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To reduce emissions and address climate change, we need to invest in renewables and rapidly decarbonise our energy networks. However, decarbonisation is often seen as a technical project, detached from questions of politics and social justice. What if this is leading to unfair transitions, in which some people bear the costs of change while others benefit? In this timely and expansive book, Ed Atkins asks: are we getting decarbonisation right? And how could it be made better for people and communities? In doing so, this book proposes a different type of energy transition. One that prioritises and takes opportunities to do better – to provide better jobs, community ownership and improve people’s homes and lives.

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"A Just Energy Transition elucidates the major theoretical discussions pertaining to the relationship between decarbonisation and social justice…The book’s discussion of the root factors of NIMBYism and the wide-ranging repercussions of energy poverty are comprehensive and convincing." LSE

Table of Contents
1. Introduction 2. Transition 3. Scale 4. Ownership 5. Community 6. Home 7. Work 8. Global 9. Conclusion

A Just Energy Transition: Getting Decarbonisation

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 28 July 2023
      ISBN-13 9781529220957
      978-1529220957
      ISBN-10 1529220955
      Also in:
      Environmental policy and protocols Social impact of environmental issues Sustainability

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      To reduce emissions and address climate change, we need to invest in renewables and rapidly decarbonise our energy networks. However, decarbonisation is often seen as a technical project, detached from questions of politics and social justice. What if this is leading to unfair transitions, in which some people bear the costs of change while others benefit? In this timely and expansive book, Ed Atkins asks: are we getting decarbonisation right? And how could it be made better for people and communities? In doing so, this book proposes a different type of energy transition. One that prioritises and takes opportunities to do better – to provide better jobs, community ownership and improve people’s homes and lives.

      Trade Review
      "A Just Energy Transition elucidates the major theoretical discussions pertaining to the relationship between decarbonisation and social justice…The book’s discussion of the root factors of NIMBYism and the wide-ranging repercussions of energy poverty are comprehensive and convincing." LSE

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction 2. Transition 3. Scale 4. Ownership 5. Community 6. Home 7. Work 8. Global 9. Conclusion

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