Sobriety

(1) Policy Definition

Energy sobriety is the voluntary reduction of energy consumption through banning some forms of usage, which is often called "renunciation". Banning ICE (Internal Combustion Engine)  or private jets are two famous examples of such a policy.

"Voluntary" means that there is a political decision. This is the other side of "forced sobriety" when energy is too scarce or too expensive.

(2) What the slider in  G2WS does ?

The slider simply changes the level of investment made by a geopolitical zone towards adaptation.

• Levels between 0 and 50 means that adaptation will be triggered by pain.

• Levels between 50 and 100 means that adaptation spendind starts from the first year.