Energy Transition Through the Lens of SDGs
UvA Research Priority Area
Energy transition through the lens of SDGs (ENLENS) is one of the interfaculty research priority areas (RPA) of the University of Amsterdam. It unites researchers working on economic, environmental, technological, social, political, and business aspects of the energy system, the energy transition, and SDGs.
The urgent need to rapidly reduce carbon dioxide emissions to avoid uncontrollable climate change and fulfil the requirements of the Paris Agreement shapes decisions on how to define, design, and implement the energy transition in the Netherlands. The energy transition is closely intertwined with essentially all Sustainable Developments Goals (SDGs), but its wider effects are seldom taken into account or studied in detail.