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Loops, triangles, and transitions

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dc.contributor.authorMahoney, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Rita
dc.contributor.authorGouveia, João Pedro
dc.contributor.institutionCENSE - Centro de Investigação em Ambiente e Sustentabilidade
dc.contributor.pblElsevier
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-03T11:21:01Z
dc.date.available2026-02-03T11:21:01Z
dc.date.issued2025-12
dc.descriptionPublisher Copyright: © 2025 The Authors.
dc.description.abstractCurrent policy trajectories integrate energy poverty into decarbonisation policy agendas; the links between energy poverty, building efficiency, and energy prices justify this approach. Energy poverty, however, is a multidimensional condition which intersects several policy sectors. This paper employs a participatory systems mapping method to develop a Causal Loop Diagram depicting the Portuguese energy poverty system. Thirty-five participants were engaged in a multi-stage workshop to elicit expert perceptions of the main solutions and challenges for local-scale energy poverty mitigation in Portugal. The results revealed key narratives that inform relevant policy approaches framing energy poverty within broader decarbonisation policies. These narratives exposed involuntary energy restriction behaviours and raised concerns about increased energy demand due to climate change. Citizen-led alternative energy models and building renovation were viewed as key solutions to energy poverty. Despite this, the social mechanisms which promoted citizen participation, including trust and energy literacy, were perceived as generally positive, with little emphasis on their potential limitations, suggesting a reduced focus on the social-behavioural aspects of participation. Discussions during the workshop revealed a lack of consensus among Portuguese stakeholders regarding current and future energy needs in the country. Additionally, the results exposed low engagement with the issue of energy disconnections at both the policy and civil society levels. The conclusions present policy and research recommendations for Portugal, centred on promoting inclusive approaches to citizen participation in energy transition activities.en
dc.description.versionpublishersversion
dc.description.versionpublished
dc.format.extent16
dc.format.extent2344247
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.erss.2025.104469
dc.identifier.issn2214-6296
dc.identifier.otherPURE: 151914456
dc.identifier.otherPURE UUID: 32019ce6-6fe9-4619-8a29-d404d8e3fc49
dc.identifier.otherScopus: 105023553986
dc.identifier.otherWOS: 001631966700002
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-7360-1363/work/204630228
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10362/199958
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105023553986
dc.identifier.urlhttps://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/full-record/WOS:001631966700002
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.subjectCitizen participation
dc.subjectEnergy poverty
dc.subjectJust transition
dc.subjectParticipatory workshop
dc.subjectPortugal
dc.subjectRenewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
dc.subjectNuclear Energy and Engineering
dc.subjectFuel Technology
dc.subjectEnergy Engineering and Power Technology
dc.subjectSocial Sciences (miscellaneous)
dc.subjectSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
dc.subjectSDG 13 - Climate Action
dc.titleLoops, triangles, and transitionsen
dc.title.subtitleParticipatory Systems Mapping of energy poverty policiesen
dc.typejournal article
degois.publication.firstPage1
degois.publication.lastPage16
degois.publication.titleEnergy Research and Social Science
degois.publication.volume130
dspace.entity.typePublication
rcaap.rightsopenAccess

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