Michael Klingler

news.mongabay.comBrazil communities accuse companies of ‘green grabbing’ for wind energyJeane Da Gama Costa, 42, grew up in Umburanas, a small municipality of Bahia, in northeastern Brazil. Her family raised cattle for meat and grew crops like beans, corn and watermelon. It was a quiet a...

12 Mar 2025

Check out the latest publication of the stunning investigative journalism project by @jonathanmoens.bsky.social and @thojbauer.bsky.social in @mongabay.bsky.social, refering to our empirical study on green grabbing for renewable energy in Brazil @naturesustain.bsky.social

nature.comLarge-scale green grabbing for wind and solar photovoltaic development in Brazil - Nature SustainabilityThe rapid expansion of low-carbon technologies in Brazil has multiple socio-economic impacts on rural populations by further fuelling competition for land and intensifying large-scale land deals. This...

12 Mar 2025

Link to the study conducted with @joaoestrangeiro.bsky.social, Nadia Ameli and Jamie Rickman @naturesustain.bsky.social (www.nature.com/articles/s41...)

Our empirical research on large-scale green grabbing for renewables in Brazil @naturesustain.bsky.social (link here ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...) motivated @jonathanmoens.bsky.social and @thojbauer.bsky.social to dig deeper in an investigative journalism project. Congratulations, fantastic work!

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O que está por trás da energia limpa produzida pela Enel? Após meses de investigações, descobrimos que empresas ligadas à multinacional italiana são acusadas de grilar terras de agricultores para instalar torres de energia eólica no nordeste. 👉 tibr.in/enel-grilagem

tandfonline.comSystemic impacts of low-carbon transition policies: co-designing potential leverage points to mitigate housing and energy vulnerabilities in InnsbruckDecarbonizing the building sector is a key priority in the European energy transition. To boost renovation rates and phase out fossil fuel-based heating, policies primarily target the promotion of ...

Decarbonizing the building sector is a key priority in the European energy transition. We analyze systemic impacts of transition policies, focusing on co-designing potential leverage points to mitigate housing and energy vulnerabilities in Innsbruck, Austria. 1/n www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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In addition, we assess various leverage points co-designed by citizens and stakeholders to promote a socially just energy transition, and discuss options such as reconciling split incentives, expanding rent control and decommodified housing. 5/n

tandem-heu.euTandem | Tandem horizon europe Just Transition Policies Co-Created with Communities

This is a joint collaboration with the @bokuvienna.bsky.social researchers @mklingler.bsky.social, @fionalilith.bsky.social, @daniel-gerdes.bsky.social, Jana Plöchl, Patrick Scherhaufer and Nathalie Spittler, realized within the Horizon Europe project TANDEM (tandem-heu.eu).

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Based on different stakeholder and citizen perspectives, we identify a variety of local challenges and obstacles to the energy transition that are linked to five dimensions of social justice: distributive, procedural, recognitional, and intergenerational justice as well as intersectionality. 3/n

From a systemic perspective, we show how rising rents and energy costs strain disposable income, reinforcing dynamics among income, stress, renunciation and mental health. We highlight policy flaws that may exacerbate energy and housing vulnerabilities, esp. for tenants and low-income groups. 4/n