Achieving energy justice: The role of supervisory and compliance mechanisms in global frameworks and the international community
Energy justice as a concept refers to the fair distribution of the benefits and burdens of energy production and consumption among different communities and individuals. The international community is currently attempting to achieve it through various means such as international law, the Sustainable...
| Main Authors: | , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier
2024-03-01
|
| Series: | Energy Strategy Reviews |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X24000427 |
| _version_ | 1797235594107027456 |
|---|---|
| author | Esmat Zaidan Imad Antoine Ibrahim |
| author_facet | Esmat Zaidan Imad Antoine Ibrahim |
| author_sort | Esmat Zaidan |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Energy justice as a concept refers to the fair distribution of the benefits and burdens of energy production and consumption among different communities and individuals. The international community is currently attempting to achieve it through various means such as international law, the Sustainable Development Goals and the potential establishment of a human right to energy. However, the authors argue that these tools have either failed or will fail in practice to achieve this objective. This is why they suggest the use of supervisory and compliance mechanisms established within global frameworks related to energy, international human rights law and Agenda 2030, to achieve energy justice. This is of absolute importance given the inability to do so in practice despite the growing literature on the topic. These supervisory and compliance mechanisms are used to monitor and enforce compliance with energy justice principles, and include independent regulatory bodies, mechanisms for public participation and oversight, and incentives for compliance. They provide flexibility for governments to consider their own financial, technical, and human capacities when tackling a highly complicated issue such as energy justice. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-07T22:00:57Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-36c8c32443314fa2979c856df85cfa6f |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 2211-467X |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-04-24T16:50:26Z |
| publishDate | 2024-03-01 |
| publisher | Elsevier |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Energy Strategy Reviews |
| spelling | doaj.art-36c8c32443314fa2979c856df85cfa6f2024-03-29T05:50:00ZengElsevierEnergy Strategy Reviews2211-467X2024-03-0152101335Achieving energy justice: The role of supervisory and compliance mechanisms in global frameworks and the international communityEsmat Zaidan0Imad Antoine Ibrahim1College of Public Policy, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, 31140, Education City, Qatar Foundation, Doha, Qatar; Corresponding author.University of Twente, Faculty of Behavioural, Management and Social Sciences, NetherlandsEnergy justice as a concept refers to the fair distribution of the benefits and burdens of energy production and consumption among different communities and individuals. The international community is currently attempting to achieve it through various means such as international law, the Sustainable Development Goals and the potential establishment of a human right to energy. However, the authors argue that these tools have either failed or will fail in practice to achieve this objective. This is why they suggest the use of supervisory and compliance mechanisms established within global frameworks related to energy, international human rights law and Agenda 2030, to achieve energy justice. This is of absolute importance given the inability to do so in practice despite the growing literature on the topic. These supervisory and compliance mechanisms are used to monitor and enforce compliance with energy justice principles, and include independent regulatory bodies, mechanisms for public participation and oversight, and incentives for compliance. They provide flexibility for governments to consider their own financial, technical, and human capacities when tackling a highly complicated issue such as energy justice.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X24000427Energy justiceFair distributionInternational lawSustainable development goalsHuman right to energyInternational community |
| spellingShingle | Esmat Zaidan Imad Antoine Ibrahim Achieving energy justice: The role of supervisory and compliance mechanisms in global frameworks and the international community Energy Strategy Reviews Energy justice Fair distribution International law Sustainable development goals Human right to energy International community |
| title | Achieving energy justice: The role of supervisory and compliance mechanisms in global frameworks and the international community |
| title_full | Achieving energy justice: The role of supervisory and compliance mechanisms in global frameworks and the international community |
| title_fullStr | Achieving energy justice: The role of supervisory and compliance mechanisms in global frameworks and the international community |
| title_full_unstemmed | Achieving energy justice: The role of supervisory and compliance mechanisms in global frameworks and the international community |
| title_short | Achieving energy justice: The role of supervisory and compliance mechanisms in global frameworks and the international community |
| title_sort | achieving energy justice the role of supervisory and compliance mechanisms in global frameworks and the international community |
| topic | Energy justice Fair distribution International law Sustainable development goals Human right to energy International community |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2211467X24000427 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT esmatzaidan achievingenergyjusticetheroleofsupervisoryandcompliancemechanismsinglobalframeworksandtheinternationalcommunity AT imadantoineibrahim achievingenergyjusticetheroleofsupervisoryandcompliancemechanismsinglobalframeworksandtheinternationalcommunity |