Jevons Paradox: Sustainable Development Goals and Energy Rebound in Complex Economic Systems

Louise Ellegaard Fich, Silvia Viola and Niclas Scott Bentsen ()
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Louise Ellegaard Fich: Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, DK-1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Silvia Viola: Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, DK-1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark
Niclas Scott Bentsen: Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, DK-1958 Frederiksberg, Denmark

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 16, 1-3

Abstract: Jevons Paradox has fundamental implications on sustainable development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The paradox states that technological improvements aiming to increase the energy efficiency risk causing a rebound effect, and an increase in demand, production, and resource exploitation. Third world countries undergoing early-stage technological development may be particularly vulnerable, but it is also relevant in complex economic systems, where policymaking on climate and energy building on insufficient knowledge and attention to rebound effects can impair the desired outcome in terms of climate change mitigation, resource use and sustainable development.

Keywords: SDGs; sustainability; energy efficiency; Jevons Paradox; energy rebound (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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