From heating and cooling homes, transportation, cooking and more, energy powers our lives. But our energy systems are surging with inequality.
To confront the climate crisis, scientists say, we must transition away from fossil fuels to clean, renewable sources — and it’s essential that existing energy inequities are not magnified. To that end, a multi-institution team of researchers, including environmental scientist Ranjit Deshmukh of UC Santa Barbara, has created an analytical framework that can be used to evaluate equity in energy transitions. They published their findings in Environmental Research Letters.