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Evaluating equity and justice in low-carbon energy transitions [PDF]

Environmental Research Letters, 2023
A low-carbon energy transition is essential for mitigating climate change, but can also cause energy justice and equity impacts on Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC), low-income, and other frontline communities.
Sage Kime, Veronica Jacome, David Pellow, Ranjit Deshmukh   +3 more
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Clean energy, environmental policy and energy justice as drivers of sustainable development in OECD countries. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Osabohien R, Imandojemu K, Jaaffar AH.
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Justice in energy transition scenarios: Perspectives from Swedish energy politics

Etikk i Praksis: Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics, 2023
In this article we justify why justice ought to be considered in scenarios of energy transitions, stipulate what dimensions should reasonably be considered, and investigate whether such considerations are taken in Swedish parliamentary debates on energy
Patrik Baard, Anders Melin, Gunnhildur Lily Magnusdottir   +2 more
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To what extent can community energy mitigate energy poverty in Germany?

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2022
The reduction of energy poverty and the expansion of citizen-led community energy projects are two important issues for a just energy transition in the European Union.
Annika Bode
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Energy Justice in Apartment Buildings and the Spatial Scale of Energy Sustainable Design Regulations in Australia and the UK

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021
Energy vulnerability is a growing concern in many OECD countries post-millennium. An increasing number of residents go without heating or cooling necessities to manage the financial strains of increasing energy costs, low wage growth, and rising housing ...
Alexa Gower
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A Review of Behavioral Energy Reduction Programs and Implementation of a Pilot Peer-to-Peer Led Behavioral Energy Reduction Program for a Low-Income Neighborhood

Energies, 2021
Utility-sponsored residential energy reduction programs have seen rapid advancement in the Unites States (US) over the past decade. These programs have particularly emphasized investments in energy efficient appliances and enveloped improvements.
Jennifer Hoody, Anya Galli Robertson, Sarah Richard, Claire Frankowski, Kevin Hallinan, Ciara Owens, Bob Pohl   +6 more
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The Emerging Potential of Microgrids in the Transition to 100% Renewable Energy Systems

Energies, 2021
International, national, and subnational laws and policies call for rapidly decarbonizing energy systems around the globe. This effort relies heavily on renewable electricity and calls for a transition that is: (i) flexible enough to accommodate existing
Richard Wallsgrove, Jisuk Woo, Jae-Hyup Lee, Lorraine Akiba   +3 more
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Scalar Containment of Energy Justice and Its Democratic Discontents: Solar Power and Energy Poverty Alleviation

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2021
The threats climate change poses require rapid and wide decarbonization efforts in the energy sector. Historically, large-scale energy operations, often instrumental for a scaled and effective approach to meet decarbonization goals, undergird energy ...
Amber Nordholm, Amber Nordholm, Siddharth Sareen, Siddharth Sareen   +3 more
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Implementation of energy justice into the energy transition [PDF]

Megatrend Revija, 2022
The initial definition of the theoretical concept of energy justice did not assume that it would be evaluated over time and become a conceptual framework that is applicable and can be materialized in practice.
Vitošević Jovana, Đurđević Dragan
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Using energy justice to contextualise existing challenges of wood charcoal against faecal sludge derived briquettes as a future cooking fuel alternative in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2022
Over half of the population in Dar es Salaam (DSM), Tanzania, predominately relies on wood charcoal as a cooking fuel, and this is expected to rise to meet future demands.
Laura M. S. Fløytrup, Sara Gabrielsson, Petro Mwamlima   +2 more
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