This book examines energy policymaking processes from a cross-national perspective. It presents 19 in-depth country studies written by experts with extensive experience in the respective country or region. Each study explores the countrys unique approach to energy policymaking, which is shaped by various factors, including domestic energy endowments, formal governance structures, environmental laws and regulations, cultural attributes, and historical experiences. All the studies employ a unique, flexible framework, adapted from the work of Elinor Ostrom. The framework has no behavioral assumptions, and allows for consideration of greater numbers of variables than other theories of policymaking. This approach has an advantage over previous theories particularly when comparing developed and developing economies.
With the applied policymaking framework, the book highlights commonalities of successful energy policymaking efforts, and offers practical guidance on cooperation at the international level. Given the breadth of coverage, it offers valuable insights for social scientists researching energy policy and policymaking processes, and for policymakers pursuing international efforts such as the 2015 Paris agreement.
Part
1. Introduction.
Chapter
1. Why look at energy policy-making?
(Patrice Geoffron).
Chapter
2. Making energy policy: A framework for
analysis (Lorna A. Greening).- Part II. The EU: Out of One, Many?.
Chapter
3. European Union: Can there be a unified EU energy policy (should there be)?
(Laura Lozano Correa).
Chapter
4. Germany: The ambiguity of Energiewende
(Ramon Sieven).
Chapter
5. France: A long and winding road redefining
energy policy (Patrice Geoffron).
Chapter
6. United Kingdom: The energy
sector through privatization to low-carbon and Brexit (Raphael Heffron).-
Part III. The Americas: Making Policy Amidst Resource Plenty.
Chapter
7.
Canada: Tensions between energy and GHG policies (Jennifer Winter).
Chapter
8. United States of America: Never a comprehensive, cohesive energy or
climate policy (Lorna A. Greening).
Chapter
9. Mexico: Transitioning to a
low-carbon economy and liberalized energy markets (Lorna A. Greening).-
Chapter
10. Brazil: Conflicted energy policymaking in transition (Lorna A.
Greening).- Part IV. Asia and its Neighbors: Diversity of Economies and
Policies.
Chapter
11. China: The institutional context of energy
policymaking (Philip Andrews-Speed).
Chapter
12. India and Australia: Broad
set of issues determine legitimacy of renewable energy policies (Lorna A.
Greening).
Chapter
13. Japan: Response of policy entrepreneurs to an energy
crisis (Andrew DeWit).
Chapter
14. ASEAN: Regional cooperation for a
sustainable future (Venkatachalam Anbumozhi).
Chapter
15. Russia Federation:
Energy sector in flux in the post-Soviet transition era (Lorna A. Greening).-
Part V. Africa and the Middle East: Areas of Change.
Chapter
16. Ghana: Slow
progress but hope in sight (Ishmael Ackah).
Chapter
17. Saudi Arabia:
Decarbonization in the oil kingdom (Jim Krane).- Part VI. Afterword.
Chapter
18. Conclusions: Only the beginning (Lorna A. Greening).
Professor Patrice Geoffron is a Professor of Economics at Université Paris-Dauphine-PSL, Paris, France. His research focuses on the convergence between electricity and telecommunications as part of the low-carbon energy transition and in the economic evaluation of climate action, particularly for industrial companies and infrastructure operators. He was a member of the World Council of the International Energy Economics Association and of the team of experts that supported the Citizens' Climate Convention. He is co-editor of the journal Economics and Policy of Energy and the Environment and a member of the editorial board of the International Journal of Management and Network Economics. He has been a visiting professor at a number of foreign institutions and has widely cited articles in various journals in the field of energy economics and policy. He is a member of various scientific councils: CEA, CRE, Engie.
Lorna A. Greening has well over 40 years of experience in the energy industry, including research, academia, consulting, the public utility industry, and the petroleum industry as an exploration geologist. Currently, she is a Fellow at the Center for Energy, Transportation and Environmental Policy housed at the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. Her research interests include energy supply and demand, energy efficiency measures and other greenhouse gas mitigation options, energy and climate economics and policy, and environmental regulation nationally and internationally. She has published in Energy Economics, Journal of Regulatory Economics, Energy Policy, Energy, and other publications. She has served on the Advisory Board (2006-2013) and Editor (2013-2015) of Energy Policy; and as Associate Editor and a member of the Board of Energy Economics.
Raphael J. Heffron is Dean and Professor in Energy, Corporate and Commercial Law, at Abu Dhabi University, United Arab Emirates. He is an international expert on climate change, sustainability and just transition public policy issues. His work has a focus on achieving a sustainable and just transition to a low-carbon economy, and combines a mix of governance, management, policy and economics. He has published over 200 publications of different types with translated work in multiple languages. His work has appeared in top-tier journals in the areas of energy, law and public policy, and is widely cited in those areas. Prior to his current position, he was Professor in Energy Justice & The Social Contract at the Universite de Pau et des Pays de lAdour in France and served as Jean Monnet Professor in the Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy awarded by the European Commission (2019-2022). Professor Heffron is a qualified Barrister-at-Law, and a graduate of both Oxford (MSc-Christ Church) and Cambridge (MPhil-Darwin & PhD-Trinity Hall) Universities (UK).
