Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH, Döppersberg 19, Wuppertal, D-42103, Germany.
Öko-Institut e.V., Büro Berlin, Borkumstraße 2, Berlin, D-13189, Germany.
F1000Res. 2022 Feb 24;11:229. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.108822.2. eCollection 2022.
Sufficiency measures are potentially decisive for the decarbonisation of energy systems but rarely considered in energy policy and modelling. Just as efficiency and renewable energies, the diffusion of demand-side solutions to climate change also relies on policy-making. Our extensive literature review of European and national sufficiency policies fills a gap in existing databases. We present almost 300 policy instruments clustered into relevant categories and publish them as "Energy Sufficiency Policy Database". This paper provides a description of the data clustering, the set-up of the database and an analysis of the policy instruments. A key insight is that sufficiency policy includes much more than bans of products or information tools leaving the responsibility to individuals. It is a comprehensive instrument mix of all policy types, not only enabling sufficiency action, but also reducing currently existing barriers. A policy database can serve as a good starting point for policy recommendations and modelling, further research is needed on barriers and demand-reduction potentials of sufficiency policy instruments.
充足性措施对于能源系统的脱碳可能具有决定性意义，但在能源政策和建模中很少被考虑。就像效率和可再生能源一样，需求侧解决方案向气候变化的扩散也依赖于政策制定。我们对欧洲和国家充足性政策的广泛文献回顾填补了现有数据库的空白。我们提出了将近 300 种政策工具，并将其归类为相关类别，并将其作为“能源充足性政策数据库”发布。本文介绍了数据聚类、数据库的设置以及对政策工具的分析。一个关键的见解是，充足性政策不仅包括产品或信息工具的禁令，还将责任留给个人。它是所有政策类型的综合工具组合，不仅能够实现充足性行动，而且还可以减少当前存在的障碍。政策数据库可以作为政策建议和建模的良好起点，但需要进一步研究充足性政策工具的障碍和需求减少潜力。
