Energy justice and sustainability transitions in Mozambique

Vanesa Castán Broto, Idalina Baptista, Joshua Kirshner, Shaun Smith and Susana Neves Alves

Applied Energy, 2018, vol. 228, issue C, 645-655

Abstract: This paper advances the debate on energy justice by opening up a dialogue with postcolonial critiques of development. There is an imperative to develop energy justice theory fit to address the complex demands of a global energy transitions in poorer countries of the Global South. Delivering transformative change in contexts where energy systems are underdeveloped requires assessing energy justice principles from multiple situated perspectives, adjusted to the conditions that shape the possibilities for action. However, current theorizations of energy justice tend to build upon universalist notions of justice within a western tradition of thought which may not be entirely appropriate to deliver policy in postcolonial contexts.

Keywords: Energy transitions; Energy justice; Energy sovereignty; Mozambique; Energy access; Postcolonialism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.06.057

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