FPRN bulletin – 19th December 2023

This study explores energy poverty, sufficiency and extravagance of Japanese households. The author presents policy implications including the need for more progressive energy tariffs and carbon pricing, as well as improvement in access to renewable energy for the energy poverty population, to allow everyone to achieve energy sufficiency.

This video explores a case study of retrofitting ground source heat pump systems to three high-rise tower social housing blocks in Essex. While a little bit of a self-promotion from the technology provider, the video goes through various elements of the project including hearing from the voices of the tenants who saw significant impacts for fuel poverty.

In this podcast episode the contributors explore the current context of fuel poverty in Central Asia and discuss policy options to replace inefficient fossil fuel subsidies while minimizing the impact of energy prices on vulnerable households.

This paper explores how 20 Ombudspersons across Europe frame their understanding of energy poverty and energy justice, and what the implications of this might be on the prevalence of energy poverty in their respective countries. The author finds a partial correlation and discusses the role that the Ombudsperson could play in delivering a just energy transition.

This paper examines how energy poverty affects mental distress in post-apartheid South Africa and explores gender and locational heterogeneities in outcomes. The authors discuss a number of implications for policy makers including the need to increase funding to provide free basic energy to those in need.