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Beyond public acceptance: Towards systemic societal responsiveness of net zero infrastructures 超越公众接受：实现对净零基础设施的系统性社会响应

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104251

Phedeas Stephanides , Jason Chilvers , Elliot Honeybun-Arnolda , Tom Hargreaves , Helen Pallett , Chris Groves , Nicholas Pidgeon , Karen Henwood , Robert Gross

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It's complicated: Why private landlords can fail to improve the energy efficiency of their properties 这很复杂：为什么私人房东不能提高他们房产的能源效率

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104262

Katherine Brookfield

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Unjust or just unfortunate? Examining claims of procedural (in)justice in the pursuit of universal electricity access in Rwanda 不公还是不幸？审查在卢旺达实现普及电力供应过程中程序公正的要求

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104246

Rebecca Grant , Kirsten E.H. Jenkins , Khan Jean de Dieu Hakizimana , Dan van Der Horst

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A place-based approach to measuring a just transition: Evidence from the north-east of Scotland 衡量公正过渡的基于地点的方法：来自苏格兰东北部的证据

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-08-12 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104236

Daria Shapovalova, Keith A. Bender, John Bone, Tavis Potts

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Community civic capacities for meaningful engagement in siting infrastructure for the energy transition 社区公民参与能源转型基础设施选址的能力

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104224

Thomas Webler , Seth Tuler

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Money matters: Does access to financial services foster household energy transitions in Africa? 金钱很重要：获得金融服务能否促进非洲家庭能源转型？

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104215

Logan Richardson , Prabisha Shrestha , Caleb Milliken , Erin O. Sills , Shannon Lloyd , Lauren Nareau , Stephanie Scott , Pamela Jagger

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Explaining climate change policy inertia: Policymaker perspectives on building energy efficiency in the United Kingdom 解释气候变化政策惯性：英国决策者对建筑能效的看法

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Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-08-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104243

Mitya Pearson

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Not just a donor learning experience: Exploring failure, accountability, and harm within a large aid funded biogas project in Malawi 不仅仅是捐助者的学习经验：探索马拉维一个由援助资助的大型沼气项目的失败、责任和危害

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104223

Natalie Boyd Williams , Marc Kalina , Jonathan Kwangulero , Elizabeth Tilley

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The limits of energy conservation: Why doubling current energy efficiency progress is no easy feat 节约能源的限制：为什么将目前的能源效率提高一倍并非易事

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-07-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104253

Fateh Belaïd

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Critical minerals lists for low-carbon transitions: Reviewing their structure, objectives, and limitations 低碳转型的关键矿物清单：回顾它们的结构、目标和限制

IF 7.4 2区经济学

Energy Research & Social Science Pub Date : 2025-07-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2025.104252

Raphael Deberdt , Nicole M. Smith , Jordan L. Calderon , Scott K. McCall

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