Dispossessed by decarbonisation: Reducing vulnerability, injustice, and inequality in the lived experience of low-carbon pathways

Sovacool, Benjamin K.; Turnheim, Bruno; Hook, Andrew; Brock, Andrea; Martiskainen, Mari

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105116

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“…With regard to accessibility, the government is required to bridge the gap in access to low(er)-carbon energy at regional and household levels. Energy access issues are traditionally considered as the problem associated with developing countries and rural areas, where there is a lack of infrastructural development, while a new form of energy access issue is now emerging in the case of low-carbon energy transition: access to lowcarbon energy systems or technology [49][50][51][52]. In this context, Fig.…”

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“…For this analysis, the study assumes that new technologies refer to all kinds of new equipment and low-carbon (or energy-saving) technologies designed by private companies to provide a better and more comfortable quality of life. While there are a few studies on this topic [49][50][51][52], this study provides new insights into the relationship between new technologies and the risk of suffering EP by building on interconnected studies. The manner in which people use new, energy-saving and/or low-carbon housing systems (efficiency), the ability of people to afford new, energy-saving and/or low-carbon housing systems (cost), and the effectiveness of new, energy-saving and/or low-carbon housing systems in reducing the risk of EP (quality), are the three vulnerability factors analysed as drivers to EP.…”

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Prevalence of Energy Poverty in Japan: A Comprehensive Analysis of Energy Poverty Vulnerabilities

Castaño-Rosa

Okushima

2020

SSRN Journal

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Energy poverty, defined as the inability to fulfil adequate levels of domestic energy services, has been analysed in Japan previously. However, neither policy agendas nor official definitions of energy poverty have been established yet, resulting in the neglect of energy-poor households and other relevant aspects of this issue. This study is the first to examine the contextual factors of energy poverty in Japan, through the perspective of energy poverty vulnerabilities. The study uses a new multidimensional approach, covering the issues of affordability and accessibility to different forms of energy, as well as the effects of new technologies on the risk of energy poverty. The study develops several unexplored issues in previous literature, such as access to low-carbon energy as an issue in developed countries. The results highlight the role of location, infrastructure and household characteristics in influencing the risk of suffering energy poverty in Japan. The seasonality of energy poverty in Japan is also analysed, revealing higher rates of energy poverty in the northern regions during winter and in the southernmost region during summer. Finally, the impact of the ongoing energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy on energy poverty is discussed.

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Prevalence of Energy Poverty in Japan: A Comprehensive Analysis of Energy Poverty Vulnerabilities

Castaño-Rosa

Okushima

2020

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“…Pianta & Lucchese, 2020). Resources for low-carbon technologies such as batteries and solar photovoltaic panels are often mined in poorer countries with detrimental environmental and social effects (Sovacool et al, 2021). Recent studies show that a redistribution of resources through a global cap-and-trade system, combined with financial transfers from rich to poor countries, can avoid regressive effects (Bauer et al, 2020).…”

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“…Further, global equal per capita revenue sharing can reduce global poverty (Soergel et al, 2021). While unfair distribution of costs for climate change mitigation in rich countries needs to be addressed, we must generally avoid a focus on "compensating" societies in high-polluting regions (Sovacool et al, 2021;Tarekegne, 2020).…”

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“…Climate policies that increase the cost of basic goods tend to have regressive distributional effects, hitting people on low incomes harder than richer people in relative terms (Inoue et al, 2021;Okonkwo, 2021;Pianta & Lucchese, 2020). Resources for low-carbon technologies such as batteries and solar photovoltaic panels are often mined in poorer countries with detrimental environmental and social effects (Sovacool et al, 2021). Recent studies show that a redistribution of resources through a global cap-and-trade system, combined with financial transfers from rich to poor countries, can avoid regressive effects (Bauer et al, 2020).…”

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Ten new insights in climate science 2021: a horizon scan

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Non-technical summaryWe summarize some of the past year's most important findings within climate change-related research. New research has improved our understanding about the remaining options to achieve the Paris Agreement goals, through overcoming political barriers to carbon pricing, taking into account non-CO 2 factors, a well-designed implementation of demand-side and nature-based solutions, resilience building of ecosystems and the recognition that climate change mitigation costs can be justified by benefits to the health of humans and nature alone. We consider new insights about what to expect if we fail to include a new dimension of fire extremes and the prospect of cascading climate tipping elements.

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Cross‐sectoral metrics as accountability tools for twin transitioning energy systems

Sareen

2023

Env Pol Gov

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As energy systems become ever more closely intertwined in order to enable electrification and real‐time coordination across sectors, tracking the nature of change to ensure accountability during complex implementation processes presents novel challenges and requires renewed thinking on data infrastructures. For instance, sectors like electricity generation, electricity distribution and electrified urban transport have begun to interact more closely and with more spatial complexity than ever before. Correspondingly, this conceptual article articulates the evolving relationship between cross‐sectoral metrics (CSM) and twin transitions (i.e., digitalisation and decarbonisation) of energy systems in the Anthropocene. It argues for development of explicitly cross‐sectoral metrical analysis as an accountability tool for shifts to equitable, low‐carbon energy systems. It draws on three pertinent fields of study—calculative logics, institutionalisation, and degrees of digitalisation—to provide the basis for a theory of transformative metrics for application to evolving energy systems. Scholarship on calculative logics offers insights on the nature of metrics, work on institutionalisation helps understand the dynamics of integrating novel metrics into evolving sociotechnical systems, and consideration of degrees of digitalisation ensures mindfulness of differences across contexts. Resulting insights can serve as diagnostic tools to inform timely monitoring and implementation of twin transitions for energy systems. Work across three distinct lines of scholarship is specified to enable conceptual development, and an empirical case study is sketched to show how to operationalise and apply an analytical framework. This delineation serves as a step towards a theory of transformative metrics, for integrative study of CSM for accountable twin transitions.

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Dispossessed by decarbonisation: Reducing vulnerability, injustice, and inequality in the lived experience of low-carbon pathways

Cited by 117 publications

References 47 publications

Prevalence of Energy Poverty in Japan: A Comprehensive Analysis of Energy Poverty Vulnerabilities

Prevalence of Energy Poverty in Japan: A Comprehensive Analysis of Energy Poverty Vulnerabilities

Ten new insights in climate science 2021: a horizon scan

Cross‐sectoral metrics as accountability tools for twin transitioning energy systems

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