Publication Type
Journal Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
2-2011
Abstract
Energy constitutes a rich, but underexplored, arena for global governance scholars and policymakers. The world is currently on an unsustainable and conflict-prone track of volatile and unreliable supply of energy fuels, vulnerable infrastructure, massive environmental degradation, and failure to deliver energy services to an enormous proportion of the global population. Changing to a different path will be a monumental global governance endeavor that will require bridging multiple issue areas, regimes, and policy silos. Meeting that challenge will require a greatly expanded research agenda aimed at understanding the institutions, interests, and concerns that do and could shape global energy governance. In this article, we lay out key energy-related global issues and explore some of the connections among them to suggest an initial research agenda for global governance scholars.
Keywords
Energy policy, Energy security, Global energy governance, Global governance
Discipline
Energy Policy | Political Science
Research Areas
Political Science
Publication
Global Governance
Volume
17
Issue
1
First Page
57
Last Page
74
ISSN
1075-2846
Identifier
10.1163/19426720-01701004
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers
Citation
FLORINI, Ann, & SOVACOOL, Benjamin.(2011). Bridging the gaps in global energy governance. Global Governance, 17(1), 57-74.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2091
Creative Commons License
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Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.1163/19426720-01701004