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The political economy of energy transitions in Mozambique and South Africa: the role of the rising powers
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posted on 2023-06-09, 00:39 authored by Marcus Power, Peter NewellPeter Newell, Lucy Baker, Harriet Bulkeley, Joshua Kirshner, Adrian SmithAdrian SmithIn a world in which rising powers are reconfiguring global development trajectories with significant implications for their sustainability, it becomes increasingly important to understand whether and how low carbon energy transitions might be enabled or frustrated by this new global geography of power. Towards this end, this paper makes the case for bringing together insights from three broad sets of literature on: (1) socio-technical transitions; (2) the rising powers as (re)emerging development donors and; (3) energy geographies. In building bridges between these three bodies of scholarship we seek to develop an alternative analytical framework that attends more effectively to the global and domestic political economy of transitions and whose value is illustrated empirically in relation to the growing involvement of Brazil, India and China in the energy systems of Mozambique and South Africa. We argue that this alternative framework provides a better understanding of how the rising powers are influencing the changing relationships between low carbon and fossil-fuel based energy pathways and of the multiple roles they are playing in the development and transformation of energy systems, through the development of ‘niches’ where innovation can emerge, or in reinforcing or challenging existing ‘regimes’ or dominant ways of providing energy services.
Funding
The Governance of Clean Development: CDM and Beyond; G0653; ESRC-ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; D00204
The Rising Powers, Clean Development and the transition to low carbon energy systems in sub-Saharan Africa; G0966; ESRC-ECONOMIC & SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL; RF150253
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- Published
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Energy Research and Social ScienceISSN
2214-6296Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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JulyVolume
17Page range
10-19Department affiliated with
- SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit Publications
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- Yes
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2016-04-11Usage metrics
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