Intersectionality and energy transitions: A review of gender, social equity and low-carbon energy
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Intersectionality and energy transitions : A review of gender, social equity and low-carbon energy. / Johnson, Oliver W.; Han, Jenny Yi-Chen; Knight, Anne-Louise; Mortensen, Sofie; Aung, May Thazin; Boyland, Michael; Resurreccion, Bernadette P.
I: Energy Research & Social Science, Bind 70, 101774, 2020.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Review › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Intersectionality and energy transitions
T2 - A review of gender, social equity and low-carbon energy
AU - Johnson, Oliver W.
AU - Han, Jenny Yi-Chen
AU - Knight, Anne-Louise
AU - Mortensen, Sofie
AU - Aung, May Thazin
AU - Boyland, Michael
AU - Resurreccion, Bernadette P.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Transitions to low-carbon energy systems are essential to meeting global commitments to climate change mitigation. Yet "greening" energy systems may not make them any fairer, inclusive or just. In this paper, we review the academic literature to understand the state of knowledge on how diffusion of low-carbon technologies impacts gender and social equity in intersectional ways. Our findings indicate that renewable energy projects alone cannot achieve gender and social equity, as energy interventions do not automatically tackle the structural dynamics embedded within socio-cultural and socio-economic contexts. If existing power asymmetries related to access and resource distribution are not addressed early on, the same structural inequalities will simply be replicated and transferred over into new energy regimes.
AB - Transitions to low-carbon energy systems are essential to meeting global commitments to climate change mitigation. Yet "greening" energy systems may not make them any fairer, inclusive or just. In this paper, we review the academic literature to understand the state of knowledge on how diffusion of low-carbon technologies impacts gender and social equity in intersectional ways. Our findings indicate that renewable energy projects alone cannot achieve gender and social equity, as energy interventions do not automatically tackle the structural dynamics embedded within socio-cultural and socio-economic contexts. If existing power asymmetries related to access and resource distribution are not addressed early on, the same structural inequalities will simply be replicated and transferred over into new energy regimes.
KW - Energy transitions
KW - Low-carbon energy
KW - Climate change
KW - Renewable energy
KW - Gender equality
KW - Social equity
KW - SOLAR HOME SYSTEMS
KW - RENEWABLE ENERGY
KW - SUSTAINABILITY TRANSITIONS
KW - RURAL ELECTRIFICATION
KW - POVERTY ALLEVIATION
KW - DECISION-MAKING
KW - JATROPHA-CURCAS
KW - IMPACTS
KW - JUSTICE
KW - COMMUNITIES
U2 - 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101774
DO - 10.1016/j.erss.2020.101774
M3 - Review
VL - 70
JO - Energy Research & Social Science
JF - Energy Research & Social Science
SN - 2214-6296
M1 - 101774
ER -
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