Kathrin Meyer – Energy Transition https://energytransition.org The Global Energiewende Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:16:31 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 The long road to gender inequality in civic energy initiatives https://energytransition.org/2021/10/the-long-road-to-gender-inequality-in-civic-energy-initiatives/ https://energytransition.org/2021/10/the-long-road-to-gender-inequality-in-civic-energy-initiatives/#respond Tue, 19 Oct 2021 10:00:06 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24947 Renewable civic energy initiatives are based on direct-democratic and dialogue-oriented forms of civil participation. The approach gave hope for broad participation regardless of age, origin, and gender, factors generally considered as barriers within the conventional energy industry. Unfortunately, however, these hopes have not been fulfilled. Women are hardly represented within leadership...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/10/the-long-road-to-gender-inequality-in-civic-energy-initiatives/feed/ 0 Threatened masculinity as an obstacle to sustainable change https://energytransition.org/2021/06/threatened-masculinity-as-an-obstacle-to-sustainable-change/ https://energytransition.org/2021/06/threatened-masculinity-as-an-obstacle-to-sustainable-change/#respond Tue, 29 Jun 2021 10:00:38 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24491 Fossil fuels are not only linked to high emissions and climate change, but are also part of a social identity that is faltering: masculinity, argues Cara Daggett, a political scientist who coined the phrase “petro-masculinity”. The transition to a more climate-friendly future is connected to the future of fossil fuels and also to challenges to (white) male privilege. This struggle is evident when...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/06/threatened-masculinity-as-an-obstacle-to-sustainable-change/feed/ 0 The oil trap – Ecuador’s quest to clean up its energy mix https://energytransition.org/2021/03/the-international-oil-trap-ecuadors-quest-for-energy-transition/ https://energytransition.org/2021/03/the-international-oil-trap-ecuadors-quest-for-energy-transition/#respond Tue, 23 Mar 2021 11:00:06 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=24063 Climate change and international decarbonisation efforts led Ecuador to expand its renewable energy capacities. Given its significant potential for renewable energies, why is the nation unable to shake off its dependency on oil and move to a clean energy mix? Kathrin Meyer explores the factors at play in the South American country. Renewable energies in Ecuador – License: Public Domain Credit: ©...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2021/03/the-international-oil-trap-ecuadors-quest-for-energy-transition/feed/ 0 Gender-Responsive Climate Policy as a chance for a Colombian coal phase-out? https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23661/ https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23661/#respond Mon, 28 Dec 2020 14:00:51 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=23661 The recent publication “Gender-Responsive Climate Policy – a Case Study of the Colombian Coal Sector” showed that climate policies must take gender into account not only to limit the destructiveness of the current climate crisis but also to achieve a just transformation of the Colombian coal sector. Kathrin Meyer explains the advantages of this approach and its international relevance. (CC BY 2.0...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/12/23661/feed/ 0 Gender awareness: Transport infrastructure as a key lever for energy efficiency. Pt. III https://energytransition.org/2020/08/22937/ https://energytransition.org/2020/08/22937/#respond Mon, 17 Aug 2020 13:15:56 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22937 The lack of gender-specific configurations of transport designs reflecting actual travel behaviour wastes significant efficiency in energy usage. In the last article of her three-part series, Kathrin Meyer explains why it is necessary to build on gender-responsive planning within the transportation sector. Photo by Euan Cameron (Public Domain) Travelling through urban spaces opens possibilities to...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/08/22937/feed/ 0 Gender awareness: Energy efficient housing through gender-responsive measures. Pt. II https://energytransition.org/2020/07/gender-awareness-energy-efficient-housing-through-gender-responsive-measures-part-ii/ https://energytransition.org/2020/07/gender-awareness-energy-efficient-housing-through-gender-responsive-measures-part-ii/#respond Thu, 16 Jul 2020 13:00:17 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22697 Energy usage within households occurs in various forms, whether it is about heating, cooking or the use of electrical appliances. Comprehensive data on household energy consumption is already trying to paint a more accurate picture of its consumers. However, one important factor often does not receive the attention it deserves: gender. In the second part of the series, Kathrin Meyer explains how...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/07/gender-awareness-energy-efficient-housing-through-gender-responsive-measures-part-ii/feed/ 0 Gender awareness: towards a sustainable and just energy transition. Part I https://energytransition.org/2020/06/22477/ https://energytransition.org/2020/06/22477/#respond Tue, 16 Jun 2020 12:30:21 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=22477 Gender frameworks within energy efficiency efforts are key for the construction of a more sustainable future. In this three-part series Kathrin Meyer explains the connection between energy and gender and why sustainable energy supply is not feasible without the use of gender-sensitive data. ( Public Domain) According to the United Nations, the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) number 5 – Achieve...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2020/06/22477/feed/ 0 Change of power in Bolivia and the Global North’s raw materials demand https://energytransition.org/2019/11/political-change-of-power-in-bolivia-due-to-energy-interests-of-the-global-north/ https://energytransition.org/2019/11/political-change-of-power-in-bolivia-due-to-energy-interests-of-the-global-north/#comments Wed, 27 Nov 2019 14:00:27 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21235 While the causes of rapid political change in Bolivia are currently being sought within the accusation of the electoral fraud-related presidency of Evo Morales, more and more voices in Latin America denounce to see a connection between the national lithium industry and the changing power structures. Kathrin Meyer evaluates the multiple facets of this conflict. Bolivia’s economy depends on the...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/11/political-change-of-power-in-bolivia-due-to-energy-interests-of-the-global-north/feed/ 2 A threat for the Amazon region: Colombia’s new hydropower project https://energytransition.org/2019/11/a-threat-for-the-amazon-region-colombias-new-hydropower-project/ https://energytransition.org/2019/11/a-threat-for-the-amazon-region-colombias-new-hydropower-project/#respond Thu, 14 Nov 2019 14:00:33 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=21141 While in North America and Europe more hydropower plants are being dismantled than built, many countries in Latin America continue to invest in the controversial renewable energy source. In Colombia, two hydropower plants are to be installed in the Amazon region. Social-ecological and cultural costs of the project are not taken into account. Kathrin Meyer reports about the serious impacts that...

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]]> https://energytransition.org/2019/11/a-threat-for-the-amazon-region-colombias-new-hydropower-project/feed/ 0 How the EU-Mercosur trade deal is worsening the international climate crisis https://energytransition.org/2019/07/climate-crisis-turns-into-climate-disaster-the-dirty-free-trade-agreement-between-eu-and-mercosur/ https://energytransition.org/2019/07/climate-crisis-turns-into-climate-disaster-the-dirty-free-trade-agreement-between-eu-and-mercosur/#respond Wed, 24 Jul 2019 13:00:42 +0000 https://energytransition.org/?p=20325 After twenty years of negotiations, the European Union is in the process of advancing one of the world’s largest free trade agreements with four states of Mercosur. The planned agreement suggests a political path that veers towards a worsening of the international climate crisis. Kathrin Meyer discusses the questionable contents of the political act, which will solidify inequality amongst the...

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