Dilemmas of energy transitions in the global south : balancing urgency and justice / edited by Ankit Kumar, Johanna Hoffken and Auke Pols.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Urgency Vs Justice: A Politics of Energy Transitions in the Age of Anthropocene.-- 2. Insights from an Assemblage Perspective for a (Better) Understanding of Energy Transitions.-- 3. Constructing an Inclusive Vision of Sustainable Transition to Decentralised Energy.-- 4. Bolivia’s Energy Transition in Harmony with Nature.-- 5. Scalar Biases in Solar Photovoltaic Uptake.-- 6. Energy Transitions in a Post-War Setting.-- 7. Energizing Change: Clean Cooking and the Changing Social Position of Women.-- 8. ‘Women Don’t Ride bicycle[s], Only Men Ride Bicycles’: Gender and Justice in Mobility Transitions.-- 9. Energy Transitions in the Global South: Towards Just Urgency and Urgent Justice.

"This book explores how in the wake of the Anthropocene, the growing call for urgent decarbonisation and accelerated energy transitions might have unintended consequences for energy poverty, justice and democracy, especially in the global South. Dilemmas of Energy Transitions in the Global South brings together theoretical and empirical contributions focused on rethinking energy transitions conceptually from and for the global South, and highlights issues of justice and inclusivity. It argues that while urgency is critical for energy transitions in a climate-changed world, we must be wary of conflating goals and processes, and enquire what urgency means for due process. Drawing from a range of authors with expertise spanning environmental justice, design theory, ethics of technology, conflict and gender, it examines case studies from countries including Bolivia, Sri Lanka, India, Ghana and Lebanon in order to expand our understanding of what energy transitions are, and how just energy transitions can be done in different parts of the world. Overall, driven by a postcolonial and decolonial sensibility, this book brings to the fore new concepts and ideas to help balance the demands of justice and urgency, to flag relevant but often overlooked issues, and to provide new pathways forward. This volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of energy transitions, environmental justice, climate change and developing countries"-- Provided by publisher.