Chapter 2: Decoupling and redistribution in realising the Sustainable Development Goals

• Main Author: Lerpold, Lin (auth)
• Other Authors: Sjöberg, Örjan (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing 2023
• Subjects: RNU; Sustainable Development Goals; Synergies; Trade-offs; Decoupling; Redistribution
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Climate, environment and social sustainability are most often theorised and empirically depicted as separate challenges. We explore the interdependence and trade-offs between the goals and suggest that decoupling must have a more prominent focus. Unlike the rapidly expanding body of quantitative goa...