HCSS Strategic Analyst Sijbren de Jong together with Gilles Carbonnier, Professor of Development Economics, has written the article ‘The Global Governance of Energy and Development’ published in ‘The Global Community Yearbook of International Law and Jurisprudence 2011’.
This article focuses on the global governance of energy, examining how far the present institutional energy architecture is up to the job of managing the increasing tensions within the energy-development nexus. Energy and development have long been intrinsically linked, the former being the prime engine of the latter. Yet, with mounting energy demand and supply constraint, managing peacefully the access to energy resources while curbing greenhouse gas emissions represents a daunting task. In the developing world, over 1.3 billion people still do not have access to modern energy, while several resource-rich countries suffer from the “resource-curse” syndrome. Against this background, this article reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the major multilateral institutions and voluntary, non-binding initiatives that deal with energy and highlights the need to strengthen the global governance mechanisms in the energy sector.
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