1.5-Degree Lifestyles: Towards a Fair Consumption Space for All

In a world with a limited and fast-shrinking global carbon budget, coupled with vast inequalities, how do we allocate the remaining carbon allowance in a manner that is fair while drastically decreasing our footprints within a limited time frame to avoid irreversible ecological damage? The 1.5-Degree Lifestyles: Towards A Fair Consumption Space for All, addresses this question head-on.

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Full report: Towards A Fair Consumption Space for All (5MB)

Summary for Policy Makers (1MB)

Section II: Hotspots and Options for Footprint Reductions (2MB)

Section III: Policy Approaches for A Fair Consumption Space (1MB)

Annexe: Country-Specific results (1MB)

We need a fundamental values shift... We have a finite global carbon budget. We have a finite fresh water budget... and this has to be shared in an equitable way. And this report - in what I would argue to be the sharpest way so far - can really build up a methodology of how that space should be shared and can be shared.

What this report is telling us is that what we need to do now as citizens, as people, is shift our lifestyles to truly create and enhance this change towards alternative futures. This report is fundamental in terms of setting the tone of what we can all do together and truly meet a 1.5-degree lifestyle.

This report highlights the importance of why countries such as Japan, which have made net-zero commitments, need to show how changes in lifestyles can contribute to this goal, and also how the goal itself will shape societies in the future. Further collaboration among stakeholders, citizens, and the business and the public sectors, to realise lifestyle changes is crucial to fulfill the net-zero commitments.

Watch the full recordings from the 1.5-Degree Lifestyles Report launch to hear more from Johan Rockström, Sandrine Dixson-Declève, and our panel of experts.

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We have made the report fully available to download free of charge, however, if you want to further support our work, you can order a printed copy of the full report. Along with the print edition, you will receive an exclusive digital version of the full annexes, including in-depth information on the report methodology, carbon budget scenarios and country specific data.