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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.

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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
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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
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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
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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
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Who pays the biggest price?

11 September, 2014
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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
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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, 2014
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Main sections

Good Energy Bad Energy – Introduction

Problems with the current energy system

Destructive energy sources

Who benefits, who pays?

The drivers and logic of the current energy system

Avoiding the climate trap

Towards a vision for a just, sustainable, climate-safe energy system

Creating a just and sustainable system

How to make change happen

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