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ENERGIES
Volume 15, Issue 16, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/en15165821
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SDGs; sustainability; energy efficiency; Jevons Paradox; energy rebound
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Jevons Paradox states that technological improvements may lead to a rebound effect, increasing energy demand and resource exploitation, which has significant implications for sustainable development.
Jevons Paradox has fundamental implications on sustainable development and the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The paradox states that technological improvements aiming to increase the energy efficiency risk causing a rebound effect, and an increase in demand, production, and resource exploitation. Third world countries undergoing early-stage technological development may be particularly vulnerable, but it is also relevant in complex economic systems, where policymaking on climate and energy building on insufficient knowledge and attention to rebound effects can impair the desired outcome in terms of climate change mitigation, resource use and sustainable development.
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