Transition Governance and Barriers to Transition

2020 ◽  
pp. 123-182
Author(s):  
Christine Sturm
Keyword(s):  
Transition Governance

scholarly journals The governance of energy transition: lessons from the Nigerian electricity sector

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Norbert Edomah
Keyword(s):  
Systems Change ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Electricity Sector ◽  
Energy Access ◽  
Energy Infrastructure ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Transition Governance ◽  
Major Factors ◽  
Direct Government

Abstract Background The rising need for transition towards more sustainable energy sources requires a rethink in the governance of energy systems. Arguably, policy makers have very important roles in governing transitions in any given society through established institutional frameworks. It has also been argued that energy infrastructure choices are determined by institutional dynamics and structures. However, what are the underlying influences required to change energy systems and what lessons can we draw from them for the governance of energy transition? This study focuses on understanding the dynamics of energy transition governance in the Nigerian electricity sector with the aim of drawing lessons that impact on energy transition and energy systems change. Methods Using explorative research tools, this study investigates the dynamics of energy transition governance in the Nigerian electricity sector with the aim of drawing lessons that impact on energy transition and energy systems change. Data from primary and secondary sources in documentary archives as well as other published sources that are linked with the provision of the Nigerian historical energy infrastructure were used for the analysis in order to draw lessons on energy transition dynamics in Nigeria. Results The study revealed that there were three important factors that had a direct impact on energy transition and energy systems change in Nigeria’s electricity sector. These are: (1) Changing perceptions and goals (during the period leading up to Nigeria’s independence, 1890–1960s); (2) Direct government interventions in energy infrastructure provisions (1940s–1970s); and (3) Major changes in market rules (from 2005 and beyond). Conclusions The study concludes by highlighting that: (1) there is a need for government institutions to tackle energy access issues that address the needs of the poor; (2) it is imperative to explore technological options that are more sustainable; and (3) there is a need to address energy consumption patterns that are more energy intensive. Indeed, available energy resources, technological changes in electricity supply systems, and the ‘geographies of energy’ are major factors that influence energy production and consumption dynamics. All of them needs should be considered, as energy decisions are primarily political choices.

Conflict transition, emplaced identity and the gendered politics of scale in Solomon Islands

2020 ◽  
Vol 55 (4) ◽  
pp. 518-534
Author(s):  
Nicole George
Keyword(s):  
Pacific Islands ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Small Worlds ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Politics Of Scale ◽  
Gendered Politics ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Transition Governance ◽  
Politically Active

Although there is growing recognition that women’s participation is critical for the durability of peaceful conflict transition, grounded research examining the political scale of women’s participation has not been common. Where feminist researchers have tackled this topic, they have generally reproduced binary representations of political space, sometimes strongly critical of local spaces as restrictive of women, sometimes strongly critical of a hegemonic liberal international. In this article, I address the issue of women’s participation in conflict transition governance from another more ethnographic angle, drawing from fieldwork conducted in the Solomon Islands, a Pacific Islands country destabilised by conflict in the late 1990s and early 2000s. I apply theories of political scale to consider where and how women are politically active in the conflict transition environment, how that political activity is constituted relative to other political scales and where and how women seek to make their political ambitions understood. The ‘emplacement’ lens I develop offers a critical vantage point for analysis of the ways women constitute political identities and the agendas they might meaningfully progress, at scales ranging from the small worlds of the household and the community to the broader scale of national politics.

scholarly journals A Methodological Framework to Initiate and Design Transition Governance Processes

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 844 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johannes Halbe ◽  
Claudia Pahl-Wostl
Keyword(s):  
Learning Objects ◽  
Integrated Analysis ◽  
Sustainability Transitions ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Study Region ◽  
Targeted Interventions ◽  
Transition Governance ◽  
Learning Factors ◽  
Governance Processes

Abstract: Sustainability transitions require societal change at multiple levels ranging from individual behavioral change to community projects, businesses that offer sustainable products as well as policy-makers that set suitable incentive structures. Concepts, methods and tools are currently lacking that help to initiate and design transition governance processes based upon an encompassing understanding of such diverse interactions of actors and intervention points. This article presents a methodological framework for the initiation and design of transition governance processes. Based upon a conceptualization of sustainability transitions as multilevel learning processes, the methodological framework includes participatory modeling, a systematic literature review and governance system analysis to identify social units (learning subjects and contexts), challenges (learning objects) and intervention points (learning factors) relevant for initiating case-specific transition governance processes. A case study on sustainable food systems in Ontario, Canada is provided to exemplify the application of the methodological framework. The results demonstrate the merit of combining stakeholder-based and expert-based methods, as several learning factors identified in the participatory process could not be found in the general literature, and vice versa. The methodological framework allowed for an integrated analysis of the diversity of existing initiatives in the case study region and specific intervention points to support place-based sustainability innovations. Initiators of transition governance processes can use the results by designing targeted interventions to facilitate and coordinate existing initiatives or by setting new impulses through purposeful action.

Civic Education and Transition Governance in China

Peace Review ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 295-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianxing Yu ◽  
Tao Feng
Keyword(s):  
Civic Education ◽  
Transition Governance

scholarly journals Socio-technical transition governance and public opinion: The case of passenger transport in Finland

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 ◽  
pp. 210-219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Upham ◽  
Venla Virkamäki ◽  
Paula Kivimaa ◽  
Mikael Hildén ◽  
Zia Wadud
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Passenger Transport ◽  
Transition Governance

scholarly journals Questioning Low-Carbon Transition Governance: A Comparative Analysis of European Case Studies

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10460
Author(s):  
Federica Rotondo ◽  
Francesca Abastante ◽  
Giancarlo Cotella ◽  
Isabella Maria Lami
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Efficiency Measures ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Transition Governance ◽  
Selection Of

To achieve the international emission reduction targets, current researches underline the need to overcome the dominant techno-centric approaches to energy transition, in favor of analyses that explore in more detail those practices and organizational assets that play a role in favoring a transition towards a low-carbon society. In this light, the article focuses on governance practices and, in particular, on the different tools and actors involved across variable scales and temporalities. Drawing on the activities of the ERASMUS+ Strategic Partnership for Higher Education LOTUS (Locally Organized Transition of Urban Sustainable Spaces), a selection of European case studies is explored and compared in light of (i) the implemented actions in terms of energy production and efficiency measures, (ii) the legal framework and the origin of the funding and (iii) the number and type of involved actors and their partnerships. On this basis, the analysis outlines, from both a theoretical and a practical stand, a number of critical issues that characterize these episodes of energy transition governance. In particular, the authors reflect upon the interaction between energy measures and urban contexts, the need for synergies among government level and the emergence of new forms of partnership among public, private and third parties’ actors.

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