31 research outputs found
Energy Poverty in the COVID-19 Era:Mapping Global Responses to the Pandemic in Light of Momentum for the Right to Energy
This article presents the results of the COVID Energy Map, a novel, global mapping exercise tracking emergency responses undertaken by governments, regulators, utilities and companies in the Global North and South to mitigate energy poverty by keeping energy affordable and available. The map constitutes a comprehensive open access evidence-based database, so far collating 380+ emergency measures, in 120+ countries. This paper particularly shows and discusses how the response has been developing until early 2021, highlighting various emerging longer-term concerns and strategies across Global North and South. The global COVID-19 response merits close attention in our view, as it reveals both the universal importance of household energy services access and important underlying existing narratives and policy-making questions about securing energy services access as a vital basic need, and even a âbasic rightâ. In fact, the paper additionally evaluates whether and how COVID-19 responses seem to fall in step with a nascent global trend of (legal) recognition of ârights to energyâ in international, regional and national policy, including for example in the EU, India, Philippines, and Colombia. We conclude that while the COVID-19 response clearly reflects broad recognition of the vital importance of affordable, continuous energy services access for basic human well-being and capabilities during the pandemic, a right to energy perspective could additionally lay bare or give shape to important concerns about some householdsâ too minimal (insufficient) forms of modern energy access, questions of equity, and the role of the state and other actors. In terms of equity the article particularly raises issues with the manner in which support was made available only to some consumers (e.g. on-grid, off-grid, regulated, or non-regulated, post-paid or pre-paid), or only for specific fuels, and not others. In addition, the lack of attention to clean (renewable) (off-grid) energy services in COVID-19 responses is striking, and worrying, both in terms of immediate response, and green recovery from COVID-19. We argue that a right to (clean) energy perspective would help to reflect on, and inform, both shorter-term and longer-term responses to energy poverty and COVID-19, and should aid the realization of sufficiently equitable, robust, modern energy systems in line with universal UN Global Sustainable Development Goal 7. Specifically, it should also help to fulfil SDG7.1.âs promise of âleaving no one behindâ
Ănergies renouvelables : la biomasse, lâĂ©olien, le solaire:StratĂ©gies nationales, structuration des rĂ©seaux et innovations en Grande-Bretagne, France, Allemagne, Pologne
Rédigé en 2013 à la demande de la Caisse des DépÎts et
Consignations, ce rapport consacré aux énergies renouvelables
(EnR) sâorganise autour de quatre Ă©tudes conduites Ă
lâĂ©chelle nationale (France, Grande-Bretagne, Allemagne,
Pologne) par Rachel Guyet et Kamila Waciega.
Pour chacun de ces pays, un focus régional (également rédigé
par Rachel Guyet et Kamila Waciega) reposant sur des
enquĂȘtes de terrain permet de mesurer Ă lâĂ©chelle des
territoires (la Silésie en Pologne, la région de Liverpool en
Grande-Bretagne, le Bade-Wurtemberg en Allemagne, le
Nord-Pas-de-Calais en France) les potentiels et les difficultés
de la mise en oeuvre des stratégies de valorisation des énergies
renouvelables.
Un premier chapitre rédigé par Gilles Lepesant précise le
cadre européen de ces stratégies locales et nationales.
RĂ©digĂ©e par François Bafoil, lâintroduction prĂ©sent
Logement social, gestion de lâĂ©nergie et lutte contre la prĂ©caritĂ© Ă©nergĂ©tique en France (Paris, Hauts de France, Nancy) et en Europe (Grande Bretagne, Allemagne, Espagne)
Ce rapport se compose d'un "executive summary" (1. ExposĂ© de la problĂ©matique française qui se pose en matiĂšre de prĂ©caritĂ© Ă©nergĂ©tique aux acteurs que sont a. le bailleur b. le locataire c. les associations sociales d. lâĂtat ; 2. Recommandations ; 3. Principaux rĂ©sultats sous forme de tableaux comparĂ©s des trois sites français ; 4. Principaux rĂ©sultats sous forme de tableaux comparĂ©s des trois pays Ă©trangers) et de 6 monographies (Paris ICF â Les Hauts de France SIA ; Nancy Metz BatigĂšre Nord Est ; Londres Poplar Harca ; Aberdeen Grampian ; Berlin ; Barcelone
Energy poverty policies: reviewing the policy design
Energy poverty is a complex, multidimensional and context-based challenge. Thus,
policy approaches need to be comprehensive and coherent with the other public
policies.
To achieve this, multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder bodies, dedicated to designing
energy poverty policies and measures, should be established at the national and local
levels in particular.
In parallel, the adverse impacts of various other policies (fiscal, labour, climate,
housing, energy, etc.) on energy poverty need to be assessed and steps taken to
minimize or eliminate them.
Critically, energy poverty policies must be designed through participatory processes,
involving the people affected.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
Jumelages institutionnels : les limites dâun apprentissage collectif
Alors que les huit premiers pays dâEurope centrale et orientale sont officiellement devenus membres de lâUE, une Ă©valuation des jumelages, instrument mis en place par la Commission en 1998 dans le cadre du programme PHARE semble opportune. Il sâagit dans un premier temps dâanalyser le fonctionnement de cet outil et les types dâinteractions entre les diffĂ©rents acteurs en jeu. On pourra ainsi mettre en Ă©vidence lâadaptation ou non des procĂ©dures aux objectifs qui visent lâharmonisation et la convergence entre les diffĂ©rents systĂšmes, la qualitĂ© de la prise en compte des besoins et des attentes des participants et pour finir la rĂ©ussite du processus dâeuropĂ©anisation. Lâenjeu central Ă©tant in fine celui de lâapprentissage des bonnes pratiques, comme processus dâaccompagnement, dâimitation, de correction et en fin de compte dâadaptation des rĂšgles et normes de lâUE
Compendium: On existing and missing links between energy poverty and other scholarly debates
ENGAGER Working Group 4 has just produced an extensive compendium on existing and missing links between energy poverty and other scholarly debates. The compendium is edited Ana Stojilovska (HU), Lidija Zivcic (SI), Ricardo Barbosa (PT), Katrin Grossmann (DE) and Rachel Guyet (FR), with contributions from 10 other authors from across Europe. The compendium is one of the most detailed and extensive reviews of its kind that have been published to date. In the introduction of the compendium, the authors note: We publish this work, undertaken between March 2019 and February 2019, in the midst of a huge worldwide health crisis that will alter life and living circumstances. We are aware that this crisis is likely to impact vulnerable people, among them the energy poor, in severe ways. We only start to understand how important energy is as a basis of living and of participation in society. Staying at home is only possible for those who have a home, and it is bearable only if energy can be used for cooking, heating â and communicating. We see this compendium as a living document that will profit from discussion, revision and updating.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio
The critical role of trust in experiencing and coping with energy poverty : Evidence from across Europe
Trust is a fundamental ingredient of prosperous democracies. In Europe, trust in existing elected democratic institutions is fading while authoritarian nationalist movements grow. Experiences of neglect, ignorance, and inferiority are one explanation for this. This paper explores the link between the experiences of households in a state of energy poverty and their trust in institutions and social networks. Using qualitative data from ten different European countries, we show that a lack of trust in both public and private institutions is widespread among energy-poor households. Our interviewees show distrust in various dimensions. In their contacts with institutions, they report experiences of powerlessness, bad and unfair treatment, and feelings of inferiority. While some interviewees do trust single individuals within institutions, others trust only their own social networks and some have no trust in anyone. We further show how trust in networks or (people in) institutions can strengthen the coping capacities of energy-poor households while a lack of trust even cuts people off from the support they could attain and thus deepens their state of energy poverty.acceptedVersionPeer reviewe
Entre centralisation de lâĂ©nergie et Ă©mergence de nouveaux modĂšles Ă©nergĂ©tiques locaux. Le cas dâAberdeen.
Pour atteindre les objectifs climatiques et renouvelables dĂ©finis au niveau europĂ©en et dĂ©clinĂ©s au niveau national, les Ătats centraux doivent mobiliser lâensemble des ressources et sâappuyer sur les niveaux infranationaux pour conduire leur politique de dĂ©carbonisation et de transition Ă©nergĂ©tique. Ces termes embrassent toutefois des sources Ă©nergĂ©tiques et des rĂ©alitĂ©s bien diffĂ©rentes selon les villes et peuvent comprendre un large Ă©ventail dâactions qui dĂ©pend des contraintes et des ress..
Ăcosse : la rĂ©gion de South Lanarkshire
Le cas de la procĂ©dure d'octroi d'un permis de construire pour un parc Ă©olien dans le South Lanarkshire en Ăcosse montre que, quand bien mĂȘme un projet bĂ©nĂ©ficie d'un discours politique positif et de rĂšgles d'amĂ©nagement favorables au dĂ©ploiement Ă©olien et respecte l'ensemble des normes lĂ©gales et rĂ©glementaires, l'acceptabilitĂ© n'est pas acquise. La dynamique de construction de l'acceptabilitĂ© sociale de ce projet renvoie d'abord Ă la capacitĂ© de l'acteur privĂ© Ă garantir des arĂšnes de dialogue avec les autoritĂ©s et les communautĂ©s locales. Elle dĂ©coule ensuite du rapport de force entre autoritĂ©s locales et gouvernement central, ce dernier l'emportant pour aboutir Ă une conciliation d'intĂ©rĂȘts a priori divergents mais encadrĂ©s par la loi. Enfin, elle dĂ©pend de la capacitĂ© d'un secteur Ă©nergĂ©tique actuellement dominĂ© par les intĂ©rĂȘts de quelques grands Ă©nergĂ©ticiens Ă entendre les revendications des communautĂ©s locales, Ă partager les bĂ©nĂ©fices issus de la production Ă©olienne et Ă s'adapter Ă l'Ă©mergence de projets indĂ©pendants et communautaires
StratĂ©gie bas carbone Ă©cossaise : lâexemple de la ville dâAberdeen
A lâinstar de lâEcosse, le modĂšle Ă©nergĂ©tique de la ville dâAberdeen se caractĂ©rise par un
paradoxe : comment transformer une économie reposant essentiellement sur le gaz et le pétrole en
un modÚle de développement bas carbone ? Sans renier la manne financiÚre que représente encore
Ă court terme les Ă©nergies fossiles, lâEcosse poursuit Ă©galement une stratĂ©gie de dĂ©ploiement
dâĂ©nergie bas carbone dans le secteur de lâĂ©lectricitĂ© et de la chaleur. Elle a mĂȘme dĂ©fini des
objectifs renouvelables ambitieux visant Ă atteindre 100% de la demande dâĂ©lectricitĂ© et 11% de la
demande de chaleur dâici 2050. Si lâEcosse est en bonne voie pour rĂ©aliser son ambition dans le
secteur Ă©lectrique, il nâen va pas de mĂȘme dans le secteur du chauffage pour lequel les incitations
et régulations ont été mises en place tardivement..