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Kuzemko, Caroline, Blondeel, Mathieu, Dupont, Claire and Brisbois, Marie Claire (2022) Russia's war on Ukraine, European energy policy responses & implications for sustainable transformations. Energy Research & Social Science, 93 . 102842. doi:10.1016/j.erss.2022.102842 ISSN 2214-6296.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102842
Abstract
Russia's February 2022 invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves throughout Europe and has painfully exposed the continent's dependence on a geopolitical adversary. Energy is closely tied into the ongoing battle: Europe is committed to phasing out Russian fossil fuel imports, whilst Russia, in turn, has cut gas supplies to a number of countries and significantly reduced flows to others. Given historical tensions between delivering supply security and other social goals we analyse what energy policy responses to the crisis so far mean for: environmental sustainability, energy equity and social justice. In doing so, we reveal strong potential for an acceleration of clean energy supply across Europe, complications for fossil fuel phase out, negative knock-on effects for sustainable transitions in the Global South, significant implications for energy equity within and beyond Europe, and a relative return of the state as an energy actor. Reframing energy as a geopolitical security concern has, in acute crisis, tended to obfuscate and/or downplay other energy policy goals, raising a number of difficult questions for policymakers seeking to pursue lasting sustainable and equitable transitions.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | J Political Science > JA Political science (General) | ||||||||
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Energy security -- Europe, Sustainable development, Geopolitics, Energy policy -- Europe | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Energy Research & Social Science | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2214-6296 | ||||||||
Official Date: | November 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 93 | ||||||||
Article Number: | 102842 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.erss.2022.102842 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 20 October 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 20 October 2022 | ||||||||
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