FPRN bulletin – 23rd October 2024

This paper proposes a framework towards understanding the role of “non-energy” policies as drivers of energy deprivation among UK refugees, using the conceptual lenses of deservingness, welfare chauvinism and domicide to demonstrate how the condition has been deliberately produced under the UK government’s Hostile Environment approach.

This paper examines the effect of the intensity, frequency, and duration of temperature extremes on energy hardship, and how this risk is shaped by individual, housing and neighbourhood resiliencies across Australia, using nationally representative data on energy hardship linked to temperature records between 2005 and 2021. Energy hardship risks under moderate and high emissions global warming scenarios are projected to increase by 0.1%−2.6% and 0.6%−3.3% respectively in the long run.

This paper applies a mixed-methods approach to explore emerging sufficiency practices and energy justice in Switzerland. It was found that different measures and recommendations did lead to efforts to reduce energy consumption, but also revealed flaws as practices typically lacked an energy justice perspective which has implications for policy development.

This video explores the citizen-led renovation project of 1800 poorly built flats in the Poblado Dirigido de Orcasitas in Madrid has delivered residents financial savings of 80% on heating bills and will result in up to 50% CO2 reduction in the neighbourhood.