The temporalities of energy justice: Examining India’s energy policy paradox using non-western philosophy

Medios de comunicación y "stakeholders" contribución al debate público de la pobreza y justicia energética en España

“…As the energy sector contributes significantly to the generation of global inequality , it is important to cause the concept of justice to be involved in the sector's decision-making . This fact has recently attracted the attention of the scientific community, and has multiplied the multidisciplinary evidence focused on conceptualising and measuring the injustices generated by the energy life cycle (Fortier et al, 2019), and on offering solutions in different regions across the world (Malakar et al, 2019).…”

“…73-92 la toma de decisiones en el sector (Heffron y McCauley, 2017). Este hecho ha llamado la atención de la comunidad científica recientemente y se ha multiplicado la evidencia multidisciplinar centrada en conceptualizar y medir las injusticias que el ciclo de vida de la energía genera (Fortier et al, 2019), y ofrecer soluciones en diferentes regiones del mundo (Malakar et al, 2019).…”

Energy Justice Across Borders

“…A recent contribution to the energy justice literature expanded the notion temporally to argue the inclusion of inter-generational concerns with respect to energy transitions (Malakar et al 2019). Importantly, this temporal energy justice framework draws upon a non-Western philosophy, namely, Sen's interpretation of the Gita, to analyse and formulate energy policy decisions based on two time-based notions of justice: 'duty-focused' and 'consequence-sensitive'.…”

“…The energy sector embodies this battlefield greater than most, with the need to rapidly decarbonise the energy industry whilst also providing reliable, affordable and modern energy access to the more than three billion people who currently remain energy poor (IEA et al 2018). Yet despite the recognition of attainable synergies, these two energy priorities are often regarded as being separate by policymakers (see, for example, Bhardwaj et al 2019;Cameron et al 2016;Malakar et al 2019;McCollum et al 2011;Stechow et al 2016;van Vuuren et al 2012). In India, an energy policy paradox formed along these battle lines has become particularly apparent.…”

“…In this chapter, we build upon a temporal energy justice framework (Malakar et al 2019), inspired by Amartya Sen's interpretation of the Hindu Bhagavad Gita (the Gita), and apply it to the contemporary case of the Indian state of Odisha. Here, local policymakers are confronted with stakeholder plurality determined by an underlying energy paradox.…”