Rapid action to improve resource efficiency is essential for achieving climate mitigation goals. As they are likely to reshape everyday life in unexpected ways, new products, policies and business models will need to consider the public acceptability of resource-efficiency strategies, as well as the technical emission-reduction potential. Here, using consumption-based emissions modelling and deliberative public workshops, we find considerable public support for a range of resource-efficiency strategies that combined could reduce the carbon footprint in the United Kingdom by up to 29 Mt of CO₂-equivalent (CO₂e) emissions (a 39% emissions reduction from household products, such as cars, clothing, electronics, appliances and furniture). Public acceptability is already high for strategies that aim to develop more resource-efficient products. Strategies that aim to encourage product sharing and extend product lifetimes were also perceived positively, although acceptance was dependent on meeting other important conditions, such as trustworthiness, responsibility, fairness, affordability, convenience, safety and hygiene.

迅速采取行动提高资源效率对于实现缓解气候变化的目标至关重要。由于它们可能以意想不到的方式改变日常生活，因此新产品，政策和商业模式将需要考虑公众对资源效率战略的接受程度以及减少技术排放的潜力。在这里，通过使用基于消耗的排放模型和经过审议的公开讲习班，我们发现公众对一系列资源效率策略的大力支持，这些策略相结合可以使英国的碳足迹减少多达29 Mt的CO ₂当量（CO ₂e）排放（家用产品（例如汽车，服装，电子产品，家电和家具）的排放量减少了39％）。对于旨在开发更具资源效率的产品的战略，公众的接受程度已经很高。尽管接受接受还取决于满足其他重要条件，例如可信赖性，责任感，公平性，可负担性，便利性，安全性和卫生性，但旨在鼓励产品共享和延长产品寿命的策略也得到了积极的评价。