| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Oxford Handbook on Energy Politics |
| Editors | Kathleen J Hancock & Juliann Emmons Allison |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Pages | 1-32 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Edition | 1st |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780190861360 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Abstract
Social science has a crucial role to play in informing policy makers about political and institutional strategies conducive to implementing more ambitious energy-related climate change policies. This chapter reviews major avenues of research in political science and related disciplines that examine energy policy and climate change. It focuses on how individuals, civil society, business, and governments affect climate-related energy policies. The second section suggests three issues with the potential to promote more rapid decarbonization of energy systems, but which have not been a sustained focus of research to date: (1) the politics of low-carbon economic development, (2) innovation and the deployment of new technologies, and (3) the politics of negative emissions and geoengineering technologies.