Meeting Human Needs

This research paper by Olsson and Dawkins introduces the provisioning systems framework to analyze how human needs can be met without exceeding the boundaries of sustainable natural resource use, specifically focusing on climate change mitigation.

• The primary challenge for the global community is to improve human welfare and meet needs while remaining within the 'sustainability corridor,' which avoids the overexploitation of natural resources.
• Maintaining the sustainability corridor can be achieved by altering the types of natural resources utilized, such as transitioning from fossil fuels to renewable energy, or by reducing excessive consumption to change human needs.
• Provisioning systems, which link human needs to resource use, encompass physical infrastructure and machinery for extraction, processing, and transport, as well as institutional and social systems.

APA

Olsson, & Dawkins (2022). Meeting Human Needs. Stockholm Environment Institute. https://www.sei.org/publications/meeting-human-needs/

Chicago

Olsson, and Dawkins. Meeting Human Needs. Stockholm Environment Institute, 2022. https://www.sei.org/publications/meeting-human-needs/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{olsson2022meeting, author = {Olsson and Dawkins}, title = {{Meeting Human Needs}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2022}, month = may, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/meeting-human-needs/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }