Visible and Hidden Energy Vulnerabilities in a Changing Climate

Dear Colleagues,

We are inviting submissions to an upcoming Special Issue of Energies on the subject area of “Visible and Hidden Energy Vulnerabilities in a Changing Climate”. Energy vulnerability is the increased risk of being in a condition of having inadequate levels of materially and socially necessitated energy services in the home. Energy-vulnerable households or individuals possess a limited capacity to recover from difficulties and are susceptible to external agents related to energy access and affordability, with impacts on their physical and mental health. Disparities exist along the rural/urban dichotomy, with different externalities affecting populations of each locality; nevertheless, governance is often regulated through commonly applied policies. This Special Issue reflects on the multitude of manifestations of energy vulnerability and aims to bring forward work that reflects its multi-faceted repercussions at the micro and macro levels.

The aim of the Special Issue is to highlight how access and affordability to energy are currently being affected, both by the social and climatic disruptions experienced in the past years, as well as how they may be impacted in the near future.

Submissions should be original articles or reviews. Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to:

• Energy vulnerability
• Climate change
• Energy poverty
• Energy policy
• Energy markets
• Rural and urban areas
• Public health
• Sustainable energy systems
• Just energy transition
• Energy consumption
• Impact of social externalities on energy vulnerability
• Use of renewable energy to alleviate energy vulnerability

Dr. Ioanna Kyprianou
Prof. Dr. Salvatore Carlucci
Dr. Nestor Fylaktos
Dr. Harriet Thomson
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Energies is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.