Past, Present, and Future of Critical Issues in Energy: Poverty, Transition and Security-A Systematic Review

In these last decades, especially after the Russia-Ukraine war, the impact of energy related to issues, such as energy poverty, energy transition, and energy security have been heavily debated. To comprehend the conceptual development of this subject in the academic literature, few studies tackle the problems above by reviewing earlier research on the subject. Inspired by this interest and literature ago in this field, this study aimed to address the past, present, and future advancements of critical issues in this regard. Thus, in this review paper performed during February-April 2023, we employed the PRISMA method selecting and checking the review papers articles indexed in the three databases of Web of Science (WoS), Scopus, and JSTOR. Then, the research was followed by extending it and adding some other articles discovered on the gray literature. After a detailed classification of articles, a total of 2615 review articles were deemed valid for this analysis. The study's key contributions is the classification of the some cluster themes for the metasynthesis analyses, which point to potential future directions with a special focus on governmental policies to pursue some macrolevel goals concerning energy poverty, energy transition, and energy security in our daily lives.

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In recent decades, the impact of energy-related issues, such as energy poverty, energy transition, and energy security, has been widely discussed, especially after the Russia-Ukraine war. Few studies have reviewed earlier research to understand the conceptual development of this subject in the academic literature. Inspired by this interest and previous literature in this field, this study aimed to explore the past, present, and future advancements of critical issues in energy. Using the PRISMA method, the authors selected and analyzed review articles from databases such as Web of Science, Scopus, and JSTOR, resulting in a total of 2615 valid articles for analysis. The study's key contribution was the classification of cluster themes and the identification of potential future directions, emphasizing the role of governmental policies in addressing energy poverty, energy transition, and energy security in our daily lives.