Illuminating practitioner challenges in energy transitions

Benson, Michael; Boda, Chad; Das, Runa R.; King, Leslie; Park, Chad

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22624

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“…A lack of awareness of existing systemic injustices can unintentionally reinforce existing challenges or create new challenges for marginalized communities in energy transitions [61]. Special attention should be given to each of the elements within Figure 1, including the residential, industrial, transport, and agricultural systems, to understand and address issues of equity, fairness, and justice [62]. This can only be done successfully if energy practitioners are willing to collaborate with marginalized communities.…”

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Sustainable Development and Underexplored Topics in Canada’s Energy Transition

Benson

2024

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Canada’s energy system is undergoing a fundamental shift, which will change how Canadians produce and consume energy. The success of Canada’s energy transition will be influenced by the ability of energy practitioners to manage the tensions and trade-offs in a variety of topics. The purpose of this research was to identify topics that are relevant to Canada’s energy transition and to identify the concepts that energy practitioners are using to manage the tensions and trade-offs in these topics. According to in-depth interviews with Canadian energy practitioners in 2021, the two most important topics in Canada’s energy transition are climate change and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. In addition, according to a 2021 focus group with Canadian energy practitioners, three relevant and underexplored topics in Canada’s energy transition are environmental rights, a systemic reduction in energy consumption, and learning from the energy transition in other countries, notably, Germany. These three underexplored topics were studied by completing additional in-depth interviews in 2022 and 2023, and a causal loop analysis in 2023. This research suggests that the concepts of sustainable development and multi-level perspective are complementary, can increase understanding of important and underexplored energy transition topics, and can generate solutions to complex sustainability challenges.

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Sustainable Development and Underexplored Topics in Canada’s Energy Transition

Benson

2024

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Do renewable energy sources perfectly displace non-renewable energy sources? Evidence from Asia–Pacific economies

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Mallick

2024

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The Threefold Role of the University in Fostering the Energy Transition: The Case of Bologna and Its Cesena Campus

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As acceleration toward the transition to a carbon-neutral energy production becomes an urgent imperative, universities are called to play a multifaceted role: to produce knowledge and cutting-edge research for the pursuit of energy transition; to transform infrastructures to promote circular economy practices and a more sustainable use of their building stock; and to promote energy citizenship through formal and informal education. The authors aim to move from these considerations to critically present some actions and programs in education, research, and campus operations in which the University of Bologna is engaged. The first part presents an overview of the role of universities in this transition, with a focus on the UI GreenMetric international standard for assessing the different dimensions of sustainability. In the core section, an empirical focus is provided on Bologna and its Cesena campus through three directions: the University’s multicampus sustainable strategy (campus operations), the relevant research–action projects on energy justice and the energy transition (research), and the EN-ACTION project to foster energy citizenship and behavioral change in students and citizens (education). This study concludes that the comprehensive approach of the University of Bologna in integrating sustainability into its operations, education, and research while fostering student engagement in energy citizenship, provides a replicable model for other institutions. It highlights the need for consistent and ongoing support to ensure the long-term impact and effectiveness of sustainability initiatives. The integration of social components and engagement with civil society is crucial for fostering a collective behavioral shift toward low-carbon systems, which can be further supported by interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research approaches.

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Illuminating practitioner challenges in energy transitions

Cited by 3 publications

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Sustainable Development and Underexplored Topics in Canada’s Energy Transition

Sustainable Development and Underexplored Topics in Canada’s Energy Transition

Do renewable energy sources perfectly displace non-renewable energy sources? Evidence from Asia–Pacific economies

The Threefold Role of the University in Fostering the Energy Transition: The Case of Bologna and Its Cesena Campus

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