Towards a Theoretical Re- Interpretation of the Socioeconomic Challenges of Contemporary Climate Policies

Authors

  • Eduardo Sá Barreto Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v5n2.2014.9872

Keywords:

Política climática, Eficiência energética, Marx

Abstract

The creation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) marks the beginning of an
era of growing importance of environmental issues within energy policy. Initiatives towards
emissions intensity reduction are now a general tendency in the mitigation efforts among countries
that are the main emitters. Taking the energy efficiency policies as the central point of our
discussion, we intend to provide the foundations for a new understanding of the nexus between
energy efficiency and energy consumption - based on Marxian theory of value - as well as a new
framing for the rebound effect and its relevance to environmental issues.

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Author Biography

Eduardo Sá Barreto, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Professor adjunto do Departamento de Economia e Finanças da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

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2014-09-09

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Barreto, E. S. (2014). Towards a Theoretical Re- Interpretation of the Socioeconomic Challenges of Contemporary Climate Policies. Sustainability in Debate, 5(2), 162–178. https://doi.org/10.18472/SustDeb.v5n2.2014.9872

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Vol. 5 No. 2 (2014)

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