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A framework to centre justice in energy transition innovations

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  • Patricia Romero-Lankao

    (National Renewable Energy Laboratory
    University of Toronto)

  • Nicole Rosner

    (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)

  • Christof Brandtner

    (Emlyon Business School)

  • Christopher Rea

    (Ohio State University)

  • Adolfo Mejia-Montero

    (University of Edinburgh)

  • Francesca Pilo

    (Utrecht University)

  • Fedor Dokshin

    (University of Toronto)

  • Vanesa Castan-Broto

    (Sheffield University)

  • Sarah Burch

    (University of Waterloo)

  • Scott Schnur

    (Emory University)

Abstract

The important role of justice in energy transition technologies has been a topic of increasing interest in recent years. However, key questions remain about how inequities influence energy transition innovations (ETIs) from their design to their widespread use, which ETIs receive more funding, and who controls ETI research, prototyping and deployment. Here we propose a framework to centre justice in energy transition innovations (CJI) and examine how three tenets of justice (recognition, procedural and distributional justice) influence each level of ETI, including niche, regime and landscape levels. We examine wind energy in Mexico and multiple ETIs in Los Angeles as use cases to show how our CJI framework can help reveal the specific inequities undermining just energy transitions at crucial analytical levels of ETI in practice. Our CJI framework offers a path for promoters, practitioners and underserved communities to target the problems these groups face and create ETIs that better address their specific aspirations, needs and circumstances.

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  • Patricia Romero-Lankao & Nicole Rosner & Christof Brandtner & Christopher Rea & Adolfo Mejia-Montero & Francesca Pilo & Fedor Dokshin & Vanesa Castan-Broto & Sarah Burch & Scott Schnur, 2023. "A framework to centre justice in energy transition innovations," Nature Energy, Nature, vol. 8(11), pages 1192-1198, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natene:v:8:y:2023:i:11:d:10.1038_s41560-023-01351-3
    DOI: 10.1038/s41560-023-01351-3
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    1. Andrew Weng & Omar Y. Ahmed & Gabriel Ehrlich & Anna Stefanopoulou, 2024. "Higher labor intensity in US automotive assembly plants after transitioning to electric vehicles," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Melita Van Steenberghe & Aislinn D’hulster & Johannes Weytjens & Marten Ovaere & Koen Schoors, 2024. "Tracking Demographic and Financial Trends in Renewable Energy Cooperative Membership in Belgium using Survey and Bank Transaction Data," Working Papers of Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Ghent University, Belgium 24/1093, Ghent University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.

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