New Dimensions of Vulnerability to Energy and Transport Poverty

By Mari Martiskainen, Benjamin Sovacool, M. Lacey-Barnacle, D. Hopkins, Kirsten E. H. Jenkins, N. Simcock, Giulio Mattioli, Stefan Bouzarovski. Joule, 2021

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As we decarbonise societies, we need to consider how such transitions interconnect energy and transport systems. In this Commentary, we argue that we need a better understanding of who may be vulnerable in low-carbon transitions. Current energy poverty definitions and metrics focus overwhelmingly on energy service consumption within the home, yet similar issues in the transport sector are often neglected. Failure to account for the intersections between energy and transport poverty may deepen structural forms of deprivation and worsen social and material inequalities, therefore preventing equitable transitions.

Subfields: Automotive Engineering, Energy Engineering and Power Technology, Pollution

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1. Stefan Bouzarovski
2. Harriet Thomson
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Citations in the corpus

• Confronting Energy Poverty in Europe: A Research and Policy Agenda (2021, background): “The relationship between energy and transport has also entered the debate, emphasizing wider interdependencies among the different forms of exclusion, infrastructural development, environmental policy and energy costs [17,59,60].”