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DOI	10.1016/j.erss.2024.103504
	Building climate resilience through energy access? An empirical study on grid connectivity in the Indian Sundarbans
	van Bommel, Natascha; Hoffken, Johanna I.; Chatterjee, Indrani
发表日期	2024
ISSN	2214-6296
EISSN	2214-6326
起始页码	112
卷号	112
英文摘要	Scholarly debates on energy and climate change have successfully foregrounded mitigation measures, but often overlook the role of energy in climate adaptation. Adaptation is of key importance to building resilience to climate change impacts, but its link with energy access has not been studied in detail. This study aims to address this research gap by examining the relation between electricity access and climate resilience in the context of Bally Island in the Indian Sundarbans. We deploy a qualitative research approach to investigate whether and how the electricity grid, installed to Bally in 2019, aids residents to build resilience against climate change impacts. Our case study highlights the importance of incorporating climate resilience into future energy planning. We find that benefits of electricity access can help people to become more resilient against climate change impacts. However, it is important to understand contextual limitations to building resilience with electricity. Our case study furthermore shows unintended consequences of grid connectivity that can negatively impact peoples' capacity to build resilience. For example, the untrustworthy electricity grid has led to the decline in popularity of solar PV systems, despite the fact that they are a more reliable alternative to the electricity grid. Therefore, we urge scholars and policy makers to consider the benefits, limitations, and unintended consequences of (planned) electricity measures on people's capacity to build resilience, especially in areas vulnerable to climate change.
英文关键词	Energy access; Grid connectivity; Climate resilience; Climate adaptation; Sundarbans; Global South
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
WOS类目	Environmental Studies
WOS记录号	WOS:001218857900001
来源期刊	ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/307135
作者单位	Eindhoven University of Technology
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	van Bommel, Natascha,Hoffken, Johanna I.,Chatterjee, Indrani. Building climate resilience through energy access? An empirical study on grid connectivity in the Indian Sundarbans[J],2024,112.
APA	van Bommel, Natascha,Hoffken, Johanna I.,&Chatterjee, Indrani.(2024).Building climate resilience through energy access? An empirical study on grid connectivity in the Indian Sundarbans.ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE,112.
MLA	van Bommel, Natascha,et al."Building climate resilience through energy access? An empirical study on grid connectivity in the Indian Sundarbans".ENERGY RESEARCH & SOCIAL SCIENCE 112(2024).