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Visible and Hidden Energy Vulnerabilities in a Changing Climate

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "B1: Energy and Climate Change".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2024) | Viewed by 5035

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Ioanna Kyprianou

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Energy, Environment, Water Research Centre, The Cyprus Institute, 20 Konstantinou Kavafi Street, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
Interests: sustainable energy use in the urban environment; smart buildings, urban and rural energy vulnerabilities and associated health issues
Prof. Dr. Salvatore Carlucci

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Energy, Environment, Water Research Centre, The Cyprus Institute, 20 Konstantinou Kavafi Street, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
Interests: building physics; indoor environmental quality; occupant behavior; building performance simulation and optimization; adaptive and responsive building components; smart buildings; zero energy/emission neighborhoods
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Dr. Nestor Fylaktos

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Energy, Environment, Water Research Centre, The Cyprus Institute, 20 Konstantinou Kavafi Street, Nicosia 2121, Cyprus
Interests: decarbonisation of the economy; technical and economic aspects of new energy systems; behavioural shifts in energy use; clean mobility and transportation; energy futures and modelling of the Mediterranean and EU regions
Dr. Harriet Thomson

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Department of Social Policy, Sociology and Criminology School of Social Policy, Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Interests: role of public policy and policymaking processes in shaping energy systems; structural inequalities in the distribution of housing and access to affordable and clean forms of energy; health and wellbeing outcomes; indicators for measuring the complex realities of energy poverty

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting submissions to an upcoming Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “Visible and Hidden Energy Vulnerabilities in a Changing Climate”. Energy vulnerability is the increased risk of being in a condition of having inadequate levels of materially and socially necessitated energy services in the home. Energy-vulnerable households or individuals possess a limited capacity to recover from difficulties and are susceptible to external agents related to energy access and affordability, with impacts on their physical and mental health. Disparities exist along the rural/urban dichotomy, with different externalities affecting populations of each locality; nevertheless, governance is often regulated through commonly applied policies. This Special Issue reflects on the multitude of manifestations of energy vulnerability and aims to bring forward work that reflects its multi-faceted repercussions at the micro and macro levels.

The aim of the Special Issue is to highlight how access and affordability to energy are currently being affected, both by the social and climatic disruptions experienced in the past years, as well as how they may be impacted in the near future.

Submissions should be original articles or reviews. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

  • Energy vulnerability
  • Climate change
  • Energy poverty
  • Energy policy
  • Energy markets
  • Rural and urban areas
  • Public health
  • Sustainable energy systems
  • Just energy transition
  • Energy consumption
  • Impact of social externalities on energy vulnerability
  • Use of renewable energy to alleviate energy vulnerability

Dr. Ioanna Kyprianou
Prof. Dr. Salvatore Carlucci
Dr. Nestor Fylaktos
Dr. Harriet Thomson
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • energy vulnerability
  • climate change
  • energy poverty
  • energy policy
  • energy markets rural and urban areas
  • public health
  • sustainable energy systems
  • just energy transition
  • energy consumption
  • impact of social externalities on energy vulnerability
  • use of renewable energy to alleviate energy vulnerability

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Exploring Energy Poverty in Urban and Rural Contexts in the Era of Climate Change: A Comparative Analysis of European Countries and Israel
by Dušana Dokupilová, Ana Stojilovska, Pedro Palma, João Pedro Gouveia, Eleftheria G. Paschalidou, Roberto Barrella, Marielle Feenstra, Ana Horta, Carmen Sánchez-Guevara, József Kádár, Majda Tesanovic, Nikolaos S. Thomaidis and Tareq Abu Hamed
Energies 2024, 17(12), 2939; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17122939 - 14 Jun 2024
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This article examines the multidimensional problem of energy poverty, focusing on its connections to climate change and its manifestation at rural and urban scales across selected European countries and Israel. The study examined 31 locations in eight countries with diverse geographical and economic [...] Read more.
This article examines the multidimensional problem of energy poverty, focusing on its connections to climate change and its manifestation at rural and urban scales across selected European countries and Israel. The study examined 31 locations in eight countries with diverse geographical and economic backgrounds: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, North Macedonia, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Slovakia, and Israel. The article aims to understand how winter energy vulnerability in rural and urban locations in these countries could be identified using selected energy poverty indicators and how it evolves under the influence of climate change. A set of sociodemographic, infrastructural, and economic variables, combined with climate analysis, were selected and assessed for their impact on energy poverty. We found that energy poverty in most countries depends significantly on location and regional development. Due to a combination of factors influencing energy poverty, rural households tend to be more vulnerable. Furthermore, climate change consequences will likely leave rural areas more likely to experience energy poverty in the future. Full article
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At the Intersection of Housing, Energy, and Mobility Poverty: Trapped in Social Exclusion
by Katrin Großmann, Helene Oettel and Leona Sandmann
Energies 2024, 17(8), 1925; https://doi.org/10.3390/en17081925 - 18 Apr 2024
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The individual debates on housing poverty, energy poverty, and mobility poverty for the most part overlook the interwoven nature of all three cost burdens, especially for low-income households. This study examines how the three cost factors interact on a household level, the consequences [...] Read more.
The individual debates on housing poverty, energy poverty, and mobility poverty for the most part overlook the interwoven nature of all three cost burdens, especially for low-income households. This study examines how the three cost factors interact on a household level, the consequences for those affected by cost burdens, and how they cope and negotiate their expenses. Our research comprises two sets of semi-structured interviews, one before and one during the energy crisis, to gain insight into household experiences and constraints. We found that the freedom to choose where and how to live largely determines how households heat their homes and organize their mobility. The housing crisis together with housing market mechanisms appears to be the main driver of this cost trap; and from here, a complex interplay of causal factors unfolds. Location, often conceived of in terms of an urban–rural divide, seems to be of secondary importance. The intersection of cost burdens results in stress, anxiety, and social exclusion, further limiting the capacity for coping. Full article
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Learning from the Past: The Impacts of Economic Crises on Energy Poverty Mortality and Rural Vulnerability
by Ioanna Kyprianou, Despina Serghides, Harriet Thomson and Salvatore Carlucci
Energies 2023, 16(13), 5217; https://doi.org/10.3390/en16135217 - 7 Jul 2023
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The summer-dominated Mediterranean island of Cyprus is often considered in the contexts of beach tourism, sunny weather, and different types of business economic activities and services. In terms of its climatic conditions, extreme heat and mild winters characterise the island; yet, recent evidence [...] Read more.
The summer-dominated Mediterranean island of Cyprus is often considered in the contexts of beach tourism, sunny weather, and different types of business economic activities and services. In terms of its climatic conditions, extreme heat and mild winters characterise the island; yet, recent evidence has shown that winter poses a significant threat to public health. Its excess winter mortality is amongst the highest in Europe and there is an increased risk of energy-poverty-related mortality compared to total mortality. This study is an extension of previous research, with the objective of further scrutinizing the shift observed between urban and rural energy poverty mortality in the time of a severe nationwide financial crisis. Mortality and temperature data for the period of 2008–2018, as well as macroeconomic indicators, were investigated through a linear regression analysis. The results indicated that the declining economic situation of the island severely hit rural areas, with a significant increase in energy-poverty-related mortality, while urban areas were more resilient to this. There are three existing challenges linked to energy poverty: low incomes, high energy prices, and poor building energy efficiency. In Cyprus, all three coincide and are aggravated in times of crisis, creating conditions of extreme vulnerability for populations already in a disadvantaged position. This study’s motivation was to highlight the intense vulnerability associated with crises in Cyprus, and its outcomes call for higher levels of support at such times, especially when it comes to rural populations. Full article
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