Assembling Petroleum Production and Climate Change in Ecuador and - Norwa

This book addresses some of the controversies and uncertainties associated with reducing the extensive exploitation of fossil fuels, due to their role in global warming. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of petroleum production, climate change, environmental policy and environmental sociology.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Norwegian oil as a provider of safety and/or (future) insecurity 3. Translating Lofoten 4. The contested oil of the Ecuadorian Amazon 5. Becoming Yasuní-ITT: A process of assembling and reassembling 6. Lofoten and Yasuní-ITT: Comparing interfering networks 7. Enactments between presence and absence: A conclusion

About the author

Elisabeth Marta Tómmerbakk is an Associate Professor at the University of Cuenca, Ecuador. She holds a PhD in Sociology from Nord University, Norway, and her research interests include petroleum conflicts, climate policies and mitigation mechanisms, knowledge production and knowledge systems, territorializations, and socio-material practices.

Summary

This book addresses some of the controversies and uncertainties associated with reducing the extensive exploitation of fossil fuels, due to their role in global warming. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of petroleum production, climate change, environmental policy and environmental sociology.

Product details

• Authors: Elisabeth Marta Tommerbakk, Elisabeth Marta Tómmerbakk
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2023
• EAN: 9781032048284
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3204828-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Energy Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Environmental / General, environmental science, engineering & technology, Environmental science, engineering and technology