Compounding injustices can impede a just energy transition
Other text in scientific journal, 2025
Coal and carbon-intensive regions have lagged behind in socioeconomic development, long before any transition-related structural changes were foreseeable. Acknowledging and tackling the compounding effects of old legacy and new transition injustices is vital for realizing a truly just energy transition.
Author
Lukas Hermwille
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Marie Claire Brisbois
University of Sussex
Ralitsa Hiteva
University of Sussex
Mahir Yazar
University of Bergen
Lola Nacke
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory
Jessica Jewell
Chalmers, Space, Earth and Environment, Physical Resource Theory
Benjamin K. Sovacool
Boston University
University of Sussex
Roberto Cantoni
University Ramon Llull
Pao-Yu Oei
Europe University of Flensburg
Paula Walk
Europe University of Flensburg
Havard Haarstad
University of Bergen
Max Schulze-Steinen
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Zoi Vrontisi
E3-Modelling
Panagiotis Fragkos
E3-Modelling
Ioannis Charalampidis
E3-Modelling
Eeva Keskuela
Tallinn University
Annela Anger-Kraavi
University of Tartu
University of Cambridge
Nature Energy
20587546 (eISSN)
Vol. 10 8 915-918Carbon Intensive Regions in Transition - Unravelling the Challenges of Structural Change (CINTRAN)
European Commission (EC) (EC/H2020/884539), 2020-05-01 -- 2024-04-30.
Subject Categories (SSIF 2025)
Environmental Studies in Social Sciences
Energy Systems
DOI
10.1038/s41560-025-01785-x