Energy for the Future: A New Agenda (Energy, Climate and the Environment)

Cutting Carbon Emissions Is Urgent But Very Challenging In Wealthy Democracies. Energy For The Future Analyzes The Changing Contexts, Imperatives And Fault Lines, And Proposes Ways Forwards. Greater Public Engagement And A New Approach To Markets Are Vital, But Traditional Concerns With Energy Security And Economic Efficiency Cannot Be Set Aside. Introduction : Climate Policy Is Energy Policy / Ivan Scrase [and Others] -- International Regimes For Energy : Finding The Right Level For Policy / Francis Mcgowan -- Energy Issues : Framing And Policy Change / Ivan Scrase And David Ockwell -- Energy Governance : The Challenges Of Sustainability / Adrian Smith -- Lessons From The Uk On Urgency And Legitimacy In Energy Policymaking / Gordon Mackerron -- Lock-in / Ivan Scrase And Gordon Mackerron -- Deliberative Socio-technical Transitions / Markku Lehtonen And Florian Kern -- Technology Assessment And Innovation Policy / Jim Watson -- Distributed Generation : Transforming The Electricity Network / Raphael Sauter And Dierk Bauknecht -- Energy And The Citizen / Mari Martiskainen And Jim Watson -- Carbon Trading / Steve Sorrell -- Global Energy Solutions? / Francis Mcgowan [and Others] -- Conclusions : Transitions, Governance And Appraisal / Ivan Scrase [and Others] -- Energy Policy Implications / Ivan Scrase [and Others]-- Afterword : Sustainable Energy : The Challenge Of Choice / Andy Stirling. Edited By Ivan Scrase And Gordon Mackerron. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 261-283) And Index. How can governments secure energy supplies and legitimacy for change when taking urgent action to cut CO2 emissions? This title will explain why wealthy nations are failing to make their energy systems sustainable and the steps governments, businesses, communities and citizens can take in leading the necessary transitions. It goes further than most current books by offering solutions to the energy crisis. SPRU (where Sussex Energy Group is based) is the pre-eminent internationally known technology and science policy outfit - MIT and Stanford rolled into one. Their energy policy work is the best in the UK and highly regarded elsewhere. Contributors have strong media profiles and connections. Cutting carbon emissions is urgent but very challenging in wealthy democracies. "Energy for the Future" analyzes the changing contexts, imperatives and fault lines, and proposes ways forwards. Greater public engagement and a new approach to markets are vital, but traditional concerns with energy security and economic efficiency cannot be set aside Cutting carbon emissions is urgent, but energy policy is also concerned with security, efficiency and access. In the transition to sustainable energy, developing the necessary fuels, technologies and policies will strain many energy policy orthodoxies. Energy for the Future analyzes the changing contexts and fault lines, and proposes ways forward that are both politically viable and likely to be effective. Part I explains how and why the energy policy agenda is changing in rich democracies, focusing on: 5 climate change and other international agendas; 5 discourses, ideologies and governance; and 5 technological 1lock-in2. Part II proposes new approaches in the areas of: 5 technology appraisals and policy reviews; 5 carbon trading and market regulation; and 5 facilitating action by citizens and developing countries to reduce emissions. Part III provides a succinct overview of the conclusions and the implications for governments as energy policy enters this new and challenging phase Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Introduction: Climate Policy is Energy Policy....Pages 3-19 International Regimes for Energy: Finding the Right Level for Policy....Pages 20-34 Energy Issues: Framing and Policy Change....Pages 35-53 Energy Governance: The Challenges of Sustainability....Pages 54-75 Lessons from the UK on Urgency and Legitimacy in Energy Policymaking....Pages 76-88 Lock-In....Pages 89-100 Front Matter....Pages 101-101 Deliberative Socio-Technical Transitions....Pages 103-122 Technology Assessment and Innovation Policy....Pages 123-146 Distributed Generation: Transforming the Electricity Network....Pages 147-164 Energy and the Citizen....Pages 165-182 Carbon Trading....Pages 183-208 Global Energy Solutions?....Pages 209-220 Front Matter....Pages 221-221 Conclusions: Transitions, Governance and Appraisal....Pages 223-238 Energy Policy Implications....Pages 239-250 Back Matter....Pages 251-298

Cutting carbon emissions is urgent but very challenging in wealthy democracies. Energy for the Future analyzes the changing contexts, imperatives and fault lines, and proposes ways forwards. Greater public engagement and a new approach to markets are vital, but traditional concerns with energy security and economic efficiency cannot be set aside.

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