Raising Community Voices in Energy Transition

Comparative Case Studies

Our project will be conducted in collaboration with six equity-deserving case study communities, each of which is exposed to a unique set of key climate risks, is at a different stage in the energy transition process and is characterized by unique pre-existing energy-society relations, yet all cases share two key climate risks in common: risks to infrastructure and risks to living standards. The cases also vary in important aspects that are valuable to our comparative approach, including: pre-existing sources of vulnerability and enablement defined by intersectional positionality; and local socio-cultural and political contexts. In all cases one or more team members already have established community relationships, and have conducted previous participatory research– enabling a rapid, targeted research approach.

  • Lytton, a rural Indigenous community of the Kanaka Bar Band, in B.C., Canada.

  • Socio- economically marginalised Indigenous communities in M- East Ward, Mumbai, India.

  • Sámi Indigenous communities with grazing rights in Trøndelag County, Norway.

  • Black, Indigenous and Low Income marginalized communities in South LA community in Los Angeles, California, U.S.

  • Community of low- income, biomass dependent women in Tamale Metropolitan Area, Northern Ghana.

  • Urban farmers (Chinamperos) practicing traditional, sustainable methods in Mexico City.