Climate Change and Energy Insecurity: A Growing Need for Policy Intervention
Climate Change and Energy Insecurity: A Growing Need for Policy Intervention
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气候变化和能源不安全：政策干预的需求日益增长
DOI：
10.1089/env.2021.0032
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发表时间：
2021
影响因子：
2
通讯作者：
Memmott, T
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作者：
Graff, M;Konisky, DM;Carley, S;Memmott, T
能源不安全，或家庭无力负担其基本能源需求，是数百万低收入美国家庭每月面临的一种被低估的物质困难。当家庭遇到能源不安全时，他们更有可能承担财务风险，采取不安全的应对策略，并在试图支付能源账单和避免公用事业中断时遭受不利的精神和身体影响。在这篇评论中，我们分享了新的调查数据，这些数据确定了美国能源不安全的人口，揭示了黑人和西班牙裔家庭比白色家庭更有可能经历这种物质困难。我们认为，由于平均气温和极端气温持续上升和预计上升，气候变化可能会加深这一问题，这将使那些无力维持家中舒适温度的人面临极端高温。这种暴露可能导致严重的健康后果，包括中暑和中暑死亡。我们认为，目前的政策和计划是不足以减轻气候引起的能源不安全，并提供了一些政策建议，州和联邦政策制定者应该考虑气候变化的影响，并对能源不安全的社区产生不利影响。
Energy insecurity, or a household's inability to afford its basic energy needs, is an under-appreciated material hardship that millions of low-income U.S. households face every month. When households experience energy insecurity, they are more likely to take financial risks, engage in unsafe coping strategies, as well as suffer adverse mental and physical impacts as they try to pay their energy bills and avoid utility disconnection. In this commentary, we share new survey data that identify the energy insecure population in the United States, revealing that Black and Hispanic households are more likely to experience this material hardship than white households. We argue that climate change will likely deepen this problem due to ongoing and projected increases in average and extreme temperatures, which will expose those that cannot afford to maintain comfortable temperatures inside their homes to extreme heat. This exposure may lead to severe health consequences, including heat exhaustion and death from heatstroke. We maintain that current policies and programs are insufficient to mitigate climate-induced energy insecurity and conclude by offering several policy recommendations that state and federal policymakers should consider as the effects of climate change mount and adversely affect energy insecure communities.
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