The Nation‐State, International Society, and the Global Environment

Falkner, Robert

doi:10.1002/9781118326213.ch15

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“…This is because, as Brown et al (2014: 5) states, "the nation state remains where most energy planning and policymaking takes place, and it is also how most major energy statistics are collected, based on national boundaries." In addition, notwithstanding the recognition of the "new modes of governance" that lie above and below countries (Florini and Sovacool 2009), a majority of important political decisions are still made at the state level, and the state-based international system has demonstrated a high degree of coherence and durability (Falkner 2013;Andrews and Nwapi 2018). Countries also hold significant positive potential in their ability to address major challenges such as climate change and energy transitions (Johnstone and Newell 2018).…”

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Decarbonization and its discontents: a critical energy justice perspective on four low-carbon transitions

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Low-carbon transitions are often assumed as positive phenomena, because they supposedly reduce carbon emissions, yet without vigilance, there is evidence that they can in fact create new injustices and vulnerabilities, while also failing to address pre-existing structural drivers of injustice in energy markets and the wider socio-economy. With this in mind, we examine four European low-carbon transitions from an unusual normative perspective: that of energy justice. Because a multitude of studies looks at the co-benefits of renewable energy, low-carbon mobility, or climate change mitigation, we instead ask in this paper what are the types of injustices associated with low-carbon transitions? Relatedly, in what ways do low-carbon transitions worsen social risks or vulnerabilities? Lastly, what policies might be deployed to make these transitions more just? We answer these questions by first elaborating an "energy justice" framework consisting of four distinct dimensions-distributive justice (costs and benefits), procedural justice (due process), cosmopolitan justice (global externalities), and recognition justice (vulnerable groups). We then examine four European low-carbon transitions-nuclear power in France, smart meters in Great Britain, electric vehicles in Norway, and solar energy in Germany-through this critical justice lens. In doing so, we draw from original data collected from 64 semi-structured interviews with expert participants as well as five public focus groups and the monitoring of twelve large internet forums. We document 120 distinct energy injustices across these four transitions, including 19 commonly recurring injustices. We aim to show how when low-carbon transitions unfold, deeper injustices related to equity, distribution, and fairness invariably arise.

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Decarbonization and its discontents: a critical energy justice perspective on four low-carbon transitions

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“…Although more definitions to support green growth theory are developed, none of the definitions is precise enough due to the 'amorphous' nature of the concept. 33 Nonetheless, considering the importance of green growth for rebuilding natural capital, researchers have empirically evaluated several determinants of green growth.…”

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Greening South Asia with Financial Liberalization, Human Capital, and Militarization: Evidence from the CS-ARDL Approach

Yahya

Razzaq

2022

Energy & Environment

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Green growth is recognized as an adequate mechanism to decelerate environmental turmoil. However, empirical evidence on what determines sustainable economic growth is still underexplored. Apprehending the importance of financial liberalization, human capital, and militarization in the South Asian region, we investigate their short- and long-run effects on green growth using data from 1990 to 2017. To address the cross-sectional dependency (CD) and heterogeneity issue, second-generation cointegration estimation techniques are employed. The findings show a stable and long-run relationship between financial liberalization, human capital, military expenditures, and green growth. The results of CS-ARDL also show the positive long-run effect of financial liberalization and human capital while the negative effect of militarization on green growth. Nonetheless, the interaction effects show the darker side of human capital and the brighter side of militarization in the presence of more financial openness. Results were further validated using the Augmented Mean Group (AMG) and Dumitrescu-Hurlin Granger causality test, highlighting the need to optimally utilize military expenditures, financial liberalization, and human capital for the sustainable growth of the region.

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“…This is because 'the nation state remains where most energy planning and policymaking takes place, and it is also how most major energy statistics are collected, based on national boundaries' (Brown, Wang, Sovacool, & D'Agostino, 2014, p. 5). In addition, notwithstanding 'new modes of governance' above and below countries (Florini & Sovacool, 2009), a majority of important political decisions are still made at the state level, and the state-based international system has demonstrated a high degree of coherence (Falkner, 2013). Countries also hold significant positive potential in their ability to address major challenges such as climate change and energy transitions (Johnstone & Newell, 2018).…”

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Internationalizing the political economy of hydroelectricity: security, development and sustainability in hydropower states

Sovacool

Walter

2018

Review of International Political Economy

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Our study offers a comparative assessment of the economic, sociopolitical and environmental implications of the world's largest source of renewable electricity, hydropower. Theorists from many disciplines have questioned both the proper role and ostensible benefits from the generation of electricity from large-scale hydroelectric dams. In this study, we use 30 years of World Bank data from 1985 to 2014 and a research design with three mutually exclusive reference classes of countries: major hydropower producers, members of OPEC and all other countries. This is precisely so our analysis moves away from 'dam-centric' or single case study approaches to comparative analysis at the international scale. We examine and test six separate hypotheses related to (a) military conflict, (2) poverty, (3) economic growth, (4) public debt, (5) corruption and (6) greenhouse gas emissions. Our analysis lends statistical support to the idea that there is such a thing as a 'hydroelectric resource curse', although effects were not always significant and varied from small, medium to large. The possible benefits of hydroelectricityimproved energy access, economic development and positive spillover effects-are real, but they are all too frequently constrained. Planners, investors and researchers may therefore need to rethink their underlying assumptions about how they evaluate hydropower's risk.

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The Nation‐State, International Society, and the Global Environment

Cited by 7 publications

References 49 publications

Decarbonization and its discontents: a critical energy justice perspective on four low-carbon transitions

Decarbonization and its discontents: a critical energy justice perspective on four low-carbon transitions

Greening South Asia with Financial Liberalization, Human Capital, and Militarization: Evidence from the CS-ARDL Approach

Internationalizing the political economy of hydroelectricity: security, development and sustainability in hydropower states

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