Socio-metabolic profiles of electricity consumption along the rural–urban continuum of Ecuador: Whose energy sovereignty?

Ariza-Montobbio, Pere; Olarte, Susana Herrero

doi:10.1007/s10668-020-00957-x

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“…Yet similarly as in the food sector (Hospes, 2014), there is some debate at what level energy sovereignty should be sought at. Those who are strongly inspired by community-led efforts and the learnings from food sovereignty advocates, are more likely to define energy sovereignty as local communities deciding over energy policies without being dominated by the interests of corporations and political elites (Ariza-Montobbio & Olarte, 2021;. This interpretation would favour grassroots initiatives and efforts to decentralise energy production systems.…”

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confidence: 99%

Energy Sovereignty: A Values-Based Conceptual Analysis

Timmermann

Noboa

2022

Sci Eng Ethics

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Achieving energy sovereignty is increasingly gaining prominence as a goal in energy politics. The aim of this paper is to provide a conceptual analysis of this principle from an ethics and social justice perspective. We rely on the literature on food sovereignty to identify through a comparative analysis the elements energy sovereignty will most likely demand and thereafter distinguish the unique constituencies of the energy sector. The idea of energy sovereignty embraces a series of values, among which we identified: (i) accessibility, to allow access to everyone, (ii) empowerment and recognition, to develop and sustain capabilities to collaboratively produce solution-oriented energy system knowledge and effectively participate in governance, (iii) stewardship and sustainability, to be able to design and manage decentralised renewable systems in view of protecting the environment, (iv) self-sufficiency, to reduce the negative shocks of exploitative business practises, (v) resilience, to maintain production capacities while withstanding socioeconomic, political, environmental and climatic shocks, (vi) peace, to establish production systems that do not involve hostile relations, (vii) transparency and self-determination, to establish democratic decision-making mechanisms that give a voice to previously underrepresented groups and limit corporate takeover (viii) gender-justice, by acknowledging the contributions of women and eliminate barriers to their empowerment. With a conceptual framework of energy sovereignty, we present a rationale that draws on the key values to be considered when formulating policy solutions for the energy sector.

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Energy Sovereignty: A Values-Based Conceptual Analysis

Timmermann

Noboa

2022

Sci Eng Ethics

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“…As a counterpoint, I focus on everyday energy‐related practices in the domestic domain, highlighting the role of reproductive labour (Barca 2019) in the mobilisation of emancipatory actions. I build on conceptual thinking that foregrounds the ability of progressive actors to confront unequal power relations (Newell and Simms 2020), the emergence of infrastructures‐in‐the‐making (Baptista 2019), and the articulation of hybrid socio‐natural metabolisms (Ariza‐Montobbio and Olarte 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

Just Transitions: A Political Ecology Critique

Bouzarovski

2022

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“Green deals” to promote socially inclusive decarbonisation have captured the imagination of public intellectuals and advocates across the political spectrum. Such programmes are often premised upon the concept of “just transitions”, which aims to reconcile environmental and social concerns in the movement towards a low‐carbon future. I respond to some of the underlying tensions that underpin dominant discourses in this domain by foregrounding collective, disruptive, and non‐capitalist forms of infrastructural transformation in the energy domain. I discuss possibilities for a more egalitarian politics and shared environmental commons in the articulation of residential energy efficiency and housing upgrades with the aid of insights from the political ecology literature, and examples from activist praxis across Europe and North America. More broadly, I highlight how well‐known contradictions of labour, environmental sustainability, and economic transformation are complicated by encounters with climate and energy circulations.

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