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Just energy transition: challenges and opportunities in rural communities
Climate change requires both robust strategies and processes that identify the path and transform current energy systems toward sustainable sources with equitable access, in line with global climate goals, inclusion, and social justice. Colombia in particular faces the challenge of progressively reducing dependence on fossil fuels in order to envision renewable generation that enables a cleaner and more diversified energy matrix. This is how the just energy transition is designed based on fundamental pillars such as gradual fuel substitution, investment in clean energy, energy efficiency, regulatory aspects, and reindustrialization of the economy. These elements, as a baseline, have been evolving and are being progressively adopted; however, they are not yet addressed based on the needs and potential of the context, especially in rural areas. Although training programs have been designed for energy communities to facilitate local renewable energy management, these are not fully articulated with the territory and micro-territory. This requires expanding strategies for community participation, interaction, and engagement as active subjects of knowledge management and action to promote the energy transition, articulating situated knowledge that achieves environmental sustainability in the short and medium term. This bibliographic review is based on search equations and Boolean operators for systematic reviews and meta-analyses related to the concept of just energy transition, inclusive governance, contextualized pedagogical training and their impact on advances in public policy design, and the identification of community experiences that facilitate local renewable energy management in Colombia.
