Energy justice in the Arctic : implications for energy infrastructural development
Abstract
The development of energy infrastructure in the Arctic poses serious far reaching justice based questions for local, regional and international communities. Oil and gas rigs, renewable energy sites, shipping and transportation all force us to reflect on how fair and equitable infrastructural expansion is locally and globally. We examine the justice claims of business, government and civil society in an attempt to understand current problems, and their likely solutions. The results suggest that we need to replace the current stakeholder-centred approach of energy policy, with one based upon justice. A widening of procedural justice to include not only the co-production of decisions, but also knowledge should be complemented with new ways of recognising the vulnerabilities of mis- and under-represented people, as well as exploring the sensitivities around proximity to new energy infrastructures.
Citation
McCauley , D , Heffron , R , Pavlenko , M , Rehner , R W M & Holmes , R T 2016 , ' Energy justice in the Arctic : implications for energy infrastructural development ' , Energy Research and Social Science , vol. 17 , pp. 56-65 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2016.03.019
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Energy Research and Social Science
Status
Peer reviewed
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2214-6296Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This work is made available online in accordance with the publisher’s policies. This is the author created, accepted version manuscript following peer review and may differ slightly from the final published version. The final published version of this work is available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2016.03.019
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