A new paradigm for a climate-friendly lifestyle is needed

Ensuring the well-being of citizens while reducing resource consumption has proven to be a huge challenge. Policy makers in the European Union want to identify new approaches to providing resources that ensure the well-being of citizens without causing excessive environmental burden.

A study carried out in five EU countries concluded that in an effort to re-evaluate and rework the funding systems, instead of economic growth, the satisfaction of citizens' needs should come to the fore.

“To achieve the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, we must change the current unsustainable patterns of production and consumption in the four central systems of food supply, mobility, housing and leisure. Our research sought to identify key structural barriers to change. (Bianca Schröder, more at phys.org)