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Metrics for Decision-Making in Energy Justice

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posted on 2025-04-14, 14:31 authored by E Baker, S Carley, S Castellanos, D Nock, JF Bozeman, D Konisky, CG Monyei, M Shah, Benjamin SovacoolBenjamin Sovacool
Energy equity and justice have become priority considerations for policymakers, practitioners, and scholars alike. To ensure that energy equity is incorporated into actual decisions and analysis, it is necessary to design, use, and continually improve energy equity metrics. In this article, we review the literature and practices surrounding such metrics. We present a working definition for energy justice and equity, and connect them to both criteria for and frameworks of metrics. We then present a large sampling of energy equity metrics, including those focused on vulnerability, wealth creation, energy poverty, life cycle, and comparative country-level dynamics.We conclude with a discussion of the limitations, gaps, and trade-offs associated with these various metrics and their interactions thereof.

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  • Published

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Journal

Annual Review of Environment and Resources

ISSN

1543-5938

Publisher

Annual Reviews

Issue

1

Volume

48

Page range

737-760

Department affiliated with

  • Business and Management Publications
  • SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications

Institution

University of Sussex

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