Socio-economic conditions for satisfying human needs at low energy use - An international analysis of social provisioning

Summary

A rigorous study of 106 countries by Jefim Vogel, Julia Steinberger and colleagues finds none meeting human needs within sustainable energy use. What decides it is provisioning, the way societies deliver what people need: “income equality, democratic quality, electricity access, and public service quality” help, while “economic growth and extractivism” do harm. Which may demand “a broader political-economic transformation”.

Rationale

Equality, democratic quality and good public services help meet needs here; we’d count them as culture change too, though the study tracks needs met, not dispositions grown.