Structure overview

When setting up the database, we assigned all entries to political targets / strategies and thus created an overview of which targets per sector should be addressed politically from a sufficiency perspective. We have defined measures / actions as the underlying level, which in turn summarise several policy instruments from the database.

Overall, the sufficiency policy database results in a cascade of sector – political target / strategy – measure / action – policy instrument. On this page you will find an overview of the first three levels of the cascade.

Sector	Target / Policy strategy		Policy strategy3
Sector	Target / Policy strategy	Measure / action	Policy strategy3
Buildings	Reduce energy consumption	Fiscal and economic instruments to reduce energy consumption	Policy strategy: Reduce energy consumption
Buildings	Reduce energy consumption	Raising awareness for the reduction of energy consumption	Policy strategy: Reduce energy consumption
Buildings	Reduce energy consumption	Reduce minimum heating obligation
Buildings	Reduce living space	Sufficiency-oriented building modifications	Policy strategy: Reduce living space
Buildings	Reduce living space	Sufficiency-oriented moving and living	Policy strategy: Reduce living space
Buildings	Reduce living space	Sufficiency-oriented new construction	Policy strategy: Reduce living space
Buildings	Reduce living space	Sufficiency-supporting ownership structures	Policy strategy: Reduce living space
Buildings	Sustainable urban- and settlement development without new sealing	Limit land consumption to net-zero	Policy strategy: Sustainable urban- and settlement development without new sealing
Buildings	Sustainable urban- and settlement development without new sealing	Reduce car parking spaces	Policy strategy: Sustainable urban- and settlement development without new sealing
Buildings	Sustainable urban- and settlement development without new sealing	Reduce urban sprawl	Policy strategy: Sustainable urban- and settlement development without new sealing
Buildings	Sustainable urban- and settlement development without new sealing	Support inner-city green areas	Policy strategy: Sustainable urban- and settlement development without new sealing
Buildings	Using existing buildings for living space	Conversion of buildings into living space	Policy strategy: Using existing buildings for living space
Buildings	Using existing buildings for living space	Protect existing buildings and living space	Policy strategy: Using existing buildings for living space
Buildings	Using existing buildings for living space	Use of vacant buildings	Policy strategy: Using existing buildings for living space
Buildings	Using existing buildings for living space	Vertical densification	Policy strategy: Using existing buildings for living space
Cross-sectoral	Develop a growth independent economy	Accept a steady state of the economy, rollback of growth policy	Policy strategy: Develop a growth independent economy
Cross-sectoral	Develop a growth independent economy	Alternative welfare measurement	Policy strategy: Develop a growth independent economy
Cross-sectoral	Encourage cultural change towards sufficiency	Provide information on climate and energy demand reduction to citizens	Policy strategy: Encourage cultural change towards sufficiency
Cross-sectoral	Encourage cultural change towards sufficiency	Strengthen sustainability and climate in education	Policy strategy: Encourage cultural change towards sufficiency
Cross-sectoral	Internalisation of external costs and limits to externalisation	Make environmentally damaging activities more expensive	Policy strategy: Internalisation of external costs and limits to externalisation
Cross-sectoral	Internalisation of external costs and limits to externalisation	Monitor and control externalisation of environmental damage	Policy strategy: Internalisation of external costs and limits to externalisation
Cross-sectoral	Internalisation of external costs and limits to externalisation	Pricing of GHG emissions	Policy strategy: Internalisation of external costs and limits to externalisation
Cross-sectoral	Limits to Consumption	Avoid discounts	Policy strategy: Limits to Consumption
Cross-sectoral	Limits to Consumption	Avoid the need for certain products	Policy strategy: Limits to Consumption
Cross-sectoral	Limits to Consumption	Disincentivise high energy consumption	Policy strategy: Limits to Consumption
Cross-sectoral	Limits to Consumption	Limitation of illumination	Policy strategy: Limits to Consumption
Cross-sectoral	Limits to Consumption	Phase-out of environmentally harming materials	Policy strategy: Limits to Consumption
Cross-sectoral	Limits to Consumption	Reduction and regulation of advertising	Policy strategy: Limits to Consumption
Cross-sectoral	Limits to Production	Ban certain products	Policy strategy: Limits to Production
Cross-sectoral	Limits to Production	Ban on environmentally damaging investments	Policy strategy: Limits to Production
Cross-sectoral	Limits to Production	Reduce ressource intensity
Cross-sectoral	Make trade regimes coherent with environmental targets	Integrate climate targets in trade agreements	Policy strategy: Make trade regimes coherent with environmental targets
Cross-sectoral	More equal wealth and income distribution	Redistribute wealth	Policy strategy: More equal wealth and income distribution
Cross-sectoral	More equal wealth and income distribution	Reduce income differences	Policy strategy: More equal wealth and income distribution
Cross-sectoral	Re-distribute and reduce paid work time	Incentivise reduction of working hours	Policy strategy: Re-distribute and reduce paid work time
Cross-sectoral	Re-distribute and reduce paid work time	Regulate reduction of working hours	Policy strategy: Re-distribute and reduce paid work time
Cross-sectoral	Scientific knowledge on sufficiency	Funding for sufficiency research & consultancy	Policy strategy: Scientific knowledge on sufficiency
Cross-sectoral	Strengthen public and common goods	Incentivise increase in public goods	Policy strategy: Strengthen public and common goods
Cross-sectoral	Strengthen public and common goods	Introduction of new schemes or frameworks for commons	Policy strategy: Strengthen public and common goods
Cross-sectoral	Strengthen public and common goods	Regulate preservation of common goods	Policy strategy: Strengthen public and common goods
Cross-sectoral	Sufficiency Innovation	Funding for sufficiency research & consultancy	Policy strategy: Sufficiency Innovation
Cross-sectoral	Sufficiency Innovation	Filter innovation support towards sustainability
Cross-sectoral	Sufficiency Innovation	Social Innovations/Research & Development for Sufficiency	Policy strategy: Sufficiency Innovation
Industry / Production	Alternative economic development	Promote alternative frameworks in economic development	Policy strategy: Alternative economic development
Industry / Production	Exnovation	Phase-out of environmentally harming materials	Policy strategy: Exnovation
Industry / Production	Exnovation	Phase-out of fossil fuels	Policy strategy: Exnovation
Industry / Production	Exnovation	Reduce barriers (policies, legislation, cultural) for sufficiency	Policy strategy: Exnovation
Industry / Production	Increase durability of products	Enable customers to repair products	Policy strategy: Increase durability of products
Industry / Production	Increase durability of products	Larger market share of repaired & durable products	Policy strategy: Increase durability of products
Industry / Production	Increase transparency of environmental impacts	Include material consumption in labelling	Policy strategy: Increase transparency of environmental impacts
Industry / Production	Increase transparency of environmental impacts	Increase reliance and meaningfulness of labels	Policy strategy: Increase transparency of environmental impacts
Industry / Production	Increase transparency of environmental impacts	Include eco-labels in advertisments
Industry / Production	Limits to consumption	Limit land-use with high water usage in areas with water scarcity	Policy strategy: Limits to consumption
Industry / Production	Phase-out of fossil fuels	Divestment in public and private finance	Policy strategy: Phase-out of fossil fuels
Industry / Production	Reduce waste	Mitigate waste production	Policy strategy: Reduce waste
Industry / Production	Strengthen regional economies	Revitalise interest in local production	Policy strategy: Strengthen regional economies
Industry / Production	Sustainable tourism	Climate-friendly behaviour of tourists & infrastructure of tourism sector	Policy strategy: Sustainable tourism
Industry / Production	Sustainable tourism	Support local tourism (medium to short-distance)	Policy strategy: Sustainable tourism
Land-use & food	Ensure a planetary boundary compatible agricultural sector	Align funding with environmental criteria	Policy strategy: Ensure a planetary boundary compatible agricultural sector
Land-use & food	Ensure a planetary boundary compatible agricultural sector	Set ambitious sectoral targets	Policy strategy: Ensure a planetary boundary compatible agricultural sector
Land-use & food	Increase regional food+feed production and processing	Increase consumption of regional products	Policy strategy: Increase regional food+feed production and processing
Land-use & food	Increase regional food+feed production and processing	Increase locally grown food	Policy strategy: Increase regional food+feed production and processing
Land-use & food	Increase regional food+feed production and processing	Production standards for imports	Policy strategy: Increase regional food+feed production and processing
Land-use & food	Extensify land-use to increase natural carbon sinks	Increase biomass in forests
Land-use & food	Reduction of fertilizer use	Reduction of mineral fertilizer use	Policy strategy: Reduction of fertilizer use
Land-use & food	Reduction of fertilizer use	Reduction of organic fertilizer use	Policy strategy: Reduction of fertilizer use
Land-use & food	Reduction of food packaging	Sale more packaging-free products	Policy strategy: Reduction of food packaging
Land-use & food	Reduction of food waste, overconsumption and -production	Reduction of food waste	Policy strategy: Reduction of food waste, overconsumption and -production
Land-use & food	Reduction of food waste, overconsumption and -production	Reduction of over-production	Policy strategy: Reduction of food waste, overconsumption and -production
Land-use & food	Reduction of food waste, overconsumption and -production	Reduction of the consumption of climate harmful food and drinks	Policy strategy: Reduction of food waste, overconsumption and -production
Land-use & food	Reduction of live stock	Diet shift	Policy strategy: Reduction of live stock
Land-use & food	Reduction of live stock	Reduction of animal farming and international trade of animal products	Policy strategy: Reduction of live stock
Land-use & food	Steer and reduce agricultural area	Increase areas not used by agriculture	Policy strategy: Steer and reduce agricultural area
Land-use & food	Steer and reduce agricultural area	No agricultural use of wetlands	Policy strategy: Steer and reduce agricultural area
Land-use & food	Steer and reduce agricultural area	Socio-ecological lease system for land	Policy strategy: Steer and reduce agricultural area
Transport	Improve public transport and multi-modality	Attractive public transport prices	Policy strategy: Improve public transport and multi-modality
Transport	Improve public transport and multi-modality	Higher network density and frequency	Policy strategy: Improve public transport and multi-modality
Transport	Improve public transport and multi-modality	Increase multi-modality	Policy strategy: Improve public transport and multi-modality
Transport	Improve public transport and multi-modality	Inform population on climate effects of mobility (options)	Policy strategy: Improve public transport and multi-modality
Transport	Improve public transport and multi-modality	Make public transport more attractive	Policy strategy: Improve public transport and multi-modality
Transport	Improve public transport and multi-modality	Public transport funding	Policy strategy: Improve public transport and multi-modality
Transport	Promotion of active modes	Active mode security	Policy strategy: Promotion of active modes
Transport	Promotion of active modes	Less road space, more space for bicycles and pedestrians	Policy strategy: Promotion of active modes
Transport	Promotion of active modes	Promote cycling	Policy strategy: Promotion of active modes
Transport	Promotion of active modes	Promote cycling & walking	Policy strategy: Promotion of active modes
Transport	Promotion of active modes	Promote walking	Policy strategy: Promotion of active modes
Transport	Reduce air transport	Infrastructure restriction for airports	Policy strategy: Reduce air transport
Transport	Reduce air transport	Limit supply	Policy strategy: Reduce air transport
Transport	Reduce air transport	Reduce holiday flights	Policy strategy: Reduce air transport
Transport	Reduce air transport	Reduce short-haul business trips	Policy strategy: Reduce air transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	Car-free city centers	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	Car-free city days	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	Disincentivise car aquisition/ownership	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	Higher cost of car use	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	Infrastructure investment shift to public transport	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	Legal framework adaption	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	Limit motorized individual water navigation	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	More shared mobility	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	Reduce accompanying trips, shift to bus for school students	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	Reduce parking in public space	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	Reduce private use of company cars	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	Reduction of parking traffic	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce motorized individual transport	Relieve disadvantage of public transport users	Policy strategy: Reduce motorized individual transport
Transport	Reduce trips: local supply	Reduce education trips	Policy strategy: Reduce trips: local supply
Transport	Reduce trips: local supply	Reduce medical trips	Policy strategy: Reduce trips: local supply
Transport	Reduce trips: local supply	Transit-oriented space planning	Policy strategy: Reduce trips: local supply
Transport	Reduce trips: work	Better information of employers/employees on communiting impacts	Policy strategy: Reduce trips: work
Transport	Reduce trips: work	Increase available broadband infrastructure	Policy strategy: Reduce trips: work
Transport	Reduce trips: work	Promotion of teleworking	Policy strategy: Reduce trips: work
Transport	Reduce trips: work	Reduce business trips	Policy strategy: Reduce trips: work
Transport	Reduce trips: work	Reduce commuting trips	Policy strategy: Reduce trips: work
Transport	Reduce trips: work	Reduce working days	Policy strategy: Reduce trips: work
Transport	Setting (sector) limits	Cap/reduce total transport emissions	Policy strategy: Setting (sector) limits
Transport	Setting (sector) limits	Reduction of road speed	Policy strategy: Setting (sector) limits
Transport: freight	Improve freight rail	Improve infrastructure	Policy strategy: Improve freight rail
Transport: freight	Reduce freight	Local production structures	Policy strategy: Reduce freight
Transport: freight	Reduce freight	Reduce air freight	Policy strategy: Reduce freight
Transport: freight	Reduce freight	Reduce road freight	Policy strategy: Reduce freight
Transport: freight	Reduce motorised delivery kms	Encourage short circuits	Policy strategy: Reduce motorised delivery kms
Transport: freight	Reduce motorised delivery kms	Micro-hubs for delivery	Policy strategy: Reduce motorised delivery kms
Transport: freight	Reduce motorised delivery kms	Reduce fossil-fuelled delivery	Policy strategy: Reduce motorised delivery kms
Transport: freight	Shift road to rail	Reduce rail freight prices	Policy strategy: Shift road to rail
Transport: freight	Shift road to rail	Regulate road freight distance	Policy strategy: Shift road to rail
Transport: freight	Shift to water transport	Development of maritime and river ways	Policy strategy: Shift to water transport

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