In Search of a Triple Win

The briefing analyzes energy policies in buildings, mobility, power, and resource extraction across 30 countries to determine their impact on poverty and inequality. It finds that while 60% of analyzed policies are likely to decrease poverty, only 11% are likely to decrease inequality, and only 13% provide both positive social and environmental impacts. The author argues that energy policies must be integrated with social policies, such as worker retraining and the use of tax revenues for social benefits, to prevent exacerbating social disparities during the clean energy transition.

• There is a significant gap between the poverty-reducing potential and the inequality-reducing potential of analyzed energy policies: 60% are likely to decrease poverty, but only 11% are likely to decrease inequality.
• A small minority of post-COVID energy policies across 30 countries achieve both positive social and environmental outcomes, with only 13% meeting both criteria.
• To prevent the increase of poverty and inequality, energy policies should be paired with social measures, including retraining for low-income and sunset industry workers and allocating energy tax revenues to social benefits.

APA

Picciariello,, L. D. R. (2022). In Search of a Triple Win. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/covid-19-impacts-on-clean-energy-transition-inequality-poverty

Chicago

Picciariello,, Lucile Dufour,Joachim Roth,Angela. In Search of a Triple Win. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2022. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/covid-19-impacts-on-clean-energy-transition-inequality-poverty.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{picciariello2022search, author = {Picciariello,, Lucile Dufour,Joachim Roth,Angela}, title = {{In Search of a Triple Win}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2022}, month = apr, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/covid-19-impacts-on-clean-energy-transition-inequality-poverty}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }