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Area of Science:

  • Environmental Science
  • Energy Policy
  • Sustainable Development

Background:

  • Global shift towards carbon neutrality driven by the 2030 Agenda and Paris Agreement.
  • Potential for low-carbon transitions to exacerbate regional inequities in essential services like water and energy.
  • Developing countries face multisector interdependencies and significant regional service disparities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To advocate for spatial equity in low-carbon energy transition planning.
  • To propose an analytical framework for planning regionally equitable, climate-compatible futures.
  • To demonstrate the framework's utility in identifying infrastructure trade-offs.

Main Methods:

  • Development of a multisector design framework.
  • Integration of river basin-power system simulation with artificial intelligence design tools.
  • Case study application in Ghana to assess infrastructure intervention portfolios.

Main Results:

  • Identification of efficient infrastructure intervention portfolios for Ghana.
  • Analysis of trade-offs between spatial equity, carbon emissions, food production, and ecosystem performance.
  • Demonstration that equitable transitions require increased renewable energy and transmission investments.

Conclusions:

  • Equitable low-carbon energy transitions necessitate informed infrastructure planning and investment in renewables.
  • Balancing equity and emissions requires careful consideration of infrastructure development.
  • Without sufficient renewable investment, equity gains may be compromised by higher emissions and supply limitations.