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Strengthening the EU response to energy poverty

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Energy poverty in the European Union poses a distinct challenge across member states and requires tailored, targeted action. EU policymakers need to strengthen the response to energy poverty and engender action across member states, moving beyond the focus on vulnerable consumers in energy markets.

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Fig. 1: Vulnerability to energy poverty across EU member states in 2016.

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The research in this paper benefited from funding provided through the FP7 INSIGHT_E project (www.insightenergy.org, EC grant agreement no. m612743) and collaboration with the members of the consortium.

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  1. Institute of Energy Economics and Rational Energy Use, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

    Audrey Dobbins

  2. Unit of Energy Systems Analysis, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

    Francesco Fuso Nerini

  3. MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

    Paul Deane

  4. UCL Energy Institute, University College London, London, UK

    Steve Pye

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Dobbins, A., Fuso Nerini, F., Deane, P. et al. Strengthening the EU response to energy poverty. Nat Energy 4, 2–5 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-018-0316-8

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