Deliberative Decarbonisation? Assessing the Potential of an Ethical Governance Framework for Low-Carbon Energy through the Case of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage

Leslie Mabon, Simon Shackley, Samuela Vercelli, Jonathan Anderlucci and Kelvin Boot
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Leslie Mabon: School of Applied Social Studies, Robert Gordon University, Garthdee Road, Garthdee, Aberdeen AB10 7QG, Scotland
Simon Shackley: School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9XP, Scotland
Kelvin Boot: Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Plymouth PL1 3DH, England

Environment and Planning C, 2015, vol. 33, issue 2, 256-271

Abstract: In this paper we explore the potential of a framework of ethical governance for low-carbon energy. Developing mainly in the field of information and communications technology, ethical governance is concerned with the marginalisation of ethical and moral issues during development and deployment of new technologies. Focusing on early carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) projects, we argue that a focus on technical arguments in the governance of low-carbon energy similarly risks sidelining deeper issues such as fairness, justice, and values. We believe an ethical governance approach does have potential for low-carbon energy technologies like CCS, but also that climate change mitigation technologies pose particular challenges for the implementation of ethical governance.

Keywords: carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS); deliberative democracy; epistemic justice; ethical governance; public engagement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1068/c12133

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