The Secret Life of Energy in Refugee Camps: Invisible Objects, Technologies, and Energy Systems in Humanitarianism

Rosenberg-Jansen, Sarah

doi:10.1093/jrs/feac026

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“…Further, a DQA was tailored and applied to assess the quality of the information achieved. The DQA revealed significant shortcomings on energy access in displacement contexts, a finding that coincides with statements from multiple publications from recent years [13,16,24]. The overall low-quality scores in the DQA are related to several reasons.…”

Section: Available Data On Energy Access In Displacement Contextssupporting

confidence: 76%

“…First, energy is needed to enable the operation of humanitarian actors, such as electricity in the offices of humanitarian organization and fuel for transportation [6,12]. Second, displaced persons have a wide range of energy needs that are embedded in basic areas of life [13], characterized by energy needs on a household level, such as for electricity and cooking, energy needs for income generating activities or businesses and energy needs on the community level, such as streetlights and the operation of public facilities such as schools and hospitals [13]. In this article, we focus on energy needs of displaced persons on an individual, household and community level as opposed to generalized energy needs that are associated with humanitarian operations.…”

Section: The Context Of Displacement and Access To Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Enhancing Understanding Through Data Visualization: What Can Available Data Reveal About Access to Energy in Displacement Contexts on the African Continent?

Britton,

Baslik,

Schmid

et al. 2024

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The extent of access to energy of displaced populations in settlements and camps in Africa is largely unknown, given 94% of displaced persons without access to electricity and 81% with a reliance on biomass for cooking. A multitude of contextual factors, such as the location and the characteristics of housing, the legal status, the socio-cultural background and the availability of humanitarian and public services impact the living conditions and the needed energy services. Limitations in accessing energy services have direct, multilayered, and far-reaching implications, including impacts on health, nutrition, education, protection, and livelihood. The objective of this article is to contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of the current state of energy ac-cess in displacement contexts on the African continent by identifying and utilizing existing data. After a screening of the vast and various available information, setting up of a database, consoli-dating the gathered data as well as assessing the quality through a quality assessment method, the currently available information is visualized and discussed. Remarkable differences in the access to electricity for displaced persons across the countries are found. For both electricity and clean cooking, the availability for displaced persons ranges from nearly no access at all up to an access rate of 100%. More strikingly, the results also show that besides South Africa, and the se-lected countries in the Maghreb region, the access to both clean cooking and electricity for dis-placed persons is remarkably low. At the same time, the poor data quality does not allow to draw solid conclusions nor impactful implementation activities. Novel conceptual frameworks and indicators are needed. Future research needs to focus on a more comprehensive understand-ing of how energy is interwoven in the lives of displaced persons, before a set of energy indicators can be derived. It is essential that the concerned persons, the displaced persons themselves are in-cluded in the research in a meaningful way.

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Section: Available Data On Energy Access In Displacement Contextssupporting

confidence: 76%

Section: The Context Of Displacement and Access To Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing Understanding Through Data Visualization: What Can Available Data Reveal About Access to Energy in Displacement Contexts on the African Continent?

Britton,

Baslik,

Schmid

et al. 2024

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“…Further, a DQA was tailored to the specific needs of this study and utilized to assess the quality of the identified data sets.. The DQA revealed significant shortcomings in the quality of the data, which is in line with previous assessment (e.g., [13,16,24]). The overall poor results of the DQA can be attributed to several factors.…”

Section: Available Data On Energy Access In Displacement Contextssupporting

confidence: 65%

“…First, energy is needed to enable the operation of humanitarian actors, such as electricity in the offices of humanitarian organization and fuel for transportation [6,12]. Second, displaced persons have a wide range of energy needs that are embedded in basic areas of life [13], characterized by energy needs on a household level, such as for electricity and cooking, energy needs for income generating activities or for businesses and energy needs on the community level, such as streetlights and the operation of public facilities such as schools and hospitals [13]. In this article, we focus on energy needs of displaced persons on an individual, household and community level as opposed to generalized energy needs that are associated with humanitarian operations.…”

Section: The Context Of Displacement and Access To Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing Understanding Through Data Visualization: What Can Available Data Reveal About Access to Energy in Displacement Contexts on the African Continent?

Britton,

Baslik,

Schmid

et al. 2024

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The extent of access to energy of displaced populations in settlements and camps in Africa is largely 14 unknown. A multitude of contextual factors, such as the location and the characteristics of housing, 15 the legal status, the socio-cultural background, and the availability of humanitarian and public ser- 16 vices impact the living conditions and the needed energy services. Limitations in accessing energy 17 services have direct, multilayered, and far-reaching implications, including impacts on health, nu- 18 trition, education, protection, and livelihood. The objective of this article is to contribute to a more 19 comprehensive overview of the current state of energy access in displacement contexts on the Afri- 20 can continent by identifying and utilizing existing data. After a screening of the vast and various 21 available information, setting up of a database, consolidating the gathered data as well as assessing 22 the quality through a quality assessment method, the currently available information is visualized 23 and discussed. Considerable differences in the access to electricity for displaced persons across the 24 countries are found. For both electricity and clean cooking, the availability for displaced persons 25 ranges from nearly no access at all up to an access rate of 100%. More strikingly, the results also 26 show that besides South Africa and countries in the Maghreb region, the access to both clean cook- 27 ing and electricity for displaced persons is very low. At the same time, the fragmented data availa- 28 bility, the poor data quality, and the questionable expediency of available data allows neither solid 29 theoretical conclusions nor planning of effective practical implementation measures. Novel inter- 30 disciplinary research, conceptual frameworks and indicators are needed for the purpose of compa- 31 rability and consistency. Future research has the potential to more comprehensively capture the 32 current state of access to energy in displacements contexts and in a next step to examine how energy 33 is interwoven in the lives of displaced people to derive a set of more detailed context-sensitive en- 34 ergy indicators. It is essential that the concerned persons, the displaced persons themselves are in- 35 cluded in the research in a meaningful way.

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“…First, energy is needed to enable the operation of humanitarian actors, such as electricity in the offices of humanitarian organizations and fuel for transportation [6,12]. Second, displaced persons have a wide range of energy needs that are embedded in basic areas of life [13], characterized by energy needs on a household level, such as electricity and cooking, energy needs for income-generating activities or for businesses and energy needs at the community level, such as streetlights and the operation of public facilities such as schools and hospitals [13]. In this While cumulative global statistics are relevant to highlight the increasing relevance of the subject matter, it is essential to acknowledge that the lived experiences of displaced persons vary greatly between different host countries and contexts.…”

Section: Introduction 1the Context Of Displacement and Access To Energymentioning

confidence: 99%

Enhancing Understanding through Data Visualization: What Can Available Data Reveal about Access to Energy in Displacement Contexts on the African Continent?

Britton,

Baslik,

Schmid

et al. 2024

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The extent of access to energy of displaced persons in settlements and camps on the African continent is largely unknown. A multitude of contextual factors, such as the location, the characteristics of housing, legal status, socio-cultural background, and the availability of humanitarian and public services, impact the living conditions and needed energy services. Limitations in accessing energy services have direct, multilayered, and far-reaching implications, including impacts on health, nutrition, education, protection, and livelihood. The objective of this article is to contribute to a more comprehensive overview of the current state of energy access in displacement contexts on the African continent by identifying and utilizing existing data. After screening the vast and various available information, setting up a database, consolidating the gathered data as well as assessing quality through a quality assessment method, the currently available information was visualized and discussed. Considerable differences in the access to energy for displaced persons across the countries were found. Access to both electricity and clean cooking ranged from nearly no access at all up to an access rate of 100%, though the averages are 94% of displaced persons without access to electricity and 81% of displaced persons without clean cooking. Overall, the results showed that besides South Africa and countries in the Maghreb region, the access to both clean cooking and electricity for displaced persons is very low. At the same time, the fragmented data availability, the poor data quality, and the inadequate expediency of available data allowed neither solid theoretical conclusions nor the planning of effective practical implementation measures. Novel interdisciplinary research, conceptual frameworks, and indicators are needed for the purpose of comparability and consistency. Future research has the potential to more comprehensively capture the current state of access to energy in displacement contexts and, subsequently, examine how energy is interwoven in the lives of displaced persons to derive a set of more detailed context-sensitive energy indicators. It is essential that displaced persons themselves are included in the research in a meaningful way.

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The Secret Life of Energy in Refugee Camps: Invisible Objects, Technologies, and Energy Systems in Humanitarianism

Cited by 5 publications

References 39 publications

Enhancing Understanding Through Data Visualization: What Can Available Data Reveal About Access to Energy in Displacement Contexts on the African Continent?

Enhancing Understanding Through Data Visualization: What Can Available Data Reveal About Access to Energy in Displacement Contexts on the African Continent?

Enhancing Understanding Through Data Visualization: What Can Available Data Reveal About Access to Energy in Displacement Contexts on the African Continent?

Enhancing Understanding through Data Visualization: What Can Available Data Reveal about Access to Energy in Displacement Contexts on the African Continent?

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