The
3-year social science research project called FULFILL - "Fundamental
Decarbonisation Through Sufficiency By Lifestyle Changes" has
started in
October, 2021. The Project is a cooperation among organisations
of Fraunhofer Institute ISI (coordinator) and Wuppertal
Institut in Germany, EURAC and POLIMI in Italy, negaWATT
and Jacques
Delors Institute in France, Green
Liberty in Latvia, and INFORSE-Europe in Denmark.
The FULFILL Project's website: fulfill-sufficiency.eu and
Twitter: twitter.com/fulfilleu |
The main
objective of the Project is to study lifestyle changes as part
of European decarbonisation pathways that lead to the fulfillment
of the Paris Agreement goals by using the concept of sufficiency
as a guiding principle.
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To
achieve this overarching project's aim, the FULFILL project has
the following objectives:
- Characterize the concept of lifestyle change based on the current literature
and extend this characterization by combining it with the sufficiency
concept.
- Develop a measurable and quantifiable definition of sufficiency to
make it applicable as a concept to study lifestyle changes in relation
to decarbonisation strategies.
- Generate a multidisciplinary systemic research approach that integrates
micro, meso, and macro level perspectives on lifestyle changes.
- Study lifestyle change mechanisms empirically through social science
and humanities (SSH) research methods on the micro (individual, household)
and the meso (community, municipal) level.
- Achieve an in-depth analysis of existing and potential sufficiency
lifestyles, their intended and unintended consequences (incl. rebound
and spillover effects), enablers and barriers (incl. existing structures)
as well as impacts (incl. on health and gender) on the micro level across
diverse cultural, political, and economic conditions in Europe and in
comparison to India as a country with a very large population and very
different lifestyles.
- Assess the dynamics of lifestyle change mechanisms towards sufficiency
on the meso level by looking into current activities of municipalities,
selected communities and initiatives as well as analysing their level
of success and persisting limitations in contributing to decarbonisation.
- Integrate the findings from the micro and meso level into a macro,
i.e. national and European, level assessment of the systemic implications
of sufficiency lifestyles and explore diffusion pathways.
- Implement a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the systemic
impact of sufficiency lifestyles which in addition to a contribution
to decarbonisation and economic impacts includes the analysis of further
intended and unintended consequences (incl. rebound and spillover effects)
as well as broader societal impacts (incl. on health and gender).
- Combine the research findings with citizen science activities to develop
sound and valid policy recommendations contributing to the development
of promising pathways towards lifestyle change.
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Activity
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• September
25-27, 2024 (in Latvia & partially
online)
INFORSE-Europe Sustainable Energy Seminar, Talsi, Latvia together with General
Meeting.
INFORSE-Europe is organizing an NGO sustainable energy seminar in cooperation
with Latvian Green Movement. We focus on how civil society can push forward climate
action with transition to 100% renewable energy, sufficiency/sustainable lifestyles,
the best mitigation measures, and much more.
Read more: Seminar 2024 (proceedings
come soon)
Register: Google
form.
Download: Program
(pdf)
More at
Facebook
Contact: Gunnar Boye Olesen, ove@inforse.org |
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• September
18, 2024, 15.00-17.00
Final FULFILL Conference in Brussels & online
Join and Read more
: FULFILL Final Event
Regiser on the Registration form |
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• September
13-14, 2024
Folkedybet Festival on Sustainable Lifestyle - Strandengen, Samsø, Denmark
September 13, 2024, kl. 14.30 • Cirkustelt (in Danish)
Danmark og EU’s rolle i det bæredygtige
liv. Hvordan kan en bæredygtig
livsstil se ud for at vi har lyst til at leve i den og hvordan kan vi med lokale
initiativer bane vejen?
Præsentation
af ny viden og debat med en række
bæredygtigheds
initiativer - reultaterne fra EU Horison Projektet FULFILL,
ved Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE-Europe.
Read more: Full
Program: Folkedybet 2024 - Samsø Ennergiakademiet |
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June, 2024
Draft publication with analysis of sufficiency policies included
in the National Energy & Climate Plans (NECPs) of Denmark,
France, Germany, and Italy, as well as
proposals for additional sufficiency policies,
June 2024, 24 pages. |
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• June
15, 2024, 13.30
Sustainable lifestyle - New climate policy in the EU
and Denmark
Strandvejen's Debate Tent at Folkemèdet, Allinge, Bornholm
How do we translate the need for sustainable lifestyles into political climate
solutions?
- Gunnar Boye Olesen, Policy Coordinator for RenewableEnergy, INFORSE-Europe
and researcher in sustainable lifestyle policy at the EU Horizon2020 FULFILL
Project.
- Marianne Bigum, Member of Parliament for SF.
- Kathrine Olldag, chairperson of the climate and environmental organization
VedvarendeEnergi, political director of the industry association Cirkulær
and former MF for Radikale.
- Julie Schoen, spokesperson, Den BlÕ Avis.
The event is financially supported by the Europa-Nævnet,
and the EU Horizon FULFILL project.
Read more: FULFILL project and Danish
events by INFORSE about the EU (in danish) |
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• June
11-13, 2024 -
EUSEW 2024, Exhibition, Brussels, Belgium
Venue: Charlemagne Building, C-14, 2. floor
INFORSE-Europe is co-organiser of an exhibition featuring
the EU funded FULFILL project.
• June
12, 2024 - 9:30 - 11:00.
EUSEW
2024 Policy Conference
Venue: Charlemagne Building, De Gasperi Room, 2. fl.
EUSEW Policy Conference Session: Less is more? An overview
of sufficiency policies to reduce emissions and increase quality
of life.
INFORSE-Europe is co-organiser of the session together with partners
of the EU funded FULFILL project.
- Sufficiency, an intro by Fiona Breucker, Jacques Delors Institute,
France
- How sufficient will Europeans be? Survey results. by Elisabeth
Dutschke, Fraunhofer Institute, Germany
- Sufficiency on the ground, CONCERTI by Politecnico di Torino,
Sergio Olivero, Italy
- Policies for sufficiency, from the FULFILL project by Association
negaWatt, Yves Marignac, France
- What can sufficiency contribute? Results of an input-output model by REScoop,
Matteo
Giacomo Prina, Italy
- Introducing the Sufficiency Manifesto, by Association negaWatt, Yves
Marignac, France
- How EU’s climate plans can include sufficiency, by INFORSE-Europe,
Gunnar
Boye Olesen, Denmark
-Comments, interactive parts and dialogues with Thomas Pellerin-Carlin,
Member European Parliament and Frank Siebern-Thomas, Employment,
Social Affairs
and
Inclusion, European Commission
More info: EUSEW
Session page and EUSEW
exhibition page. and Video
replay
Download:
Presentation: Less
is more? An overview of sufficiency policies to reduce emissions and
increase quality of life (pdf 6 MB)
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• June
8, 2024 - 11:45 - 13:00 -
UNFCCC SB60, Bonn, Germany
Venue: Conference Center, Room Berlin.
Side Event: Decarbonisation through sufficiency lifestyle: How
much? How to support? 100% renewables.
Organised by INFORSE in cooperation with Association negaWatt,
Fraunhofer ISI and
SustainableEnergy (SE).
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What is sufficiency? Better with Less! IPCCC’s SER model: Sufficiency,
Efficiency, Renewables. By Yves Marignac,
NegaWatt, France.
- Sufficiency
in our society. Research results inEU+ India. Gender aspects
within the project FULFILL. By Dr. Elisabeth Dutschke,
Fraunhofer ISI, Germany.
- Input-output
model, quantifying CO2 reductions of policy changes. By Wolfram
Sparber, Eurac Research, Italy.
- Sufficiency
policies in NDCs and the EU countries national climate and energy
plans (NECPs). By Gunnar Boye Olesen, INFORSE-Europe/ SE,
Denmark.
Read: Program
(pdf).
Presentations are available at INFORSE
at SB60 and at UNFCCC
SB60 Side Events |
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• December
2023
UNFCCC
COP28, Dubai, UAE
SIDE EVENT IN THE BLUE ZONE
Saturday, 9 December 2023, Time: 15:00-16:30, Room: SE Room 7 & ONLINE
Title: Sustainable Lifestyles, Sufficiency Supporting Just Climate Action,
Stronger NDCs
Sustainable lifestyles, sufficiency, can help reducing emissions in high-emission
countries with affluent lifestyles. Policies supporting these should be
included in the GST and new NDCs. New European research shows the specific
sufficiency actions and policies that can make the difference.
Organised by INFORSE, Association negaWatt, France; Fraunhofer Institute
for Systems and Innovation Research - FhG ISI, Germany; Sustainable Energy,
Denmark.
Read: Program
(pdf).Proceeding at INFORSE
at COP28 including ONLINE Link. |
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• 10
June 2023
UNFCCC SB58 Side Event, Bonn, Germany.
Title: Sustainable lifestyles for climate action and policies for ALL
Organised by INFORSE, Fraunhofer Institute, REScoop.eu and SE.
Download Program
(pdf), and link to Proceedings. |
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• Citizens'
Wokshop in Paris with participation from the Partner countries. |
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• 1 June,
2023 - FULFILL Webinar in Denmark (in Danish)
Venue: Permatopia & online
Download:
- Power point presentation
(pdf) (in Danish)
- Invitation
to workshop (in Danish) |
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• November,
2022: FULFILL Project Meeting, Institute of Jacques Delors,
Paris, France
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• 2
September, 2022: Workshop about sustainable initiatives and
their work
with local administrations, in Middelfart, Denmark.
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• August
- October, 2022: Gathering data in all five countries.
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• February
- March, 2022: Launch of WEB SITE of the Project: fulfill-sufficiency.eu
• January
2022: Launch of the Twitter of the Project: twitter.com/fulfilleu
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• October,
2021: Kick Off Meeting in Karlsruhe, Germany.
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• April
2021: First Project Meeting (Virtual)
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Partners
of the Project: |
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Wuppertal
Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie gGmbH
Address: Doppersberg 19,
42103 Wuppertal, Germany
W: wupperinst.org |
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Association
negaWatt
Address: 1 Rue Marc Seguin, 26300 Alixan, France.
W: negawatt.org/en
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POLIMI
- Politecnico di Milano
Address: Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano,
Italy.
W: www.polimi.it/en
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Notre
Europe - Jacques Delors Institute
Address: 18 Rue de Londres, 75009 Paris, France.
institutdelors.eu/en
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Zala
Briviba - Green Liberty
Lapu Street 17-3, 1002 Riga, Latvia.
W: www.zalabriviba.lv
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INFORSE-Europe, International
Network for Sustainable Energy
Klosterport 4F, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
att. Gunnar Boye Olesen, Judit Szoleczky
E: ove [at] inforse.org, W: inforse.org/europe
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Website
of the FULFILL Project: fulfill-sufficiency.eu |
The
project is funded
by the Horizon2020 Program of the European Union. |
Project
under CORDIS:
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