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How territorial arrangements determine justice outcomes in energy transitions? Open

Pedro Guedes de Carvalho, Julia Tomei · 2025

Data-to-Deal: Component 3. Vision: Aligning the Development Vision- A Best Practice Brief. Open

Gerald Emmanuel Arhin, Julia Tomei, David Groves, Nick Hughes, Viktoria Dimitrova , et al. · 2025

This best practice brief presents Component 3 of the Data-to-Deal (D2D) framework, which addresses aligning the development vision. This component focuses on integrating climate ambition with national development priorities to provide a cl…

TOWARDS RESILIENT AND INCLUSIVE CLIMATE COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT: A PARTICIPATORY, MIXED-METHOD SCENARIOS APPROACH FOR ZAMBIA Open

Nick Hughes, Mulima Nyambe-Mubanga, Willard Mapulanga, Malonga Hazemba, Stephen Mushimwa Chileshe , et al. · 2025

A policy and practice divide? Zambia's artisanal and small-scale mining sector and the Sustainable Development Goals Open

M. Kaczmarska, Rebecca K.M. Clube, Fiona Chisanga Mubanga, Julia Tomei · 2025

Guidelines for inclusive and equitable energy and transport modeling Open

Marissa Bergman, Julia Tomei, Stephanie Hirmer, Beatrice Stockport, Fatima Afifah , et al. · 2025

Energy and transport models are powerful tools for shaping policy, development pathways, and financial decisions. However, these models often fail to account for gender equality and social inclusion (GESI), perpetuating systemic inequities…

A methodological framework for assessing development solutions: application to wood fuel challenges in Nigeria Open

Jamie Carr, Aliyu Salisu Barau, Eleanor K.K. Jew, Joshua Kirshner, Rob Marchant , et al. · 2025

Development interventions often yield co-benefits and trade-offs across multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, current approaches typically assess progress towards specific SDG targets, such as increasing access to clean e…

Data governance and open science in energy planning: A case study of the Kenyan ecosystem Open

Agnese Beltramo, Alycia Leonard, Julia Tomei, Will Usher · 2024

There is an increased recognition of the need for openness, transparency, and accessibility of both governance and technical aspects of long-term systems planning, including data to inform the planning process. In Kenya, the new constituti…

How does energy modelling influence policymaking? Insights from low- and middle-income countries Open

J. Fuchs, Meron Tesfamichael, Rebecca K.M. Clube, Julia Tomei · 2024

Energy system models are widely used to explore, analyse and plan energy futures and sustainable transitions. These models, typically developed in high-income countries, have more recently been applied in low- and middle-income countries (…

Author Correction: Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future Open

Yacob Mulugetta, Youba Sokona, Philipp A. Trotter, Samuel Fankhauser, Jessica Omukuti , et al. · 2024

Correction to: Nature Energyhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-022-01152-0, published online 24 October 2022 In the version of the article initially published, Gebrekidan Gebresilassie Eshetu’s name appeared incorrectly as Eshetu Gebrekidan Ge…

Indicator‐based natural capital reporting to inform decision‐making in the Brazilian Pantanal Open

Alison Fairbrass, Victor Moretti, Elvander Quaresma, Celma de Oliveira Ribeiro, Fábio de Oliveira Roque , et al. · 2024

The natural capital indicator framework (NCIF) offers an entry‐level approach to natural capital reporting using existing data sources and indicators. Here, we test the NCIF for the first time in the megadiverse Pantanal biome in Brazil. W…

Stakeholder perspectives on the future of clean cooking in sub-Saharan Africa and the role of pay-as-you-go LPG in expanding access Open

Tash Perros, Julia Tomei, Priti Parikh · 2024

Reliance on polluting cooking fuels is linked to three million premature deaths per year as well as other climatic, environmental and social impacts. Numerous clean cooking fuels are available but remain inaccessible to low-income consumer…

The Political Economy of Least Cost Power Planning in Kenya Open

Elsie Onsongo, Elusiyan Olufemi Eludoyin, Meron Tesfamichael, Julia Tomei · 2024

‘Context really matters’ - The role of energy system modelling in policymaking in low- and middle-income countries Open

J. Fuchs, Meron Tesfamichael, Rebecca K.M. Clube, Julia Tomei · 2023

Energy system models are widely used to explore, analyse and plan energy futures and sustainable transitions. These models, often developed in high-income countries, have more recently been applied in low- and middle-Income countries (LMIC…

Cleaning up the stack: Evaluating a clean cooking fuel stacking intervention in urban Kenya Open

Tash Perros, Ayşe Lisa Allison, Julia Tomei, Vincent Aketch, Priti Parikh · 2023

There are a growing number of market-based providers of clean cooking solutions in sub-Saharan Africa that rely on use customer fuel sales to subsidise upfront cost of equipment. These business models can widen access to clean cooking but …

Centralized injustices: understanding energy resilience in times of disruption in low-income settlements in Peru Open

Rita Lambert, Julia Tomei, Carlos Escalante Estrada, Silvia De Los Rios · 2023

What happens once people have electricity has received far less analytical and policy attention than the provision of the infrastructure itself. For low-income settlements that have gained a connection to the grid, energy access challenges…

Cleaning Up the Stack: Evaluating a Clean Cooking Fuel Stacking Intervention in Urban Kenya Open

Tash Perros, Ayşe Lisa Allison, Julia Tomei, Vincent Aketch, Priti Parikh · 2023

Energy, sex and gender: protocols for investigating the research nexus Open

Harshavardhan Jatkar, Karla G. Cedano, Ian Hamilton, Harry Kennard, Manuel Martínez Fernandez , et al. · 2022

In response to the scholarly call to do gender in energy policy, practice and research, the purpose of this systematic review is to investigate the existing literature at the nexus of subject areas of energy, sex and gender. We begin this …

Africa needs context-relevant evidence to shape its clean energy future Open

Yacob Mulugetta, Youba Sokona, Philipp A. Trotter, Samuel Fankhauser, Jessica Omukuti , et al. · 2022

Aligning development and climate goals means Africa’s energy systems will be based on clean energy technologies in the long term, but pathways to get there are uncertain and variable across countries. Although current debates about natural…

Reflections on COP26 for Africa and Zambia: where to next? Open

Julia Tomei, Mulima Mubanga, Meron Tesfamichael, Lucas Somavilla, Michał Miedziński , et al. · 2022

COP26 concluded with the 197 parties agreeing to the 'Glasgow Climate Pact'. The package of decisions included strengthened efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions and returning to COP27 in Egypt with more ambitious emissions reductions t…

Energy Planning in Kenya: Understanding Perceptions of Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) Open

Lucille Onyango, Stephanie Hirmer, Julia Tomei · 2022

Explicit consideration of marginalized groups – ethnic minorities, women and girls, persons with disabilities, refugees, youth, internally displaced persons, and the elderly – in energy planning is vital to ensure that the benefits of acce…

Lost learnings: Breaking the silence of failure in the energy and development sector Open

Tash Perros, Iwona Bisaga, Oliver Broad, L. Macon, Pamela Fennell , et al. · 2022

It is often said that in order to succeed, one most fail and yet, all too often, we fail to talk about failure. This is particularly true in energy and development (E&D), a sector that faces complex challenges leading to relatively high ch…

Resilience topics included in the Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) programme: Current work and future opportunities Open

Karla Cervantes Barron, Francesco Gardumi, Raghav Pant, Jennifer Cronin, Julia Tomei , et al. · 2022

There are several definitions and applications of the concept of resilience. In climate change mitigation and adaptation, resilience can refer to the transformation of systems to cope with external shocks. The Climate Compatible Growth (CC…

Policy Brief – Delivering access to energy in Ethiopia: governance, efficiency and implementation Open

Oliver Broad, Julia Tomei, Femi Eludoyin, Gabrial Anandarajah · 2021

The third policy brief from the Energy system development pathways for Ethiopia (PATHWAYS) Project. This brief focuses on the importance of governance structures, in theory and practice, to support the roll out of necessary technology opti…

Energy system development pathways for Ethiopia: Final project report Open

Elusiyan Olufemi Eludoyin, Oliver Broad, Julia Tomei, Gabrial Anandarajah, Ioannis Pappis , et al. · 2021

This report forms a deliverable of the Energy System Development Pathways for Ethiopia (PATHWAYS) project. The project explored pathways for Ethiopia’s electricity system to 2065 with the use of open-source energy system models, a…

Decentralized low carbon electrification: Global regulatory practice and implications for accelerating affordable and clean energy access in Ethiopia Open

Lobna Ahmed, Alexandra Poncia, Vivek Parekh, Julia Tomei, Ben Milligan · 2021

Ethiopia aims to achieve full electrification by 2025 through a combination of on- and off-grid systems. Reaching this target will require a supportive governance framework that promotes collaboration amongst diverse actors from across pub…

Embedding justice in the 1.5°C transition: A transdisciplinary research agenda Open

Jennifer Cronin, Nick Hughes, Julia Tomei, Lilia Caiado Couto, Muez Ali , et al. · 2021

Limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C requires transformations in every aspect of our societies and economies. In contrast to 2°C pathways, the 1.5°C target requires even deeper and faster cuts in emissions. While this will bring enorm…

Energy system development pathways for Ethiopia: Policy Brief Open

Will Usher, Andreas Sahlberg, Ioannis Pappis, Tewodros Walle, Gabrial Anandarajah , et al. · 2021

The first policy brief from the Energy system development pathways for Ethiopia (PATHWAYS) Project.

Bridging the divide? Integrating stakeholder values into energy system models Open

Julia Tomei, Bernard Tembo, Mulima Nyambe-Mubanga · 2021

Synergies and Trade-offs between Sanitation and the Sustainable Development Goals Open

Priti Parikh, Loan Diep, Pascale Hofmann, Julia Tomei, Luiza C. Campos , et al. · 2021

To better leverage opportunities arising out of sustainable and inclusive management of sanitation services there is a need for robust and comprehensive evidence of the wide ranging benefits that sanitation can deliver. The Sustainable Dev…

Synergies and trade-offs between sanitation and the sustainable development goals Open

Priti Parikh, Loan Diep, Pascale Hofmann, Julia Tomei, Luiza C. Campos , et al. · 2021

To better leverage opportunities arising out of sustainable and inclusive management of sanitation services there is a need for robust and comprehensive evidence of the wide-ranging benefits that sanitation can deliver. The Sustainable Dev…

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