A closer look at “Renewable Megaprojects Use Sustainability Narratives to Sideline Local Rights, Study Finds”, exactly as the source publishes it. A new international study involving the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) reveals that large energy corporations are leveraging corporate sustainability narratives to legitimize wind, solar, and hydropower projects while excluding local communities from fair economic returns and ignoring social and environmental impacts. The research, published in a peer-reviewed journal, analyzed multiple renewable energy megaprojects across the globe, finding a consistent pattern: companies publicly emphasize clean energy and climate goals, but in practice, project benefits flow to investors and distant urban centers, while local populations bear the costs of land loss, ecosystem disruption, and inadequate compensation.
This disconnect between sustainability rhetoric and on-the-ground outcomes raises urgent questions about the governance of the global energy transition. The full version stays on the original page, which this listing opens directly.