Politicizing energy justice and energy system transitions: Fossil fuel divestment and a “just transition”

Energy Policy

Volumn 108, Issue , 2017, Pages 451-459

  Healy, Noel ^a   Barry, John ^b  

^a SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Climate change; Divestment; Energy justice; Energy politics; Fossil fuels; Just transition

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CLIMATE CHANGE; FUELS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

DIVESTMENT; ENERGY JUSTICES; ENERGY POLITICS; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; JUST TRANSITION; LOW-CARBON TRANSITIONS; POLICY DECISIONS; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

FOSSIL FUELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY POLICY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; FOSSIL FUEL; GREEN ECONOMY;

EID: 85020542422     PISSN: 03014215     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enpol.2017.06.014     Document Type: Article

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