@article{BestThemaZellZiegleretal.2022,
  author    = {Best, Benjamin and Thema, Johannes and Zell-Ziegler, Carina and Wiese, Frauke and Barth, Jonathan and Breidenbach, Stephan and Nascimento, Leonardo and Wilke, Henry},
  title     = {Building a database for energy sufficiency policies},
  journal   = {F1000Research},
  volume    = {11},
  doi       = {10.12688/f1000research.108822.2},
  url       = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:wup4-opus-80293},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Sufficiency measures are potentially decisive for the decarbonisation of energy systems but rarely considered in energy policy and modelling. Just as efficiency and renewable energies, the diffusion of demand-side solutions to climate change also relies on policy-making. Our extensive literature review of European and national sufficiency policies fills a gap in existing databases. We present almost 300 policy instruments clustered into relevant categories and publish them as {"}Energy Sufficiency Policy Database{"}. This paper provides a description of the data clustering, the set-up of the database and an analysis of the policy instruments. A key insight is that sufficiency policy includes much more than bans of products or information tools leaving the responsibility to individuals. It is a comprehensive instrument mix of all policy types, not only enabling sufficiency action, but also reducing currently existing barriers. A policy database can serve as a good starting point for policy recommendations and modelling, further research is needed on barriers and demand-reduction potentials of sufficiency policy instruments.},
  language  = {en}
}