola Des Valles 08193, Barcelona, Spain

[9] Univ Freiburg, D-79085 Freiburg, Germany

来源：

ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION AND SOCIETAL TRANSITIONS | 2013年 / 9卷

关键词：

Climate change; Energy; Economic growth; Inequality; Resource productivity;

D O I：

10.1016/j.eist.2013.09.002

中图分类号：

X [环境科学、安全科学];

学科分类号：

08 ; 0830 ;

摘要：

The complex relationship between economic growth, job creation, peak oil and climate change is discussed. This starts from seven facts and leads to five propositions to deal with the consequences of these facts. The overall message is that global economic policy should be redirected, that we need a better understanding of the reasons for the current economic malaise, that "peak oil" remains a concern (despite shale "fracking"), and that climate change is a relevant economic issue demanding a serious response. There is probably only one strategy that has a chance of reversing the present "death spiral" of the global economy and simultaneously reducing the risk of catastrophic climate change. That path requires major investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies in the near and medium term. The investments must be attractive to long-run (20-30 year) investors (pension funds, insurance companies) and probably take the form of securitized, resource-based bonds. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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