Energy, growth and development The lesson aims at analysing energy in terms of growth and development, focusing in particular on how society uses energy and how access to energy is distributed in the world. As nowadays not all members of society have same access to energy and technologies, limited access to energy and technologies translates […]
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Energy poverty and energy access: global challenges and goals Prof Carraro gives an answer to the following questions: – Is the Sustainable Energy For All target reachable? – Which can be the role of renewables in the energy mix? – Can the energy efficiency play a role?
Mapping global energy needs and emissions In this lecture prof Tavoni shows the more plausible energy access scenario for 2030 and derives that removing energy poverty would impact very little on the carbon emissions growth in the decades to come.
Defining and measuring energy-access and energy-poverty In this lecture Pachauri addresses the concepts of absolute and relative energy poverty, she explains how the problem can also affect developed countries and clarifies the difference between access to electricity and access to fuels. Moreover, she highlights the dynamics of energy access in the different regions of the […]
Access to energy and economic development
The energy poverty cycle and its drivers In this lecture, Arno Behrens explains what is the vicious “poverty-energy-poverty cycle” and how it can be escaped, and Shonali Pachauri highlights the most important factors hindering or favoring the switching process towards modern fuels for cooking, heating and electricity access.
Financing energy access In this lecture, Arno Behrens shows the current and forecasted level of financial flows aiming to enhance energy access, and Marjan Stojiljkovic explains the role of the financial cooperation on the commercial level among the financial instruments supporting energy access.
Energy efficiency and new technologies In this lecture, Mark Howells explain how a higher energy efficiency and the development of clean energy technologies can contribute to reach universal energy access, and Josué Tanaka highlights the role of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in improving Energy efficiency in the developing countries.
Universal energy access and sustainable development Dr Pachauri gives an answer to the following questions: – Is there a tradeoff between energy poverty reduction and climate change mitigation? – If technology is there, the main barrier for achieving universal energy access is financing. How would you suggest to tackle this financing gap? – Should Millennium […]
The water-energy-food nexus in low income countries Meeting human aspirations in an increasingly resource limited world and in the perspective of a changing climate, requires that resources are used prudently and equitably. Many low income countries are currently undergoing rapid economic development commonly fuelled by two processes: agricultural transformation and energy transitions, which in combination […]