From: Indicator system for the sustainability assessment of the German energy system and its transition
Substantial rules | ||
Securing human existence | Maintaining society’s productive potential | Preserving society’s options for development and action |
1. Protection of human health | 6. Sustainable use of renewable resources | 11. Equal access for all to information, education and occupation |
2. Satisfaction of basic needs | 7. Sustainable use of non-renewable resources | 12. Participation in societal decision-making processes |
3. Autonomous subsistence based on income from own work | 8. Sustainable use of the environment as a sink for waste and emissions | 13. Conservation of cultural heritage and cultural diversity |
4. Just distribution of opportunities to use natural resources | 9. Avoidance of technical risks with potentially catastrophic impacts | 14. Conservation of the cultural function of nature |
5. Reduction of extreme income and wealth inequality | 10. Sustainable development of man-made, human and knowledge capital | 15. Conservation of social resources |
Instrumental rules | ||
1. Internalization of external social and ecological costs | 5. Promotion of international co-operation | 8. Society’s ability to govern |
2. Adequate discounting | 6. Society’s ability to respond | 9. Society’s ability of self-organization |
3. Limitation of public debt | 7. Society’s ability of reflexivity | 10. Balance of power between societal actors |
4. Fair international economic framework conditions |