Volume 12, Issue 2 (February 2025), Pages: 126-135

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 Original Research Paper

Energy poverty as a socio-economic phenomenon of the 21st century in Slovakia

 Author(s): 

 Lenka Lachytová *, Ivana Lehotay Pandová

 Affiliation(s):

 Department of Social Studies, Faculty of Public Administration, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Košice, Slovak Republic

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 * Corresponding Author. 

  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7736-7212

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2025.02.014

 Abstract

Energy poverty is a significant and increasingly widespread issue globally, impacting millions of households. This article aims to identify the key factors related to energy poverty, examine its basis in Slovak legislation, and explore its causes and effects. It also seeks to outline the measures taken by the Slovak Republic to reduce the prevalence and impact of energy poverty on its population. Additionally, the article offers practical recommendations, highlighting successful examples from real-world applications.

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Energy poverty, Slovak legislation, Causes and effects, Impact reduction, Practical recommendations

 Article history

 Received 20 September 2024, Received in revised form 22 January 2025, Accepted 28 January 2025

 Acknowledgment

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 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Lachytová L and Pandová IL (2025). Energy poverty as a socio-economic phenomenon of the 21st century in Slovakia. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 12(2): 126-135

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