Publication Type

Working Paper

Version

publishedVersion

Publication Date

8-2008

Abstract

Energy has risen to the top of policy agendas around the world. There is now widespread recognition that energy policy has become key to international security, economic development, and the environmental sustainability of modern civilization. Yet this importance is not reflected in the world’s institutional infrastructure for managing global problems. A handful of international organizations work in uncoordinated fashion on various pieces of the energy puzzle. No organizational infrastructure exists to support the global conversation that is now badly needed about how to move the world onto a sustainable path that provides appropriate, reliable, and affordable energy services.

Keywords

Energy, governance, global governance, international security, environmental sustainability, development, human rights, international organizations

Discipline

Energy Policy | Political Science

Research Areas

Political Science

First Page

1

Last Page

23

Publisher

Centre on Asia and Globalisation

City or Country

Singapore

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