Rebound effect (conservation)

About: Rebound effect (conservation) is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 773 publications have been published within this topic receiving 25741 citations.

Sustainability Through Design Science: Re-Imagining Option Spaces Beyond Eco-Efficiency

Abstract: Ecological resource efficiency, implemented as a market mechanism within a neoclassical economy, shoulders the burden of providing a worldview for sustainable development: continuous GDP growth to provide for the expansion of human needs, and dematerialization through resource efficiency to accommodate ecological limits However, resource efficiency does not equal resource conservation Empirical evidence confirms that the emergent rebound effects of efficiency gains overpower their first-order intention, creating counterintuitive feedback effects at larger scales Backfire, the collective product of individual scale resource efficiencies, is little recognized as a key driver of resource depletion However, the acknowledgement of rebound effects as emergent properties of eco-efficiency systems also opens an opportunity space This paper introduces the paradigm of design science for sustainable development, a qualitatively different epistemology in which the emergent effects of throughput growth and social rebound are collectively negotiated within a sustainable area budget Multiple-alternative scenario building within this budget outlines a process within which emergent properties are negotiated relative to the resilience of social and ecological systems Design science provides the crucial outlines for the negotiation of a common future inscribed within ecological limits Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd and ERP Environment

Cross-border financial flows and global warming in a two-area ecological SFC model

Abstract: •The search for safe financial assets can affect economic growth and financial stability.•The search for green financial assets can exacerbate climate change if capitals are free and exchange rates are floating.•Lacking a strong coordination, green government policies are likely to generate negative side effects for other areas.•Ecological efficiency gains are likely to be offset by the higher growth rate of the economy (rebound effect).•The effectiveness of green behaviours and policies depends on the impact of cross-border financial flows on exchange rates.

Do Methodological Choices in Environmental Modeling Bias Rebound Effects?: A Case Study on Electric Cars

Abstract: Improvements in resource efficiency often underperform because of rebound effects. Calculations of the size of rebound effects are subject to various types of bias, among which methodological choices have received particular attention. Modellers have primarily focused on choices related to changes in demand, however, choices related to modeling the environmental burdens from such changes have received less attention. In this study, we analyze choices in the environmental assessment methods (life cycle assessment (LCA) and hybrid LCA) and environmental input–output databases (E3IOT, Exiobase and WIOD) used as a source of bias. The analysis is done for a case study on battery electric and hydrogen cars in Europe. The results describe moderate rebound effects for both technologies in the short term. Additionally, long-run scenarios are calculated by simulating the total cost of ownership, which describe notable rebound effect sizes—from 26 to 59% and from 18 to 28%, respectively, depending on the methodologi...