Integrating Sustainability and Resilience Objectives for Energy Decisions: A Systematic Review

There is a need for simultaneous attention to sustainability and resilience objectives while making energy decisions because of the necessity to address disruptions or shocks that can result from system-wide changes, and the existing threats to system performance. Owning to this emerging research area, this systematic review used the Scopus database to address the central question: what are the trends and practices that can enhance the integration of sustainability and resilience for energy decisions? The articles used are peer reviewed, empirical research in the energy field, and written in English. Articles that did not explicitly address energy systems (or any of the value chains), and gray literature were excluded from the study. The final screening of records resulted in the selection of 75 articles that effectively addressed the decision objective, context, and implementation (D-OCI), a classification scheme that supports 18 specific questions to identify practices for integrating the sustainability and resilience objectives. The highlighted practices are advantageous for decision evaluation and can provide valuable insights for formulating energy policies. This is particularly relevant because energy-related decisions affect households, organisations, and both national and international development. The study proposes ideas for future research based on the highlighted practices.