Declining energy return on investment (EROI) of a society’s available energy sources can lead to both crisis and … interpretation. There are many reasons why frugal living and an energy diet could be beneficial. A measure of wellbeing or welfare … gained per unit of energy expended (WROEI) is proposed. A threshold is hypothesized for the relation between energy …

process that incorporated both scenarios and participatory system dynamics modeling. The three purposes of this exercise were … introduce more systems thinking into planning and policy-making around environmental issues. We found that scenarios and … fundamental support systems (energy, food, and water supply). The process introduced some creative tensions between imaginative …

study explores possible pathways to sustainability by considering in quantitative detail four contrasting scenarios for the …

) integrated forecasting system to explore three scenarios: a Base Case scenario, an Environmental Challenge scenario, and an …

tourism depends. Following an intuitive-logic approach to scenario-building, three meta-level scenarios that can be regarded … “fallen angel” scenarios, are undesirable. The “green lantern” scenario represents the desired future. Long-haul tourist … desired future. They should further guard against being passive victims if the feared scenarios materialise, by adapting …

global energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. The International Energy Agency has developed scenarios for the transport …The transport sector is the second largest and one of the fastest growing energy end-use sectors, representing 24% of … builds on these scenarios and illustrates various passenger travel-related strategies for achieving a 2° transport scenario …

actions comprise: (1) dense urban structure with less private driving; (2) the use of energy production based on renewable … sources; (3) new low-energy residential construction; and (4) improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings. The … reduction potential lies with lowering the fossil fuel dependence of the local energy production. …

standard, which gives rise to claims by countries to an exemption from mitigation for the energy and emissions needed to … provide a decent life to all. We elaborate a conceptual framework for a comprehensive quantification of such an energy … requirement, including the energy required to build out infrastructure to support these living standards. We interpret decent …

numerous examples of domestic programs for mitigation by this group of countries. Brazil has gone furthest among developing … Brazil’s position are discussed, with a particular eye to the effects of international influences. In conjunction with …