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A normative approach to transitions in energy demand: an energy justice and fuel poverty case study

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posted on 2023-06-09, 16:26 authored by Kirsten E H Jenkins, Mari MartiskainenMari Martiskainen
Meeting emissions targets necessitates both the rapid transformation of our physical energy systems and the societies that surround or use them, influencing who uses which energy source, how, and when. Thus, it is inevitable that there will be winners and losers, including the people who, for a variety of reasons, cannot access or afford the benefits from those transitions. In this vein, making sure that all voices are represented in transitions plans and their actualisation is undoubtedly a question of social justice. Yet despite ongoing debates about ethics and justice, one social element missing from transitions frameworks is explicit, practice-oriented engagement with the energy justice concept; an omission that is arguably mirrored in practice. In this regard, this chapter serves a dual purpose. First, it reiterates and reaffirms the need for socially just transitions approaches in energy demand scholarship and explores the role of the energy justice concept in this. Second, through a case study of fuel poverty, it begins to explore what this may practically look like. We close with policy-relevant recommendations.

Funding

Research Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand; G1020; RCUK-RESEARCH COUNCILS UK; EP/K011790/1

History

Publication status

  • Published

File Version

  • Published version

Publisher

Routledge

Page range

34-50

Pages

300.0

Book title

Transitions in energy efficiency and demand. The emergence, diffusion and impact of low-carbon innovation

Place of publication

London

ISBN

9781351127257

Department affiliated with

  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

Research groups affiliated with

  • The Sussex Energy Group Publications

Full text available

  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

Kirsten E H Jenkins, Debbie Hopkins

Legacy Posted Date

2019-01-10

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2019-01-10

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2019-01-07

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