Looking forward for our final project workshop next week! 17 March 2022
Project by British Academy – Facilitating a Just, Fair, and Affordable Energy Transition in the Asia-Pacific
At the workshop, speakers will discuss how rural electrification programs can be embodied through notions of the just transition. The session will include a particular focus on the experiences of four case studies (Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines & Vietnam), and our work to date examining distributed energy systems in local communities and the ways in which elements of justice are or are not present. A practical component of the workshop will inform further research, pulling from participant expertise.
This workshop is part of a larger research project examining just energy transitions in the Asia-Pacific. This project partners researchers in the United Kingdom and the Asia-Pacific to explore novel models for a just and equitable transition to renewable energy systems in the Asia-Pacific. Rural electrification is a prerequisite of wider UN sustainable development goals, however, much of the developing Asia-Pacific remains with limited access to reliable and affordable electricity, further hindering the response to COVID-19 and exacerbating development challenges. In addition, issues of justice, equity and inclusion plague efforts to address the global energy transition while also accounting for quality of life and developmental impacts among the world’s poorest.
This research seeks to understand how the just transition looks in this context, through engaging with key stakeholders within the region and within 4 case study locations in order to identify the winners and losers in local efforts to realise global and regional climate targets. This work is generously supported by the British Academy.
If you’re interested to participate, please contact the Malaysia’s project leader Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Nofri Yenita Dahlan.