Energy justice for all? Rethinking Sustainable Development Goal 7 through struggles over traditional energy practices in Sierra Leone

Munro, Paul; Horst, G. van der; Healy, Stephen

doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2017.01.038

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“…In contrast, by focusing on political scarcity of electricity a more complex political economy of electricity geographies can be revealed and thus it is refocused as a key energy justice concern (cf. Sovacool, 2012;Sovacool and Dworkin, 2004;Jenkins et al, 2016Jenkins et al, , 2018Munro et al, 2017;McCauley, 2018). Here, the…”

Section: Framing Electricity Scarcitymentioning

confidence: 86%

Ethnographies of electricity scarcity: Mobile phone charging spaces and the recrafting of energy poverty in Africa

Munro

Schiffer

2019

Energy and Buildings

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Section: Framing Electricity Scarcitymentioning

confidence: 86%

Ethnographies of electricity scarcity: Mobile phone charging spaces and the recrafting of energy poverty in Africa

Munro

Schiffer

2019

Energy and Buildings

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“…Sustainable energy is vital in the efforts to attain these SDGs, as renewable energy could be used in the poorest communities to provide modern energy services [5]. Munro et al [6] pointed out that, in order for SDG7 to be realized, energy justice needs to be considered, with misgivings over the potential for energy transition to marginalize traditional energy producers and consumers. Energy transition, therefore, needs to emphasize the importance of clear procedures and a political agenda for recognition justice.…”

Section: Sustainable Development Goals At the National Levelmentioning

confidence: 99%

National Energy Transition Framework toward SDG7 with Legal Reforms and Policy Bundles: The Case of Taiwan and Its Comparison with Japan

2020

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The main problem explored in this study is how Taiwan and other countries meet the challenges of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals regarding energy transition by using legal instruments or policy bundles. This study adopts textual analysis and legal policy analysis as its main form of research methodology, and the theory of energy justice, as well as principles of energy management, to correlate with the Sustainable Development Goals. Furthermore, this study aims to construct an analysis structure for national energy transition and to analyze the current situation within Taiwan’s electricity sector reforms, while providing evidence of the national experience of electrical industry reforms as an international reference. This study also compares the differences between the seventh Sustainable Development Goal relationship and national energy transitions in Taiwan and Japan, based on the similar initiative of the revised Electricity Act with the policy bundle. This study specifically finds that, firstly, the theory for energy justice is connected with the principles for energy management, owing to the same concepts of “Fair Competition”, via the recognition of “Energy Development and Poverty”, which correlates with “Environment Protection”. Therefore, the concept of energy transition proposed in this study integrates national energy development policy goals and combines them with environmental sustainability, the green economy, and social equity. Secondly, the national energy transition in Taiwan is a response to the Sustainable Development Goals, and electricity sector-related laws could be used as legal tools for national energy transition. This study concludes that Taiwanese and Japanese governments can strengthen their environmental regulations to promote fair competition directly, with fair competition then being able to enhance stable electricity supply, to enable these countries to move towards the seventh Sustainable Development Goal and its indicators. Finally, the analysis structure used in this study could be used as a policy analysis tool for other countries during their own energy transition, when a nation is willing to strategically reform its electricity sector and make sustainable choices regarding transition paths and policy bundles that are suitable for the situation of the individual country. Then, a nation can make revisions to its laws and formulate a policy that is in line with local conditions, while as simultaneously implementing the Sustainable Development Goals.

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“…Munro et al [18] argue that recognition justice is critical in energy policy development as it enables epistemological reflexivity and prevents marginalizing the knowledge, experience, and voices of the energy-poor. Alvial-Palavicino and Ureta examine how justice claims can be incorporated into the development and adoption of electricity tariff policies [19].…”

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Justice Implications of Clean Energy Policies and Programs in the United States: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration

Zhou

Noonan

2019

Sustainability

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This paper offers both theoretical and empirical analyses to explore energy justice from a policy perspective. We first propose a framework that explicitly connects core functions of clean energy policy instruments (i.e., regulation, financial incentive, government provision, information, and education program) to philosophical groundings of energy justice—distributive, procedural, and recognition justice. To empirically explore distributive energy justice, we examine the racial and socioeconomic disparities in three government-driven clean energy programs in the United States, including (1) the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) smart-grid investment grant (SGIG); (2) utility smart-meter roll out programs; and (3) city government adoption of green buildings. Results showed that the amount of ARRA funding awarded to utilities was closely related to racial composition. Inequalities were also found in utility smart-meter programs. Utilities operating in communities with a larger Hispanic population were less likely to initiate smart-meter roll out. The intensity of smart-meter technology implementation was positively correlated with education levels. Our third empirical case showed that government procurement policy can improve distributive equity for energy-efficient buildings. However, its spillover effects on the private sector can result in more adoptions in areas with fewer minorities and more highly-educated residents.

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Energy justice for all? Rethinking Sustainable Development Goal 7 through struggles over traditional energy practices in Sierra Leone

Cited by 138 publications

References 31 publications

Ethnographies of electricity scarcity: Mobile phone charging spaces and the recrafting of energy poverty in Africa

Ethnographies of electricity scarcity: Mobile phone charging spaces and the recrafting of energy poverty in Africa

National Energy Transition Framework toward SDG7 with Legal Reforms and Policy Bundles: The Case of Taiwan and Its Comparison with Japan

Justice Implications of Clean Energy Policies and Programs in the United States: A Theoretical and Empirical Exploration

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