Sufficiency and consumer behaviour: From theory to policy

Joachim H. Spangenberg and Sylvia Lorek

Energy Policy, 2019, vol. 129, issue C, 1070-1079

Abstract: It is increasingly obvious that for safeguarding environmental sustainability, eco-efficiency measures will need to be complemented by sufficiency, in particular by strong sustainable consumption. The Theory of Planned Behaviour TPB and Social Practice Theory SPT offer different views on consumer behaviour, and on ways to change it. This paper briefly describes the challenges, discusses the applicability of both theories and their meaningfulness for policy recommendations.

Keywords: Sufficiency; Theory of planned behaviour TPB; Social practice theory SPT; Prism of sustainable consumption; Sufficiency policy options; Dimensions of affordability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2019.03.013

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