The WRAP report on resource efficiency by the Stockholm Environment Institute considers the rebound effects on GHG savings resulting from resource efficiency.
A table showing the impact of the rebound effect on four demand strategies reveals the potential reduction in the four strategies if the rebound effect is at its strongest (the bottom of the line is represented by a square). In this case the additional money has been allocated to a range of service related products that are rising most sharply in terms of consumption from now until 2050. On average this equates to a 50% reduction in the potential savings of the strategies. The circle in the table calculates the rebound effect with the added assumption that price rises will occur in the product groups where most affected, meaning that a 25% reduction in the potential impacts of the strategies would occur. Finally, the diamond in the table suggests that there will be no rebound effect, or at least policies are introduced to ensure that this is the case.
Under a worst case scenario the savings (in terms of UK GHG emissions) would deliver a 4%, 3% or 2% reduction in UK consumption related GHG emissions by 2050.
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