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Levers for equitable material use

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Peipei Tian
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Kuishuang Feng *
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Laixiang Sun
DOI:10.1038/s41893-025-01730-6delete
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Global household material use is highly unequal: the top 10% drive roughly a third of footprints and most of the overshoot beyond safe limits. Curbing affluent overconsumption, while securing decent material floors, should be a central policy lever to cut material demand quickly and fairly.
Keywords:
material use
inequality
affluent overconsumption
policy levers
sustainable consumption
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