In a paper published on Wednesday 6 May, ‘ENGAGER COST action’, a group of energy poverty academics and experts who are concerned about the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on energy poverty, called for a right to energy to be created.
The authors of the paper are concerned that more people will be facing energy poverty: they highlight the fact that household electricity consumption could increase by more than 10% in some countries as a result of containment measures, leading to...