‘Perspectives on Energy Poverty in Post-Communist Europe’ with a chapter authored by IBS experts
January 8 2021
The co-authors of a chapter that focuses on Poland are Jakub Sokołowski and Piotr Lewandowski.
The co-authors of a chapter that focuses on Poland are Jakub Sokołowski and Piotr Lewandowski.
(Publisher’s note): Energy poverty is severely affecting many parts of the European Union, but up until now only a few comparative analyses have been developed to understand the phenomenon and its diversity throughout the region. Filling this gap, this volume focuses specifically on the Eastern European region, drawing on contributions that cover a wide range of countries including Germany, Hungary, Poland, and Romania. This region has undergone significant transitions over the past three decades, but, as the contributions demonstrate, it still faces major challenges to providing clean and affordable energy to its citizens and renovating existing housing stock. The chapters explore the extent of energy poverty in each country and examine the drivers, while casting light on how policy-makers tackle the issue through a critical examination of the instruments implemented to help energy poor people.
