To fulfil the goals of the Paris Agreement and stop the catastrophic and permanent trespassing of planetary boundaries, a rapid, drastic, and unprecedented shift of lifestyles is necessary. The lifestyles that households adopt depend not only on decisions that citizens make in their day to-day lives, but also, and primarily, on the political, economic, technological, and societal structures in which they are entrenched. This report aims to further analyse and contribute to our understanding of the structural changes necessary to foster 1.5° lifestyles, including responsibility for these changes. Also to be understood as a reflection of the persisting and worsening crisis, the following three questions have guided and framed the research undertaken for this report:
- Firstly, we seek to further deepen our understanding of why deteriorating environmental and social conditions have not led to significant changes to existing ways of life.
- Secondly, we are further expanding our insights into the key structural enablers to address sustained unsustainability, with the specific aim to delineate comprehensive political and policy strategies towards change.
- Thirdly, we seek to discuss the issue of responsibility for driving such transformation, including forging actor coalitions and alliances that could be capable of instigating transformations towards 1.5° lifestyles.
This deliverable was produced as part of the EU1.5° Lifestyles project.
