2022 | Turkey | Publication
Increasing industrial competitiveness in Turkey
This study analyses and quantifies how incorporating higher shares of renewable energies in Turkey’s electricity mix can affect electricity prices for the industrial sector. The impacts are quantified for both wholesale and retail electricity prices. Moreover, additional positive socio-economic effects are also quantified in terms of job creation, GDP growth, and reduced inflation. […]
2022 | Global | Publication
Chancenorientierte Klimakommunikation
Vom Gefahren- zum Chancennarrativ. Wie Klimakommunikation psychologische Barrieren gegenüber nachhaltigem Handeln überwinden kann Dieses Paper behandelt Barrieren und positive Einflussfaktoren auf persönliches und öffentliches Engagement für Klimaschutz. […]
2022 | Mexico | Publication
Social Performance of Renewable Energy for Communities in Mexico
Increasing the Social Performance of Renewable Energy Projects for Communities in Mexico While the expansion of the renewable energy sector in developing countries like Mexico is paramount and needs to scale up to contribute to the targets of the Paris Climate agreement by decarbonizing energy systems, this process must not leave local communities behind and […]
2022 | South Africa | Publication
From coal to renewables in Mpumalanga
Employment effects, opportunities for local value creation, skills requirements, and gender-inclusiveness. Assessing the co-benefits of decarbonising South Africa’s power sector […]
2021 | Global
The Social Performance Index
Assessing and monitoring community well-being through energy sector investments In this paper, we introduce the Social Performance Index (SPI) for energy sector investments as a tool to systematically assess, monitor, compare, and communicate the social performance of energy projects on the well-being of communities and their members. […]
2021 | Global, India, Kenya, Mexico, South Africa, Turkey, Vietnam | Publication
Co-benefits Knowledge Commons Employment
Renewable energy technologies are job boosters: in 2020, the renewable energy sector employed at least 12 million people around the globe. Many governments worldwide have recognized that the energy pathway they choose will not only have an impact on combatting global warming and meeting climate goals, but also define the basis for their countries’ future […]
2021 | Global | Publication
Opportunity-oriented climate communication
Tales of doom, tales of opportunity. How climate communication can help to overcome psychological barriers to sustainable action This paper focuses on barriers and drivers of personal and public engagement. The success of climate change policies in democracies depends on social consent and ownership of the actions taken. Campaigners and decision-makers therefore need to communicate […]
2021 | Kenya
COP26 Briefing: Community expectations towards energy development in Kenya
This briefing summarises preliminary study results on the top-three social performance indicators, based on the ranking by community representatives: i) Access to affordable health care; ii) Creation of decent jobs (direct and indirect); iii) Economic prospects of tourism. Overall, the social performance criteria and selected indicators reflected the expectations and concerns of the local communities. […]
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