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 10 Oct. 2024 



 

 

 

**Sufficiency a key issue in responding to the climate emergency**

Against the backdrop of an unprecedented climate crisis, sufficiency is emerging as an **essential solution to environmental challenges**. Beyond simply reducing consumption, sufficiency invites us to **rethink the way we live, produce and consume** in a more sustainable and equitable way. Increasingly present in public debate, sufficiency questions the way in which we can combine **energy efficiency, social justice and the preservation of natural resources.**

This approach, which goes far beyond mere **technical efficiency**, raises some profound questions: **how can we redefine our needs at source?** How can we promote **individual and collective change** towards more responsible consumption, while taking account of social and economic realities?

The new edition of the **FACTS Report** explores these complex issues, offering a range of perspectives on how sufficiency is emerging as a key response to **climate and societal** challenges.

> An open access review:

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  FACTS Report Sufficiency EN  (9.68 MB)  

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### **Discover:**

- [The Foreword](https://www.institut.veolia.org/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/document/2024/09/Veolia_FACTS_26_2024_GB_Web_AVANT-PROPOS.pdf) of **Mamphela Ramphele**, Former Managing Director of the World Bank and Member of the Veolia Institute’s Foresight Committee
- [Introduction](https://www.institut.veolia.org/sites/g/files/dvc2551/files/document/2024/09/Veolia_FACTS_26_2024_GB_Web_INTRODUCTION.pdf) of **Nicolas Renard**, Executive Director of the Veolia Institute



 

 

 



 

 

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