Event - Energy, Social Justice and the Global South

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Title

Energy, Social Justice and the Global South

Organizer

SPRINGER NATURE

Type

Online Seminars

Focus

• Cooking
• Humanitarian Energy
• Energy Efficiency
• Energy Access
• Improved Cookstoves
• Policy and Regulation
• Renewable Energy

Start

2023/04/19 8:30 AM EDT

End

2023/04/19 EDT

Country

• Worldwide

Venue

Online

URL

link to the event

Description

Science for a Sustainable Future is a joint initiative of UN SDSN and Springer Nature. Now in its fourth year, the event brings together policymakers, government representatives, UN officials, and leading global scientists to discuss and advance the objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Billions of people, especially in the global South, rely on biomass and wood to cook. This has significant effects on indoor air quality, impacting people’s health and women and girls in particular. It can also entrench gender roles and impede women’s economic empowerment. The introduction of cleaner energy solutions can improve health outcomes for all and greater gender balance. We need to consider context-appropriate solutions and practices, but how can we also channel research findings into policy actions that change these practices? This session looks into the intersection between energy provision, energy access, and social justice, from the perspective of Indigenous communities and those in the Global South, and focuses on household behaviors, technology deployment, costs, and policy support.