Engendering the global energy transition: the search for a social-just energy policy

Abstract

Gender inequality, social injustice and unequal access to energy is a global concern embedded in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that call for action at the national policy level. Acknowledging the universal right to energy and implementing the SDG's are a global commitment calling for local action and implementation of national policies. How is the right to energy translated in the national policies to enhance a just energy transition? Social inequalities and energy justice are two key emerging streams in the energy policy literature, with yet little attention to gender equality. This panel session is searching how a social-just energy policy can be designed in order to provide access to energy services to all. Lessons learned from including gender-approaches in energy project in the Global South, could provide valuable comparison with the European attempts to mitigate energy poverty in a just way. Especially since many of the programs enhancing energy access for all are funded by European grants and European development assistance. Especially contributions are invited that exploring just energy transitions, that discussing the right to energy translated in policy, that presenting empirical data on gender dimensions in energy access and that identifying governance concerns of just energy transitions.

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