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Promoting Policies for Renewable Electrification

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Affordable and Clean Energy

Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Promoting policies for renewable electricity provides insights into ways to advance energy and climate policies that promote the provision of clean, affordable, and reliable electricity while simultaneously promoting social justice. It builds upon the concept of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7) as set up by the United Nations. Some current and future policy pathways are considered as potential tools to promote renewable electricity adoption at different scales.

Introduction

Policy serves as one of the important platforms and channels for many societal changes. In the same vein, the global quest for renewable electricity for sustainable development cannot thrive in the absence of local, state, national, and transnational policies that can promote it. This is evident from the lingering problematic human activities contributing to climate change, which has seen a spectrum of reactions across the world. For instance, the call for immediate action on climate change by the...

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  1. Environmental and Energy Policy Program, Department of Social Sciences, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA

    Adewale Aremu Adesanya & Chelsea Schelly

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

  2. Center for Neuroscience & Cell Biology, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

    Luciana Brandli

  4. HAW Hamburg, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Amanda Lange Salvia

  5. International Centre for Thriving, University of Chester, Chester, UK

    Tony Wall

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  1. University of Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil

    Luciana Londero Brandli

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Adesanya, A.A., Schelly, C. (2020). Promoting Policies for Renewable Electrification. In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Lange Salvia, A., Wall, T. (eds) Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71057-0_50-1

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