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Global Energy Justice

Tackling Systems of Inequality in Energy Production and Consumption

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Energy justice is an innovative and emerging framework that is central to this book. A new approach to global energy policy is identified in this set of literature through exploring the themes of accessibility , availability and sustainability . It allows us to explore the justice implications and potential solutions for both high- and low-carbon energy sources in focus in this book: fossil fuels , nuclear , hydropower and wind . Before outlining the new energy justice framework, this chapter summarises the current standing of the global energy system from production to consumption . It provides the reader with some basic assumptions on energy. Further consideration is paid to the historical and future trajectories of energy and justice literature. I conclude with a new synthesis of approaches for exploring injustices in our global energy system.

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