Abstract

In this paper, we will deepen the insights into the gender dimensions of energy poverty by combining theory with practice. First, we describe interlinked dimensions of energy poverty through a gender lens. This theoretical and conceptual framework is in this paper applied and demonstrated with empirical data collected in the EmpowerMed project, an H2020-funded project aimed at introducing gender sensitivity into energy poverty mitigation measures. These project interventions are often the implementation of national and European policy measures to mitigate energy poverty and towards a just energy transition. How current energy policy at national and European level takes a gender approach in facing energy poverty is described in Section 4, including providing tangible policy recommendations based on our observations in the EmpowerMed project. We conclude that, for a gender-sensitive energy poverty mitigation, policy interventions need to be implemented in a gender-sensitive way by acknowledging the economic, socio-cultural, physiological, and health dimensions of energy poverty through a gender lens