Delina Authors New Paper on Resilient Energy Systems in Climate-Vulnerable Islands

Laurence Delina, a Visiting Research Fellow at the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future, recently authored a paper on the importance of resilient energy systems for islands in the journal Energy Research & Social Science.

While the need for resilient infrastructure in climate-vulnerable islands (whether geographical islands surrounded by water or metaphorical “islands,” i.e. inland off-grid villages) is well established in the academic literature, there remains a need for increased attention on the importance of resilient energy systems for these communities. Drawing on case studies from Romblon in the Philippines (a geographic island) and Petchaburi in Thailand (a metaphorical island), Delina illustrates how more resilient island energy systems can be pursued.

Delina is an assistant professor at the Division of Environment and Sustainability at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. While a post-doctoral associate at the Pardee Center from 2015-2019, Delina led a research project called The Future of Energy Systems in Developing Countries, which sought to understand the options and trade-offs for achieving a secure and sustainable energy future in a select number of developing countries.