H2020 SC3: Secure, clean and efficient energy
While energy research is increasingly opening up to social scientific research that addresses end-user engagement, equity and distributional issues, for example in relation to more participatory approaches, the particular question of how gender imbalances are institutionalized and reproduced over time has not received research attention so far.1
Improving women’s access to sustainable energy and empowering women to become energy entrepreneursToday, about 1.3 billion people lack access to electricity and 2.9 billion use solid biomass for cooking and heating. Based on current trends, it will take until 2080 to achieve universal access to electricity, and the mid-22nd century for access to clean energy for cooking. Source: UN WOMEN & UNEP (2015). Women’s Sustainable Energy Entrepreneurship and Access. Flagship Programme. |
- 1. Source: H2020-AG-GENDER (2015), p. 6