You are here:
Who benefits, who pays?
The global energy system has clear winners and losers, with the destructive impacts of the energy sources examined in the previous section impacting disproportionately on some groups in society, while other groups reap significant benefits from the system in terms of profits, power and access to energy. The main winners and losers from the current energy system are discussed here.
Biofuel production threatens food security in rural Uganda
Uganda is facing increasing demand for energy to meet social and economic development and improve the wellbeing of Ugandan...
29 September, 2014
Waste-to-energy incinerators in Uruguay
Uruguay has significant problems relating to the management of industrial, commercial and domestic waste. In the capital Montevideo alone,...
11 September, 2014
Oil palm plantations in Liberia
Expansion of palm oil production in Liberia by Malaysia-based industrial conglomerate Sime Darby is rapidly swallowing up farmlands and...
11 September, 2014
The Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan
On March 11th 2011, an earthquake hit the Pacific coast of Japan. The earthquake, known as the Great East...
11 September, 2014
Destructive impacts of energy sources
The different energy sources on which the current system is primarily reliant are also extremely harmful and destructive in...
11 September, 2014
Who benefits, who pays?
The global energy system has clear winners and losers, with the destructive impacts of the energy sources examined in...
19 August, 2014Main sections
