Energy Transitions and Equity: A Physical Science Perspective

Open Access

Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 373, 2026 2^nd International Conference on Sustainable Science and Technology for Tomorrow (SciTech-25)


Article Number		02002
Number of page(s)		12
Section		Sustainable Energy, Climate Physics and Environmental Systems
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202637302002
Published online		19 June 2026

Breyer, C. et al. Khalili, S., Bogdanov, D., Ram, Μ., Oyewo, A. S Aghahosseini, A Gulagi, A., Solomon, A.A., Keiner, D., Lopez, G., Ostergaard, P. A., Lund, H., Mathiesen, B. V., Jacobson, Μ. Z., Victoria, Μ., Teske, S., Pregger, T., Fthenakis, V., Raugei, Μ., Sovacool, B. K. (2022). On the history and future of 100% renewable energy systems research. IEEE Access, 10,78176-78218. doi: https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3193402 [Google Scholar]
Watari, T., McLellan, B. C., Giurco, D., Dominish, E., Yamasue, E., & Nansai, K. (2019). Totalmaterial requirement for the global energy transition to 2050: A focus on transport and electricity. Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 148, 91-103. [Google Scholar]
Slamersak, A., Kallis, G, & Oneill, D.W. (2022). Energy requirements and carbon emissions for a low-carbon energy transition. Nature Communications, 13, Article 6932. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-33976-5 [Google Scholar]
Kabeyi, M.J.B., & Olanrewaju, O. A. (2022). Sustainable energy transition forrenewable and low carbon grid electricity generation and supply. Frontiers in Energy Research, 9, 743114. doi: https://doi.org/10.3389/fenrg.202L743114 [Google Scholar]
Sovacool, B. K., Tumheim, B., Hook, A., Brock, A., & Martiskainen, Μ. (2021 ). Dispossessed by decarbonisation: Reducing vulnerability, injustice, and inequality in the lived experience of low-carbon pathways. World Development, 137, 105116. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105116 [Google Scholar]
Zakeri, B., Paulavets, K., Barreto-Gomez, L., Echeverri, L. G Pachauri, S., Boza-Kiss, B., Zimm, C., Rogelj, J., Creutzig, F., Ürge-Vorsatz, D., Victor, D. G., Bazilian, Μ. D., Fritz, S., Gielen, D., McCollum, D. L., Sriva stava, L., Hunt, J. D” & Pouya, S. (2022). Pandemic, war, and global energy transitions. Energies, 15(17), 6114. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/eiil5176114 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Davis, S. J Lewis, N. S., Shaner, Μ., Aggarwal, S., Arent, D., Azevedo, L L., Benson, S. Μ., Bradley, T., Brouwer, J., Chiang, Y.Μ., Clack, C. T. Μ., Cohen, A., Dorg, S., Edmonds, J., Fennell, P., Field, C. B., Hannegan, B., Hodge, B.Μ., Hoffert, Μ. I Caldeira, K. (2018). Net-zero emissions energy systems. Science, 360(6396), eaas9793. doi: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aas9793 [CrossRef] [Google Scholar]
Jenkins, K., McCauley, D., Heffron, R., Stephan, H.,& Rehner, R. (2016). Energy justice: A conceptual review. Energy Research & Social Science, 11, 174-182. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/i.erss.2015.10.004 [Google Scholar]
Chancel, L. (2022). Global carbon inequality over 1990-2019. Nature Sustainability, 5(11), 931-938. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41893-022-00955-z [Google Scholar]
Wiedmann, T., Lenzen, Μ., Keyßer, L.T. et al. (2020). Scientists" warning on affluence. Nature Communications, 11,3107. doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16941-y [Google Scholar]
Siciliano G, Wallbott L, Urban F, Dang AN, Lederer Μ. (2021). Low-carbon energy, sustainable development, and justice: Towards a just energy transition forthe society and tiie environment. Sustainable Development. 29:1049-1061. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/sd.2193 [Google Scholar]
Sovacool, B. K. (2021 ). Who are the victims of low-carbon transitions? Towards a political ecology of climate change mitigation. Energy Research & Social Science, 73, 101916. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.101916 [Google Scholar]
Rodriguez, A. (2023 )・ Lithium extraction and its impacts on indigenous communities. International Relations Review. October 11. Retrieved from: doi: https://www.irreview.org/articles/2023/10/11/lithium-extraction-and-its-impacts-on-indi-enous-communities [Google Scholar]
Geels, F. W. (2019). Socio-technical transitions to sustainability: A review of criticisms and elaborations of the multilevel perspective. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 39,187-201. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.06.009 [Google Scholar]
Rockström, J Gupta, J., Qin, D. et al. Safe and just Earth system boundaries. Nature 619,102-111 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-06083-8 [Google Scholar]

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.