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

Published on October 12, 2021

The report outlines potential scenarios for living within the 2030 target of 2.5-tons per person, showing that we need both systems change and behaviour change if we are to achieve this critical goal.

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. It builds on the first 1.5-Degree Lifestyles report that established quantifiable global targets for lifestyles carbon footprints, then expands the scope to make it more applicable for policy design, and practical program implementation.

Based on data from Canada, Finland, United Kingdom, Japan, China, Turkey, South Africa, Brazil, India, and Indonesia, the report analyses these countries for priority high-impact consumption domains, and for emissions gaps between current and target levels of consumption. It then suggests low-carbon lifestyles actions and estimates their potential for reducing impacts.