Energía y bienestar: una breve historia desde la perspectiva de los límites medioambientales

Lina I. Brand-Correa

doi:10.3989/arbor.2023.807002

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Lina I. Brand-Correa Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change York University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3142-8766

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3989/arbor.2023.807002

Palabras clave:

Energía, bienestar, necesidades humanas, satisfactores, sistemas de provisión

Resumen

Energía: vital y fatal. Vital pues cierta cantidad de energía se ha convertido en un aspecto indispensable para las sociedades y personas modernas. Fatal pues los sistemas energéticos han generado la mayor parte de las emisiones de gases efecto invernadero desde por lo menos la segunda mitad del siglo veinte. Por lo tanto, es indispensable analizar las cuestiones de energía desde el punto de vista de su uso buscando responder preguntas como ¿cuánta energía se requiere para mantener o mejorar niveles de bienestar humano?, ¿qué países han logrado alcanzar niveles altos de bienestar con niveles relativamente bajos de uso de la energía y cómo lo han logrado?, ¿qué impacto tiene nuestra comprensión del bienestar humano en cómo reflexionamos sobre la relación entre energía y bienestar? Este artículo tiene como objetivo presentar la historia del estudio de las relaciones energía-bienestar imperativa en la lucha por mitigar el cambio climático, desde una perspectiva de límites medioambientales.

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