What happens if part of your population chooses to spend less on heating? Or some investors will only invest in technology when it reaches a certain market share? This paper describes MUSE, which can represent the decision-making behaviour of energy system…
Globally, 2.8 billion people cook with biomass fuel, with devastating health and environmental consequences. Switching to clean fuels is hampered by 'fuel stacking' (the reliance on multiple fuels and stoves). This research identified drivers of fuel stacking and categorized them…
"This article presents a geolocated dataset of rural home annotations on very high resolution satellite imagery from Uganda, Kenya, and Sierra Leone. This dataset was produced through a citizen science project called “Power to the People”, which mapped rural homes…
"To implement effective rural electricity access systems, it is fundamental to identify where potential consumers live. Here, we test the suitability of citizen science paired with satellite imagery and computer vision to map remote off-grid homes for electrical system design.…
"The Paris Agreement was signed by 192 Parties, who committed to reducing emissions. Reaching such commitments by developing national decarbonisation strategies requires significant analyses and investment. Analyses for such strategies are often delayed due to a lack of accurate and…
"Formally adopting climate change mitigation policies does not necessarily translate to tangible change on the ground. Here, we analyse 31 semi-structured interviews with climate policy government officials and consultants from 11 low-income and lower-middle income countries (LMICs) as well as the respective…