Gender, climate change and energy access in developing countries

Mazorra, Javier; Lumbreras, Julio; Fernández, Luz; Sota, Candela de la

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“…Any consultation process must be inclusive and comprehensive, involving people from across the community, including women, minority ethnic groups, poorer members of the community and people living on the edges of the affected areas (e.g. ENERGIA, 2010; Khatun et al, 2015;Larson et al, 2015;Mazorra et al, 2017).…”

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“…Negative equality outcomes because of inequitable access have been reported in relation to renewable electricity programmes (e.g. Mazorra et al, 2017;Shoaiba & Ariaratnam, 2016;Yaqoot, Diwan, & Kandpal, 2016), forest protection initiatives (Bhatta et al, 2008;Robinson, Albers, Lokina, & Meshack, 2016) and biofuel cultivation (Ekener-Petersen et al, 2014;Garvey & Barreto, 2016). However, mitigating strategies such as subsidies, exemptions and various types of revenue recycling mechanisms can often be utilized effectively to prevent or minimize adverse economic outcomes.…”

Section: Health Equalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Positive gender equality outcomes emerge when policies improve women's access to economic or educational opportunities or reduce the burden of domestic workload, especially in rural communities where traditional gender roles and high domestic workload have previously limited opportunities open for women (e.g. Mazorra et al, 2017;Sanchez et al, 2015;Sapkota, Lu, Yang, & Wang, 2014). For example, energy access through RESs can help progress towards gender quality as well as poverty reduction and climate objectives (Mazorra et al, 2017).…”

Section: Gender and Ethnic Equalitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Mazorra et al, 2017;Sanchez et al, 2015;Sapkota, Lu, Yang, & Wang, 2014). For example, energy access through RESs can help progress towards gender quality as well as poverty reduction and climate objectives (Mazorra et al, 2017). The impact on gender inequality tends to be greatest when gender concerns are actively incorporated in policy design and implementation, and conscious efforts are made to enable women to take an active role and improve their circumstances (e.g.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The Paris Agreement and European guidelines for policy preparation highlight the need to consider the effects of climate change and their mitigation strategies on vulnerable populations (Bee, 2017;European Commission, 2015;UNFCCC, 2015). Yet there is no internationally shared, explicit, definition for 'vulnerable populations' (Alber et al, 2017;Mazorra, Lumbreras, Fernández, & de la Sota, 2017).…”

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Social impacts of climate change mitigation policies and their implications for inequality

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The Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set ambitious targets for environmental, economic and social progress. Climate change mitigation policies play a central role in this process. To maximize the benefits and minimize the negative effects of climate change mitigation policies, policymakers need to be aware of the indirect and often complex social and inequality impacts that these policies may have and the pathways through which these impacts emerge. Better understanding of the distributional and inequality impacts is important to avoid negative social and distributional outcomes as countries ratchet up their climate policy ambition in the post-Paris context. This paper synthesizes evidence from the existing literature on social co-impacts of climate change mitigation policy and their implications for inequality. The analysis shows that most policies are linked to both co-benefits and adverse side-effects, and can compound or lessen inequalities depending on contextual factors, policy design and policy implementation. The risk of negative outcomes is greater in contexts characterized by high levels of poverty, corruption and economic and social inequalities, and where limited action is taken to identify and mitigate potentially adverse side-effects. Key policy insights. The risk of adverse social outcomes associated with climate change mitigation policies, including worsening inequality, increases as countries ratchet up their ambition to meet the Paris Agreement targets. Many policies that have so far only been piloted will need to be up-scaled.. Negative inequality impacts of climate policies can be mitigated (and possibly even prevented), but this requires conscious effort, careful planning and multistakeholder engagement. Best results can be achieved when potential inequality impacts are taken into consideration in all stages of policy making, including policy planning, development and implementation.. Climate change mitigation policies should take a pro-poor approach that, in best case scenarios, can also lead to a reduction of existing inequalities.

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Potencial social y ambiental de la industria eólica para una transición energética en América Latina

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Brasil, México y Uruguay han adoptado la energía eólica como estrategia para combatir el cambio climático. Sin embargo, sus experiencias son distintas y se encuentran poco documentadas. Este artículo analiza las ventajas y desventajas de la industria eólica con miras a su futura expansión en América Latina. La metodología consiste en sistematizar y analizar la bibliografía existente en castellano, portugués e inglés. Se identificaron cuatro ventajas de la energía eólica (baja huella de carbono, reducidos costos de producción, creación de empleos e ingresos por renta de tierras) y cinco desventajas (pérdida de cobertura forestal, impacto en aves y fuentes de agua, contaminación por derrames de aceite y desechos y afectaciones a la salud). Los desafíos de política pública para la región son: fomentar la investigación sobre los daños socioambientales de la energía eólica y diseñar herramientas para mitigarlos; desarrollar la cadena completa de suministros de manufactura e insumos mediante la innovación tecnológica; repartir equitativamente los beneficios de la industria eólica entre la población local y priorizar la necesidad pública de electricidad, por encima de intereses privados. Mientras estos desafíos no sean asumidos plenamente, los proyectos eólicos seguirán formando parte de una estructura hegemónica que se autoproclama como la solución al cambio climático, pero que sigue manteniendo una lógica extractivista que no beneficia a la población. Abstract Brazil, Mexico and Uruguay have adopted wind energy as a means to fight climate change. However, their experiences are different and insufficiently documented. This paper analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of the wind industry in light of its future expansion in Latin America. The methodology consists of the systematization and analysis of literature written in Spanish, Portuguese and English. Four advantages and five disadvantages were identified. The advantages are wind energy’s reduced carbon footprint, low production costs, the potential for job creation and income from land rentals, while the disadvantages are possible vegetation loss, impact on birds and water sources, oil and waste contamination and health damage. The challenges for public policy are: supporting research on the socioenvironmental impacts of the wind industry and designing tools for their mitigation; developing a full supply chain of materials through technological innovation; distributing the benefits of wind energy equally among the local population, and prioritizing public needs of electricity above the interest of the private sector. If these challenges are not fully met, wind energy projects will be part of a hegemonic structure that claims to solve the problems created by climate change, while in fact continuing to use an extractivist logic, incapable of benefitting people.

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Social impacts of climate change mitigation policies and their implications for inequality

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2019

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Gender, climate change and energy access in developing countries

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Social impacts of climate change mitigation policies and their implications for inequality

Potencial social y ambiental de la industria eólica para una transición energética en América Latina

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