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Leaving the old behind

Nature Energy volume 6, pages 219–220 (2021)Cite this article

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Efforts to replace traditional energy sources with modern ones in developing countries have met with limited success. A new study sheds light on some of the contextual factors that inhibit this shift as well as opportunities for nudging poor households in the desired direction.

The question of how to engender the total energy transition envisaged by donors and policy makers therefore remains unresolved. A new qualitative study in Energy Research & Social Science by Elusiyan Olufemi Eludoyin and Xavier Lemaire at University College London, UK, contributes to our understanding of how this shift can be facilitated by shedding light on the dynamics of energy decision-making within poor rural households in Nigeria2.

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Sesan, T. Leaving the old behind. Nat Energy 6, 219–220 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41560-021-00793-x

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