Using the Global Decarbonization Movement to Create a Socioeconomically Equitable World

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Abstract: The International Panel on Climate Change estimates that over the next three decades the global economy must invest $2 trillion per year into decarbonizing the infrastructure that supports our society. Using existing business models for community energy, this massive wave of investment can simultaneously be used to alleviate socioeconomic inequities that exist in developed nations like the United States. Deploying community energy projects successfully requires a particular emphasis on community engagement as our team learned while building a community co-design framework on the Hawaiian island of Moloka’i. We learned that physical models of the island and in-person role play of business model specifics motivate residents to share culturally relevant requests for project specifications. Executing on these specifications as a renewable energy developer facilitates resident’s emotional ownership of a project and stimulates a more socioeconomically equitable society while reducing carbon emissions.

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Date created	June 6, 2019

Author	Bushree, Austin C

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/vg942rc6314

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Preferred Citation: Austin C Bushree. (2019). Using the Global Decarbonization Movement to Create a Socioeconomically Equitable World
. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: https://purl.stanford.edu/vg942rc6314

Master's Theses, Doerr School of Sustainability

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