Energy poverty across Europe: Problematisation and policy measures through the lens of energy justice

Maddalena Josefin Lamura

doi:10.5771/2566-7742-2022-2-209

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- 159–165 Introduction to the special issue Katharina Zimmermann, Vincent Gengnagel Katharina Zimmermann, Vincent Gengnagel 159–165
- 166–246 Articles 166–246
  - 166–191 The digital spirit of green capitalism. How the European Union tries to save ecological modernisation Sarah Lenz Sarah Lenz 166–191
  - 192–208 European monetary policy: Between market neutrality and climate change Jenny Preunkert Jenny Preunkert 192–208
  - 209–246 Energy poverty across Europe: Problematisation and policy measures through the lens of energy justice Maddalena Josefin Lamura Maddalena Josefin Lamura 209–246
- 247–291 Essays 247–291
  - 247–261 The European Green Deal and the limits of ecological modernisation Tobias Haas, Felix Syrovatka, Isabel Jürgen Tobias Haas, Felix Syrovatka, Isabel Jürgen 247–261
  - 262–274 Green colonialism in the European Green Deal: Continuities of dependency and the relationship of forces between Europe and Africa Simone Claar Simone Claar 262–274
  - 275–291 Towards a Green New Deal. Lessons after a lost decade Philipp Schepelmann Philipp Schepelmann 275–291
- 292–308 Research notes 292–308
  - 292–303 Green deservingness, green distinction, green democracy? Towards a political sociology of a contested eco-social consensus Vincent Gengnagel, Katharina Zimmermann Vincent Gengnagel, Katharina Zimmermann 292–303
  - 304–308 The Sustainable Welfare and Eco-Social Policy Network Matteo Mandelli, Katharina Bohnenberger, Tuuli Hirvilammi, Katharina Zimmermann Matteo Mandelli, Katharina Bohnenberger, Tuuli Hirvilammi, Katharina Zimmermann 304–308
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Culture, Practice & Europeanization , page 209 - 246

Energy poverty across Europe: Problematisation and policy measures through the lens of energy justice

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Maddalena Josefin Lamura

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/2566-7742-2022-2-209
- ISSN online: 2566-7742
Abstract

In addition to technological challenges, the energy transition involves societal, political, and economic rearrangements. These rearrangements may exacerbate existing inequalities and injustices or generate new ones. To shed light on how just energy transitions are currently envisioned, this article assesses which injustices are recognised and addressed in four National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP) mandated by the European Union. The plans of Austria, Denmark, Poland and Italy are compared via qualitative content analysis. The articles focuses on how countries problematise and plan to address energy poverty, which is conceptualised as energy injustice, adopting an energy justice perspective. The analysis shows that all plans are limited in their appreciation of energy poverty along the three energy justice tenets discussed in the literature (recognition, distribution, procedural justice). All plans disregard gender, and other vulnerabilities to energy poverty and spatial injustices are rarely mentioned. The Italian plan appears the most detailed in problematising energy poverty, while Denmark provides the least detail on the issue, assigning energy poverty to social policy, which is considered separately from the NECP. All countries identify energy-efficient buildings as a promising intervention area, but measures targeting the specific financial obstacles faced by people in energy poverty still need to be clarified. Generally, a wider acknowledgement of structural injustices associated with energy poverty is needed to integrate social and energy goals and reach a “justice-aware” energy policy.
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