The rationale for and economic implications of dematerialisation

Sustainable Growth and Resource Productivity: Economic and Global Policy Issues

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 305-337

  Ekins, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 85076073437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781351279208-16     Document Type: Chapter

References (36)

1. Barker, T. (2008) The Macro-economic Effects of the Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy (briefing paper; London: The Climate Group).
2. Bringezu, S., and H. Schütz (2001) Total Resource Flows of the United Kingdom (Report for Defra; Wuppertal: Wuppertal Institute).
3. Bringezu, S., H. Schütz, S. Steger and J. Baudisch (2004) ‘International Comparison of Resource Use and its Relation to Economic Growth: The Development of Total Material Requirement, Direct Material Inputs and Hidden Flows and the Structure of TMR’, Ecological Economics 51: 97-124.
4. Daly, H.E. (1977) Steady-State Economics (San Francisco: W.H. Freeman).
5. Daly, H.E. (1990) ‘Toward Some Operational Principles of Sustainable Development’, Ecological Economics 2: 1-6.
6. Daly, H.E. (1992) ‘From Empty World to Full World Economics’, in R. Goodland, H.E. Daly and S. El Serafy (eds.), Population, Technology and Lifestyle: the Transition to Sustainability (Washington, DC: Island Press).
7. Defra (UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (2003) Changing Patterns: UK Government Framework for Sustainable Consumption and Production (London: Defra Publications).
8. Defra (UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (2005a) Sustainable Production and Consumption: Revised Basket of Decoupling Indicators (London: Defra).
9. Defra (UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (2005b) Securing the Future: Delivering UK Sustainable Development Strategy (Cm 6467; Norwich, UK: The Stationery Office).
10. Defra (UK Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (2006) Climate Change: The UK Programme 2006 (Cm 6764; Norwich, UK: The Stationery Office).
11. DETR (UK Department for the Environment, Transport and the Regions) (1999) A Better Quality of Life: A Strategy for Sustainable Development for the United Kingdom (Cm 4345; London: The Stationery Office).
12. EC (European Commission) (1989) Communication from the Commission to the Council and to the Parliament: A Community Strategy for Waste Management (SEC (89) 934 final, 18 September 1989; Brussels: EC).
13. EC (European Commission) (2006) Action Plan for Energy Efficiency: Realising the Potential (COM (2006)545 final, 19 October 2006; Brussels: EC; ec.europa.eu/energy/action_plan_energy_efficiency/doc/com_2006_0545_en.pdf).
14. EEA (European Environment Agency) (2006) Using the Market for Cost-Effective Environmental Policy: Market-Based Instruments in Europe (EEA Report No.1/2006; Copenhagen: EEA).
15. Ekins, P. (2000) Environmental Sustainability and Economic Growth: The Prospects for Green Growth (London: Routledge).
16. Ekins, P. and B. Etheridge (2006) ‘The Environmental and Economic Impacts of the UK Climate Change Agreements’, Energy Policy 34.15: 2,071-86.
17. Enqvist, P.-A., T. Naucler and J. Rosander (2007) ‘A Cost Curve for Greenhouse Gas Reduction’, McKinsey Quarterly, February 2007.
18. Helm, D., R. Smale and J. Phillips (2007) ‘Too Good to be True? The UK’s Climate Change Record’ (mimeo; Oxford, UK: New College, December 2007).
19. HMT (Her Majesty’s Treasury) (2007) Building Britain’s Long-term Future: Prosperity and Fairness for Families Budget 2007 (London: HMT).
20. IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) (2007) Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press).
21. Contribution of Working Group I to the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC, IPCC; www.ipcc.ch/ipccreports/ar4-wg1.htm.
22. Jordan, A., R. Wurzel and A. Zito (eds.) (2003) ‘New’ Instruments of Environmental Governance? National Experiences and Prospects (London: Frank Cass).
23. Lees, E. (2006) ‘Evaluation of the Energy Efficiency Commitment 2002-05', report to Defra from Eoin Lees Energy; www.defra.gov.uk/Environment/energy/eec/pdf/eecevaluation.pdf.
24. Linstead, C., C. Gervais and P. Ekins (2003) Mass Balance: An Essential Tool for Understanding Resource Flows (Report of the Biffaward Programme of Mass Balance Projects; London: Forum for the Future).
25. MEA (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment) (2005) Ecosystems and Human Well-being: General Synthesis (Washington, DC: Island Press).
26. Moll, S., S. Bringezu and H. Schütz (2003) Resource Use in European Countries, An Estimate of Materials and Waste Streams in the Community, Including Imports and Exports Using the Instrument of Material Flow Analysis (Copenhagen: European Topic Centre on Waste and Material Flows, ETC-WMF).
27. Myers, N. (1989) ‘Extinction Rates Past and Present’, BioScience 39.1 (January 1989): 39-41.
28. OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) (2002) Indicators to Measure Decoupling of Environmental Pressure from Economic Growth (Paris: OECD; www.oecd.org/LongAbstract/0,2546, en_2649_34283_2089221_119656_1_1_37465,00.html).
29. 2 Embodied in International Trade with Implications for Global Climate Policy’, Environmental Science and Technology 42.5: 1,401-1,407
30. Sorrell, S., and J. Dimitropoulos (2007) The Rebound Effect: An Assessment of the Evidence for Economy-wide Energy Savings from Improved Energy Efficiency (London: UK Energy Research Centre, www.ukerc.ac.uk/MediaCentre/UKERCPressReleases/Releases2007/0710ReboundEffects.aspx).
31. Stern, N. (2007) Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press).
32. Sterner, T. (2007) ‘Fuel Taxes: An Important Instrument for Climate Policy’, Energy Policy 35: 3,194-202.
33. Ten Brink, P. (ed.) (2002) Voluntary Environmental Agreements: Process, Practice and Future Use (Sheffield, UK: Greenleaf Publishing).
34. Van der Voet, E., L. Van Oers and I. Nikolic (2003) Dematerialisation: Not Just a Matter of Weight (CML Report 160; Leiden, Netherlands: University of Leiden; www.leidenuniv.nl/cml).
35. Wiedmann, T., J. Minx, J. Barrett, R. Vanner and P. Ekins (2006) Sustainable Production and Consumption: Development of an Evidence Base (Final Project Report to Defra; London: Defra; www2.defra.gov.uk/research/Project_Data/More.asp?I=EV02001&M=KW&V=Q&Lvl=3&Cat1=15447&Cat2=15448&Cat3=15449&Cat4=&Cat5=).
36. Wiedmann, T., R. Wood, M. Lenzen, J. Minx, D. Guan and J. Barrett (2008) Development of an Embedded Carbon Emissions Indicator: Producing a Time Series of Input-Output Tables and Embedded Carbon Dioxide Emissions for the UK by Using a MRIO Data Optimisation System (Report to Defra by the Stockholm Environment Institute and the University of Sydney; London: Defra; randd.defra.gov.uk/Document.aspx?Document=EV02033_7331_FRP.pdf, accessed 19 August 2008).