World Energy: Building a Sustainable Future

This report by the Stockholm Environment Institute analyzes energy use trends across various sectors in major energy-consuming countries to address environmental and geopolitical challenges.

• The report identifies several critical global and regional challenges regarding energy supply and use, including local environmental impacts, the greenhouse effect's role in global climate and sea level change, and risks to international relations stemming from nuclear proliferation or oil supply.
• Developing countries face a specific additional burden regarding the financial costs required to fuel economic development and meet basic energy needs.
• The authors analyze energy use trends by sector using a framework based on three elements: energy intensity (the amount of energy used for activities), structural change, and the level of activity. At a disaggregated level, energy intensity serves as an indicator of energy efficiency, though it is influenced by factors beyond technical efficiency.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (1992). World Energy: Building a Sustainable Future. https://www.sei.org/publications/world-energy-building-a-sustainable-future/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. World Energy: Building a Sustainable Future. 1992. https://www.sei.org/publications/world-energy-building-a-sustainable-future/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute1992world, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{World Energy: Building a Sustainable Future}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {1992}, month = apr, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/world-energy-building-a-sustainable-future/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }