High consumers contribute to environmental degradation through their own consumption practices and the setting of societal material aspirations. This review of research on individual, social and structural aspects of high consumption shows that high consuming households remain largely unstudied, despite their likely significance for ensuring the well-being of current and future generations. The contradiction between the apparent impact of high consumers and their exclusion from research and policy initiatives highlights the need to initiate a research agenda on the topic of high consumption. This paper sets the scene for a research agenda which seeks to gain a better understanding of the role of high consumers in transitions to more sustainable consumption practices; the psychological, social and structural drivers of high consumption; the precise environmental impact of high consumers; their geographical distribution and the barriers to engaging them in sustainable consumption initiatives.

高消费人群通过他们自己的消费习惯和社会物质愿望的设定导致环境退化。对高消费的个人、社会和结构方面的研究回顾表明，高消费家庭在很大程度上仍未得到研究，尽管它们可能对确保当代和后代的福祉具有重要意义。高消费的明显影响与其被排除在研究和政策举措之外之间的矛盾凸显了启动关于高消费主题的研究议程的必要性。本文为一项研究议程奠定了基础，旨在更好地了解高消费人群在向更可持续的消费实践过渡中的作用；高消费的心理、社会和结构驱动因素；高消费人群对环境的确切影响；他们的地理分布以及让他们参与可持续消费举措的障碍。