H2020Индивидуална стипендия2018–2020

TRANSFAIR · Unfair transitions? A critical examination low-carbon energy pathways in the EU from a domestic energy vulnerability perspective

„Хоризонт 2020“ — Действия „Мария Склодовска-Кюри“

Период: 2018-03-15 → 2020-03-14
Финансиране от ЕС: 158 122 €
Участници: 1
Схема: MSCA-IF-EF-ST

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Накратко на български

Преходът към нисковъглеродна енергия в ЕС се анализира през призмата на енергийната бедност, като например трудностите на семействата да отоплят домовете си. Това е важно, за да се разбере дали новите технологии за енергия засилват социалното неравенство.

Този кратък обзор е генериран от изкуствен интелект

Кратко обяснение, генерирано от езиков модел по текста на CORDIS. Оригиналът е по-долу.

Резултати накратко

Unfair transitions? A critical examination low-carbon energy pathways in the EU from a domestic energy vulnerability perspective

Sustainable energy transitions are bringing about a fundamental reorganisation in the way societies capture and use energy and open the door for deeper structural transformations of economies and societies. While significant synergies exist between climate change mitigation and inequality reduction goals, disadvantaged, vulnerable population segments risk being ‘left behind’ or penalised by the low-carbon transition. The relevance of this predicament is evidenced by the fact that more than 50 million households in the EU struggle to attain adequate warmth at home or pay their utility bills on time. These are conditions typically indicating domestic energy (or fuel) poverty, i.e., a household’s inability to secure socially- and materially-needed levels of energy services in the home On top of those, a large but undetermined number of EU citizens does not have a guaranteed access to energy as they are indebted, disconnected, irregularly connected or depend of pre-purchased forms of domestic energy Such cases demonstrate high levels of precariousness among Europe’s energy poor and challenge modernist rhetoric about universal access to high quality energy sources in developed countries. The ongoing transformation of energy systems unfolds against this complex, uneven landscape. Given the multiple possible outcomes that can be envisioned, TRANSFAIR intended to investigate to what extent low-carbon transitions in the EU operate merely as a material and technological shift without substantially challenging the institutional and political foundations of energy provision frameworks. Consequently, the initial aim of the TRANSFAIR research was to assess the ways in which transitions may (or not) be reproducing and reinforcing existing domestic energy-related inequalities and vulnerabilities as evidenced by current energy poverty rates in Member States.

Текст от CORDIS, на английски · Данни: CORDIS, © Европейски съюз

Цел на проекта

Energy transitions towards sustainability are driven by the need to reduce the environmental impacts of energy consumption, namely those related to carbon emissions. However, it is feared that a large scale deployment of low-carbon solutions that disregards pre-existing socio-economic and material inequalities may result in transitions deepening disparities or creating new energy-related vulnerabilities. Such prospect is particularly worrying as tens of millions of EU households are currently experiencing energy poverty, i.e., they are unable to access socially- and materially-necessitated levels of domestic energy services. Against this background TRANSFAIR aims to identify, conceptualise and empirically substantiate the ways in which the EU’s “transition to a low-carbon, secure and competitive economy” may (or not) be reproducing and reinforcing current energy vulnerability trends in Member States. To this end the research will combine the political ecology and environmental justice frameworks with transitions theory and multi-level governance perspective, conduct a critical, integrative review of scientific and policy literature and carry out an empirically-based examination of two complementary case studies: renewable electricity cooperatives in Spain and advanced thermal retrofits of multi-family buildings in Hungary. The experienced researcher Dr Sergio Tirado Herrero will carry out the research in an internationally renowned political ecology and environmental justice research centre – the Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technologies (ICTA) of Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) – under the supervision of Prof Giorgos Kallis, TRANSFAIR will equip the experienced researcher with advanced qualitative data collection and analysis skills and further his understanding of new theoretical frameworks. It will also help him develop other transferable skills through a secondment in the Spanish renewable electricity cooperative ‘Som Energia’.

Оригинален текст от CORDIS (на английски).

Участници

UNIVERSITAT AUTONOMA DE BARCELONA · Cerdanyola Del VallesКоординаторИспания