Climate-resilient energy systems for Southeast Asian island communities (Lammers 2022)
K. Lammers
Southeast Asia is one of the regions most affected by the effects of climate change. This is especially true for remote communities on the numerous small islands in the region. The urgency to strengthen the resilience of these remote island communities to the impacts of climate change is becoming increasingly apparent. In addition, these communities face the problem of limited and unreliable electricity supply. Access to electricity is a prerequisite for many climate adaptation measures and thus has the potential to help Southeast Asian island communities improve their resilience. Surprisingly, both aspects – electricity access and climate resilience – are rarely linked in current energy planning for these areas. Energy planning in a region severely affected by climate change requires integrated and multidimensional solutions that take these risks into account.
My research aims to enable climate-resilient planning of off-grid energy systems to support Southeast Asian island communities in their climate change adaptation efforts.