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Sufficiency, a concept gaining increasing attention in environmental policy discourse, is explored in depth in a recently published book chapter titled "Fifty Shades of Sufficiency: Semantic Confusion and No Policy" in the Routledge Handbook of Environmental Policy. It was written by EU 1.5° Lifestyles colleagues Doris Fuchs and Pia Mamut (University of Münster), project Advisory Board Member…

The EU 1.5° Lifestyles project aims to highlight the importance of political acceptance for change, demonstrating the potential contributions of individuals and households, and identifying areas where limited household agency requires intervention from policymakers and structural changes. One of the main aims of the project is to connect analyses of lifestyle perspectives at the household level…

As global concerns about climate change continue to escalate, the need for sustainable consumption and lifestyles has become more urgent than ever. While individual behaviour change plays a critical role, it alone cannot drive the necessary changes. True sustainability requires a deeper understanding of the structures that shape our consumption patterns and the societal context in which they…

The EU 1.5° Lifestyles project is set to present a special session at the 9th International Degrowth Conference in Zagreb, on 31 August at 12:00. With the title "Discussing degrowth climate utopias with diverse stakeholders - Lessons from using the backcasting method to explore 1.5° pathways in 5 EU countries," this session aims to highlight the power of backcasting as a method for envisioning and…

Several EU 1.5° Lifestyles team members participated at the SCORAI-ERSCP-WUR Conference in Wageningen, NL, taking place under the title "Transforming Consumption-Production Systems Toward Just and Sustainable Futures".

A two-day workshop about the role of welfare policies and the opportunities to transform business models in order to achieve 1.5° lifestyles.

What happens to my social relationships, my bank balance and my time if I live in a climate-friendly way? Do I invest more time and money in other activities, or do I rather save them? How do my social relationships change? How will my health change?

The EU 1.5° Lifestyles project consortium will present its latest and forthcoming research during the collaborative 5th SCORAI and 21st ERSCP conference, scheduled to be held in Wageningen, Netherlands from July 5th to 8th, 2023.

As we reported earlier, the Hungarian workshop on 20 May 2023, organised by GreenDependent Institute, took place successfully and in a friendly, pleasant atmosphere in Budapest.

The EU 1.5° Lifestyles project was invited to provide an official input and recommendations for the EU climate target for 2040 public consultation.