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Leal Filho, Walter 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1241-5225, Begum, Halima ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6424-4966, Anholon, Rosley ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3163-6119, Quelhas, Osvaldo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6816-1677, Rampasso, Izabela ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1633-6628, Sharifi, Ayyoob ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8983-8613, de Andrade Guerra, José Baltazar Salgueirinho Osório ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6709-406X, Gatto, Andrea ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1005-3571, Lovett, Matthew ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3599-7886, Velazquez, Luis ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3370-7761, Chávez Muñoz, Pastor David ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7012-2167, Alam, A. S. A. Ferdous ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2413-3046, Brandli, Luciana ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0763-7149, Salvia, Amanda Lange ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4549-7685, Amaro, Nelson and Eustachio, João Henrique Paulino Pires ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6782-3904
(2024)
Addressing the challenges posed by energy poverty in Latin American countries.
Discover Sustainability, 5.
art 262.
doi:10.1007/s43621-024-00426-9
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Abstract
Many of the energy systems functioning across the developing world are poorly designed and largely inadequate to meet a country's commercial and domestic energy needs. This is especially so in Latin America, where poverty trends have been exacerbated by limited access to energy, which could be used towards supporting industrial and small-scale commercial activities. This has characterised the widespread trend of energy poverty. This phenomenon poses a major barrier towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and addressing climate change, since lack of access to reliable energy generation systems hinders the development of economic activities and limits the comfort of living conditions. This paper reports on a study aimed at catering to a better understanding of the challenges related to energy poverty in Latin America and identifying some of the tools that may be deployed to address them. The methodological procedures used were bibliometric analysis and survey. The main findings of this research evidence that reducing energy poverty in Latin American countries is crucial to alleviating household costs since a considerable part of family income is used to pay the energy needs. Less use of coal, greater access to electricity—including those from renewable generation—as well as the use of technologies and programs subsidized by governments would significantly contribute to increasing the Latin American citizens' quality of life and achieving the SDGs.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Article Type: | Article |
| Additional Information: | This paper is part of the "100 papers to accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals" initiative. |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Schools and Research Institutes > School of Creative Arts |
| Depositing User: | Anne Pengelly |
| Date Deposited: | 28 May 2025 09:15 |
| Last Modified: | 28 May 2025 09:30 |
| URI: | https://eprints.glos.ac.uk/id/eprint/15063 |
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