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Discover how energy sufficiency can empower you to make a difference and contribute to a more sustainable future. This track explores energy sufficiency, its definitions, and practical ways to incorporate it into daily life. After listening, you'll understand the value of this concept and how small changes can have a significant impact. While energy efficiency is a well-known term, energy sufficiency might be less familiar. Energy sufficiency is about reducing the demand for energy and asking how much energy is enough for our needs. We'll also address the challenges associated with energy sufficiency and provide guidance on navigating them. 

Given the pressing climate crisis, feeling powerless and disconnected is common. However, we encourage you to stay engaged as positive developments in the industry can inspire and reassure you.

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Reading List

• [Journal Article] Stimulating energy sufficiency: barriers and opportunities Edouard Tolouse
• [Journal Article] Energy Sufficiency: An Introduction Sarah Darby and Tina Fawcett
• [Book] The Logic of Sufficiency Thomas Princen
• [Book] Energy, from Opulence to Sufficiency Jerrold H. Krenz
• [Book] Local Energy Autonomy: Spaces, Scales, Politics Fanny Lopez, Margot Pellegrino, Olivier Coutard
• [Article] 3 questions to explain energy sufficiency for individuals Engie
• [Article] What is energy sufficiency? Engie
• [Website] Association négaWatt négaWatt
• [Article] Stop Commuter Harassment Holly Kearl
• [Journal Article] The limits of energy sufficiency: A review of the evidence for rebound effects and negative spillovers from behavioural change - ScienceDirect Steve Sorrell et al
• [Briefing] Domestic energy prices House of Commons Library
• [Article] Energy sufficiency: the other side of the energy transition Engie