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RSSVulnerable Consumers and Fuel Poverty Report
The report addresses the situation of energy poverty in six EU member states and analyses existing policies to battle energy poverty and support vulnerable consumers.
Carbon Taxes and Compensation Options
The publication first describes the necessary background and policy objectives of a carbon tax. It then discusses in detail the effect a carbon tax could have on energy poverty.
(Dis)United Kingdom? Potential for a common approach to energy poverty assessment
This paper explores the causes of these regional differences and contests that a common measurement across the UK countries would be insightful for resource allocation and policy design.
Emergency Measures to Protect Energy Consumers during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Review and Critical Analysis
The paper, developed by the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies and the Florence School of Regulation, reviews and classifies the policies implemented across the five continents, identifying potential inefficiencies, but also best practices.
Energy poverty and health: Trends in the European Union before and during the economic crisis, 2007–2016
The study shows how energy poverty and its impact on health worsened during the economic crisis and identifies groups at higher risk such as women and people living in the Mediterranean and Eastern European countries.
European energy poverty metrics: Scales, prospects and limits
Through a conceptual and analytical discussion, the paper sets out the theoretical problematic of the act of measurement and relate this to the general issue of measuring energy poverty.
Update of the Indicators of the national strategy against energy poverty
his comprehensive report quanitifies the situation of energy poverty in Spain. It includes several indicators and disaggregation levels.

Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020 - 2025 by the Governmet of Ireland
The document sets out Ireland's level of ambition, accompanied by specific targets to be achieved against a comprehensive set of metrics, with appropriate disaggregation, including by gender, where data is available.
Multidimensional index of fuel poverty in deprived neighbourhoods. Case study of Madrid
The study was conducted in response to the need to integrate the existing methods for assessing urban deprivation in European cities and introduce in such analyses the fuel poverty-related factors that induce it.
EPOV - The multiple impacts of energy poverty and the benefits of addressing it
This resource is a guide for identifying, understanding, and documenting the different social and economic benefits of addressing energy poverty.