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标题：Energy Consumption Transition and Human Development
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作者：Qiaosheng Wu ; Svetlana Maslyuk ; Valerie Clulow 等
期刊名称：Discussion Paper Series / Department of Economics, Monash University
出版年度：2010
卷号：1
出版社：Monash University
摘要：Evidently, by century’s end, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions would , at current rates, more than double, putting the world onto a potentially catastrophic trajectory which could lead to warming of 5 ℃ or more compared with preindustrial times. Human today is experiencing a dramatic shift to low-carbon development. The problems of the conventional energy order have led some to regard reinforcement of the status quo as folly and to instead champion sustainable energy strategies based on non-conventional sources and more intelligent ideology of managed energy-environment-society relations consonant with human development. The co-evolution of energy, environment and economic growth has resulted in synergistic development—a process of reinforcing development among energy, environment and economy and such synergism is now embedded in each other. Indeed, Energy system have underpinned and constructed deeply unequal social relations, as well as imbalanced nature-society relations, since the dawn of the fossil fuel era. More problematic, the causes and effects of energy consumption inequity have raised many questions for decision makers, One of them is that energy consumption has a distinct and critical social dimension. Whether it is truly an available process that the poor will catch up to the rich via energy-driven human development and the economies of developed and less developed countries will gradually converge. However, the effect of global warming on climate change is now more evident than ever before, with growing numbers of people and rising average levels of welfare it gets very crowded in the carbon space and the claims on it are growing rapidly1, it is very important for human how to share that space and or efforts to stay within it. As Moriarty and Honney (2010) noted, changing development paths which deemphasize economic development and stress basic needs can make a major contribution to dwindle carbon space. They also propose a general “shrink and share” approach to reductions in both fossil-fuel use and carbon emissions, with basic human needs satisfaction replacing economic growth as the focus for economic activity. Especially for developing countries, replicating the development path of the developed countries with their heavy reliance on carbon-rich energy sources would amount to running into a dead-end street. Rather, these countries should choose more sustainable development paths. There is little discussion about the nature of the overall transition to more sustainable energy system based on human basic needs.