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Not enough (yet): A capabilities assessment of the implementation of energy poverty policies in Italy

Calidori, Noemi ORCID iD icon 1; Galbiati, Irene; Frigo, Giovanni ORCID iD icon 1; De Vidovich, Lorenzo
1 Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS), Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

Abstract:

Energy-poor individuals face greater difficulty in accessing the benefits of energy transition policies. This conceptual article employs a priori analytical categories based on the Capability Approach to assess the effectiveness of energy transition policies in addressing energy poverty in the context of Italian energy transition efforts. We use the expression “effectiveness gap” to describe the discrepancy between the intention to address energy poverty through energy transition policies, the practical implementation of these plans, and their unsatisfactory results thus far. From a capabilitarian standpoint, a person's wellbeing depends on “conversion factors”. Conversion factors determine to what degree people are able to transform resources into the achievement of beings and doings (i.e. functionings). Some conversion factors are internal to a person (e.g. physical condition, gender, age) others are external such as environmental and socio-economic factors (e.g. public policies). In Italy, energy transition policies do not fully consider conversion factors of energy-poor people potentially leading to their exclusion from public incentives. ... mehr

Zugehörige Institution(en) am KIT Institut für Technikfolgenabschätzung und Systemanalyse (ITAS)
Publikationstyp Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Publikationsmonat/-jahr 02.2025
Sprache Englisch
Identifikator ISSN: 2214-6296
KITopen-ID: 1000179327
HGF-Programm 37.11.02 (POF IV, LK 01) Societally-Feasible Transformation Pathways
Erschienen in Energy Research & Social Science
Verlag Elsevier
Band 120
Seiten 103879
Nachgewiesen in Scopus
Web of Science
OpenAlex
Dimensions
Globale Ziele für nachhaltige Entwicklung Ziel 1 – Keine Armut

Verlagsausgabe §
DOI: 10.5445/IR/1000179327
Veröffentlicht am 20.02.2025
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