Sustainability development is a building block of four pillars. Those four pillars are social, economic, human, and environmental. Although they are all crucial to maintaining our earth and what’s in it, the economic pillar is imperative to reduce the cost of living. With that being said, different classes will receive greater economic benefits than others. The role of renewables in tackling poverty by Sarah Dawood brings an emphasis on the development of clean energy in third world countries. However, there will be contribution issues within impoverished communities due to them already lacking access to food and water which created economic inequality,“ Stanford University found that climate change has increased economic inequality between developed and developing countries by 25 percent since 1960.” This creates a dilemma between implementing green energy and forcing poor communities to abide by those standards. If these places already lack the means of creating sustainable power sources at a low cost just like many of the first world countries, how can we expect them to make meaningful contributions to growing clean energy? While green energy seems like the best alternative to fossil fuels we have to be careful about how we go about implementing these newer rules and regulations. Otherwise, we run the risk of economically draining these poor communities with the disconnect between wealthy communities who try to communicate and enforce ways of living as if those resources are accessible among every community of people.

Source link, https://www.newstatesman.com/spotlight/energy/2021/11/renewable-energy-tackling-poverty-developing-countries