The growing extraction of natural resources and the waste and emissions resulting from their
use are directly or indirectly responsible for humanity approaching or even surpassing …

This article investigates the effect of digitalization on energy consumption. Using an
analytical model, we investigate four effects:(1) direct effects from the production, usage and …

Scenarios that limit global warming to 1.5° C describe major transformations in energy
supply and ever-rising energy demand. Here, we provide a contrasting perspective by …

The sharing economy is a new phenomenon considered to stimulate sustainable practices.
It is viewed as the synergy between technology, information and marketing that promotes a …

This report addresses the opportunities for material efficiency in homes and cars of the G7,
with results also shown for China and India. We chose to focus the assessment on specific …

Material efficiency (ME), making products with less material or substituting with less carbon‐
intensive material without a loss of functionality, can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Central to the United Nations' post-2015 development agenda grounded in the Sustainable
Development Goals is the notion of 'decoupling': the need to divorce economic growth from …

Abstract China and the United States (US) produce approximately one-third of global
economic output, and emit more than two-fifths of global total carbon emissions. Comparing …

Many countries have started to develop policy programs for the sustainable use of natural
resources. Indicators and targets can cover both a territorial and a life-cycle-wide global …

Digitalization can increase resource and energy productivities. However, the production and
usage of information and communication technologies (ICTs) require materials and energy …