FW: New Paper on Demand-Reduction Strategiesn in EU Mitigation Policy

[Philip Vergragt]

Interesting! A lot of work still needs to be done,

Philip

 

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Philip J Vergragt PhD

Professor Emeritus of Technology Assessment, TU Delft, Netherlands

SCORAI Founding Board member https://scorai.net/

New book: Vocabulary for Sustainable Consumption and Lifestyles: A Language for our Common Future   

 

From: enough-...@googlegroups.com <enough-...@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Grabow, Simon
Sent: Monday, November 3, 2025 11:14 AM
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Subject: [ENOUGH] New Paper on Demand-Reduction Strategiesn in EU Mitigation Policy

 

📣 Paper Alert! 📣

Dear ENOUGH-Network,

I’m excited to share a recent piece of work that some colleagues and I have been developing, which might be of interest to some of you.

Following an earlier analysis of the National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) of EU Member States in 2021 and the recommendations of various European Climate Citizen Assemblies (CAs) in 2023, we have now analyzed 1,584 policies and measures (PaMs) reported in emission scenarios across 27 EU Member States, as well as Iceland, Norway, and Switzerland. We applied the Avoid–Shift–Improve (ASI) framework — which, like sufficiency, emphasizes the importance of demand reduction (“avoid”) and shifts to low-carbon alternatives (“shift”) over efficiency improvements (“improve”) — to better understand the policy mix.

What did we find?
▶️ 54% of measures focus on efficiency improvements.
▶️ 14% aim to shift to low-carbon alternatives.
▶️ Only 2% explicitly avoid energy or service demand.
▶️ The EU’s policy mix remains dominated by economic and regulatory instruments.

⏩ In short, EU mitigation efforts underutilize the full spectrum of available strategies and instruments. Despite growing evidence on the substantial mitigation potential and co-benefits of demand-reduction approaches, these remain marginal in the EU’s climate policy.

📄 Read the full article here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2025.114888

Best,

 

Simon

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