Improvements in energy efficiency could give us as much as 50% of the carbon reductions we need by 2050, according to the International Energy agency. But the 'Jevons Paradox' says the more efficient and cheaper we make things, the more we use them. So are we in a no-win situation or is there actually a way out?

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