A roadmap for societal engagement into energy transition in Mauritius

Energy transition is widely coined in all areas of society and stands as a term that sensitises government, the business community as well as community members to think and reflect upon such a key issue. In Mauritius, it is important to assess how the policy of energy transition is being put into practice and how progress has been achieved in the past recent years. This paper expresses the need to make energy transition a socially-adaptable issue where society members must learn and see how well they can adapt and live through the transition. While the Mauritian society expects going green and having a lower carbon footprint, it is advisable that the local community keeps pace with the progress undertaken and gets involved in such a transition. Through the depiction of a roadmap towards energy efficiency and sustainability, this paper explains that energy transition entails a better and greener economy and the strategy must be accompanied with citizen's engagement in the process. Otherwise, the effort might be viewed as a top-down policy accompanied with little effectiveness.