Dilemmas of Energy Transitions in the Global South - Balancing Urgency and Justice

This book explores how urgent decarbonisation and accelerated energy transitions might have unintended consequences for energy poverty, justice and democracy, especially in the global South. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy transitions, environmental justice, climate change and developing countries.

List of contents

1. Urgency Vs Justice: A Politics of Energy Transitions in the Age of Anthropocene 2. Insights from an Assemblage Perspective for a (Better) Understanding of Energy Transitions 3. Constructing an Inclusive Vision of Sustainable Transition to Decentralised Energy 4. Bolivia’s Energy Transition in Harmony with Nature 5. Scalar Biases in Solar Photovoltaic Uptake 6. Energy Transitions in a Post-War Setting 7. Energizing Change: Clean Cooking and the Changing Social Position of Women 8. ‘Women Don’t Ride bicycle[s], Only Men Ride Bicycles’: Gender and Justice in Mobility Transitions 9. Energy Transitions in the Global South: Towards Just Urgency and Urgent Justice

About the author

Ankit Kumar is a Lecturer in Development and Environment at the University of Sheffield, the United Kingdom.
Johanna Höffken is an Assistant Professor in Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), The Netherlands.
Auke Pols is a Lecturer in Responsible Innovation and the Ethics of Technology at Wageningen University & Research, The Netherlands.

Summary

This book explores how urgent decarbonisation and accelerated energy transitions might have unintended consequences for energy poverty, justice and democracy, especially in the global South. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy transitions, environmental justice, climate change and developing countries.

Product details

• Authors: Ankit Hoffken Kumar
• Assisted by: Johanna Höffken (Editor), Ankit Kumar (Editor), Auke Pols (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.06.2021
• EAN: 9780367486440
• ISBN: 978-0-367-48644-0
• No. of pages: 166
• Series: Routledge Explorations in Energy Studies
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Heat, energy and power station engineering; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; Climate Change, NATURE / Ecology, LAW / Media & the Law, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, SCIENCE / Energy, LAW / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries, LAW / Entertainment, environmental science, engineering & technology, Energy Efficiency, Alternative & renewable energy sources & technology, Environmental science, engineering and technology, Alternative and renewable energy sources and technology