Enabling Sustainable Energy Transitions Practices of legitimation and accountable governance

• Other Authors: Sareen, Siddharth (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2020
• Subjects: Human geography; Society & social sciences; Physical geography & topography; Energy technology & engineering; Sustainability; Human Geography; Environment Studies; Environmental Geography; Energy Policy, Economics and Management; Development and Sustainability; Environmental Sciences; Environmental Studies; Development Studies; energy transitions; accountability; sustainability; relational change; institutional changes; legitimacy; material change; accountability analysis; accountability crisis; solar energy; history of sustainable energy; climate targets; electric mobility; urban climate and energy policy; Berlin's energy transitions; Biodiversity conservation; energy extraction; open access; Society & Social Sciences; The environment; Development & environmental geography; Energy industries & utilities
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Summary

This open access book reframes sustainable energy transitions as being a matter of resolving accountability crises. It demonstrates how the empirical study of several practices of legitimation can analytically deconstruct energy transitions, and presents a typology of these practices to help determine whether energy transitions contribute to sustainability. The real-world challenge of climate change requires sustainable energy transitions. This presents a crisis of accountability legitimated through situated practices in a wide range of cases including: solar energy transitions in Portugal, urban energy transitions in Germany, forestland conflicts in Indonesia, urban carbon emission targets in Norway, transport electrification in the Nordic region, and biodiversity conservation and energy extraction in the USA. By synthesising these cases, chapters identify various dimensions wherein practices of legitimation construct specific accountability relations. This book deftly illustrates the value of an analytical approach focused on accountable governance to enable sustainable energy transitions. It will be of great use to both academics and practitioners working in the field of energy transitions.

Physical Description

1 electronic resource (168 p.)

ISBN

978-3-030-26891-6

Access

Open Access