TY - JOUR
T1 - Examining energy poverty under high temperatures in China
AU - Shi, Han
AU - Wang, Bo
AU - Deng, Nana
AU - Xu, Shuling
AU - Wang, Zhaohua
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2025/6
Y1 - 2025/6
N2 - Identifying and addressing energy poverty under high temperatures is crucial for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (Affordable and clean energy) and Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action). However, there is little knowledge of the current and future trends of energy poverty under high temperatures in developing countries. The study analyzes the regional and temporal disparities in the incidence of energy poverty under high temperatures by using daily electricity consumption data from 41,059 households in urban, rural and poverty-stricken areas (with the latter being more impoverished rural regions). The study finds that the energy-poverty incidence is 36.65 %, 32.53 % and 27.30 % for poverty-stricken, rural and urban households during early summer, respectively, while these incidences are 34.61 %, 29.45 % and 19.74 % during later summer in China. Although the energy-poverty incidence is reduced compared to the early summer, households experiencing energy poverty in the later summer face a more severe lack of adaptation to high temperatures than those during the early summer. Applying the results to CMIP6 climate change projections suggests that the energy-poverty incidence will increase to 38.37–40.32 %, 34.67–38.03 %% and 28.46–30.91 % during early summer and 39.00–44.81 %, 31.68–35.00 % and 19.74 % during the later for poverty-stricken, rural and urban households in 2041–2080 under SSP-RCP245 and SSP-RCP585. The results can help policymakers identify the energy-poverty households and have implications for countries’ adaptation strategies to climate change.
AB - Identifying and addressing energy poverty under high temperatures is crucial for achieving Sustainable Development Goal 7 (Affordable and clean energy) and Sustainable Development Goal 13 (Climate Action). However, there is little knowledge of the current and future trends of energy poverty under high temperatures in developing countries. The study analyzes the regional and temporal disparities in the incidence of energy poverty under high temperatures by using daily electricity consumption data from 41,059 households in urban, rural and poverty-stricken areas (with the latter being more impoverished rural regions). The study finds that the energy-poverty incidence is 36.65 %, 32.53 % and 27.30 % for poverty-stricken, rural and urban households during early summer, respectively, while these incidences are 34.61 %, 29.45 % and 19.74 % during later summer in China. Although the energy-poverty incidence is reduced compared to the early summer, households experiencing energy poverty in the later summer face a more severe lack of adaptation to high temperatures than those during the early summer. Applying the results to CMIP6 climate change projections suggests that the energy-poverty incidence will increase to 38.37–40.32 %, 34.67–38.03 %% and 28.46–30.91 % during early summer and 39.00–44.81 %, 31.68–35.00 % and 19.74 % during the later for poverty-stricken, rural and urban households in 2041–2080 under SSP-RCP245 and SSP-RCP585. The results can help policymakers identify the energy-poverty households and have implications for countries’ adaptation strategies to climate change.
KW - Adaptation
KW - Energy poverty
KW - High temperature
KW - Household electricity consumption
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85219499506&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.rser.2025.115575
DO - 10.1016/j.rser.2025.115575
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85219499506
SN - 1364-0321
VL - 215
JO - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
JF - Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
M1 - 115575
ER -