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Fostering a just energy transition: Lessons from South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme 促进公正的能源转型:来自南非可再生能源独立发电商采购计划的经验教训
IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10220461.2023.2229293
K. Chetty, Y. D. Davids, M. Kanyane, T. Madzivhandila, Tahiya Moosa, L. Ndaba
ABSTRACT South Africa's renewable energy independent power producers (REIPPs) largely depend on foreign manufacturers and resources as they generate the power needed to address the country's energy crisis. This foreign dependence contradicts some principles of a just energy transition, which encourage developing local job creation in the renewable energy sector. Although South Africa has increased its power procurement targets and relaxed some regulatory requirements in response to the current energy crisis, the long-term policy framework is unclear. Sustainably expanding renewable energy generation depends on a clear policy framework which plots the transition from coal and develops local manufacturing and skilling capacities. Through a case study review of two South African wind farms, this article examines how REIPPs can shift their reliance on foreign equipment manufacturers and skilled resources to local providers, fostering a sustainable and inclusive just energy transition.
摘要南非的可再生能源独立发电商(REIPP)在很大程度上依赖外国制造商和资源来发电,以应对该国的能源危机。这种对外依赖与公正能源转型的一些原则相矛盾,这些原则鼓励当地在可再生能源部门创造就业机会。尽管南非提高了电力采购目标,并放宽了一些监管要求,以应对当前的能源危机,但长期政策框架尚不明确。可持续扩大可再生能源发电取决于一个明确的政策框架,该框架规划了从煤炭的转型,并发展了当地的制造和技能能力。通过对南非两个风电场的案例研究回顾,本文探讨了可再生能源投资项目如何将对外国设备制造商和技术资源的依赖转移到当地供应商身上,促进可持续和包容性的公正能源转型。
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引用次数: 1
A Just Transition to a Low Carbon Future in South Africa 南非向低碳未来的公正过渡
IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10220461.2023.2229286
G. Mbungu
whereas they are only partly supported in the cases of Angola and Sudan. Chapter 8 presents four mini-cases (Kazakhstan, Canada, Uzbekistan, and Denmark) to examine the extent to which the conclusions from the African cases can be generalised. The results suggest that the empirical expectations presented are generally supported, with strong support found in Kazakhstan, Canada, and Denmark, and partial support in Uzbekistan. Firstly, it should be noted that, since not all authoritarian regimes are alike, the hypotheses presented may be specific to the characteristics of the Chinese authoritarian state and may not be generalisable across all authoritarian states. Secondly, the independent variables are oil levels and strategic importance, and the operationalisation of these variables may be questioned. For instance, the book suggests that Canada has limited strategic importance to China because due to few diplomatic visits between both nations and Canada’s strong ties to China’s rival, the United States. However, this conclusion can be contested, especially considering the fluctuating nature of Sino-Canadian relations during the Justin Trudeau administration. Finally, Chapter 2 outlines various challenges to the hypotheses that the book is founded upon. One critical challenge is that the relationship between Chinese companies and the Chinese government is not unique to China, as similar associations can be observed in Western countries. As President Xi Jinping departs from the low-profile policy of his predecessors, Chinese foreign policy has become of global importance. The book presents a significant step towards understanding the role of specific actors in shaping China’s foreign policy. The indepth analysis of whether structural factors, elements of the Chinese authoritarian state, or concerns with social stability and legitimacy explain the changes in actors in China’s foreign policy over the last decade is crucial to the current discourse.
而在安哥拉和苏丹,它们只得到部分支持。第8章提出了四个小案例(哈萨克斯坦、加拿大、乌兹别克斯坦和丹麦),以检验非洲案例的结论可以推广到何种程度。结果表明,提出的实证期望普遍得到支持,在哈萨克斯坦、加拿大和丹麦得到强烈支持,在乌兹别克斯坦得到部分支持。首先,应该指出的是,由于并非所有威权主义政权都是相似的,因此所提出的假设可能是针对中国威权主义国家的特征,而可能不适用于所有威权主义国家。其次,自变量是油位和战略重要性,这些变量的操作可能会受到质疑。例如,该书认为加拿大对中国的战略重要性有限,因为两国之间的外交访问很少,而且加拿大与中国的竞争对手美国关系密切。然而,这一结论可能会受到质疑,特别是考虑到特鲁多执政期间中加关系的波动性质。最后,第2章概述了对本书所依据的假设的各种挑战。一个关键的挑战是,中国企业与中国政府之间的关系并非中国独有,类似的关联在西方国家也可以观察到。这本书在理解中国外交政策的具体角色方面迈出了重要的一步。深入分析中国专制国家的结构因素、要素,或对社会稳定和合法性的关注,是否解释了过去十年中国外交政策中行为者的变化,对当前的讨论至关重要。
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引用次数: 3
Old and new challenges of the energy transition: Insights from South America 能源转型的新旧挑战:来自南美的见解
IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10220461.2023.2221227
Pedro Alarcón
ABSTRACT Whereas in the Global North the energy transition narrative focuses on the idea of ‘global sustainability’, in the Global South it is increasingly connected to old and new challenges that derive from dependence on natural resource extractivism and rentierism. In vast regions of South America, for instance, fossil fuels extractivism and the idea of (post-)development are inextricable. On the one hand, capitalist modernisation, energy security, and even political stability hinge on domestic use of fossil fuels and the rent generated by their exports. On the other hand, the idea of ending extractivism, which is again topical in Latin America, invites policymakers to dream on post-development and the possibility of converging toward the ‘green’ energy transition. This contribution builds on insights from Ecuador and Colombia, as paradigmatic examples, to address the juncture triggered by the energy transition in the Global South.
摘要在全球北部,能源转型叙事侧重于“全球可持续性”的理念,而在全球南部,能源转型越来越与依赖自然资源开采主义和寻租主义带来的新旧挑战联系在一起。例如,在南美洲的广大地区,化石燃料开采主义和(后)发展思想是密不可分的。一方面,资本主义现代化、能源安全甚至政治稳定取决于化石燃料的国内使用及其出口产生的租金。另一方面,结束采掘主义的想法再次成为拉丁美洲的热门话题,这让政策制定者梦想着后发展和向“绿色”能源转型的可能性。这一贡献建立在厄瓜多尔和哥伦比亚的见解基础上,作为典型的例子,以应对全球南方能源转型引发的关键时刻。
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引用次数: 0
The energy transition and green mineral value chains: Challenges and opportunities for Africa and Latin America 能源转型和绿色矿产价值链:非洲和拉丁美洲面临的挑战和机遇
IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10220461.2023.2230957
Melanie Müller, Meike Schulze, S. Schöneich
ABSTRACT There is growing momentum to address climate change and other environmental challenges through a ‘green energy transition’, that is, a shift from fossil fuel-based energy sources to renewable sources such as wind and solar. To carry out this global transition, a variety of resources – particularly minerals such as copper, lithium or cobalt – are required, and these are primarily extracted in the ‘Global South’. This means that these resource-rich countries face a double transition: the transition in their energy supplies, and the transition in their mining sectors. This special issue brings together different perspectives on the green energy transition and mineral value chains from Latin America and Africa. The articles investigate challenges for these countries, but also the opportunities that could potentially unfold as part of these far-reaching changes.
摘要通过“绿色能源转型”,即从化石燃料能源转向风能和太阳能等可再生能源,应对气候变化和其他环境挑战的势头越来越大。为了实现这一全球转型,需要各种资源,特别是铜、锂或钴等矿物,这些资源主要在“全球南方”开采。这意味着这些资源丰富的国家面临着双重转型:能源供应的转型和采矿业的转型。本期特刊汇集了拉丁美洲和非洲对绿色能源转型和矿产价值链的不同观点。这些文章调查了这些国家面临的挑战,但也调查了作为这些深远变化的一部分可能出现的机遇。
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引用次数: 0
Transitioning to a Prosperous, Resilient and Carbon-Free Economy: A Guide for Decision-Makers 向繁荣、有韧性和无碳经济转型:决策者指南
IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10220461.2023.2239786
R. Calland
section of its own. Nevertheless, the book has achieved its stated goal ‘to interrogate how South Africa can ensure a just transition to a low carbon economy’ (p. 12). It exposes South Africa’s challenges, but also positions it as a country willing to investigate and consider its past and present and tap into emerging narratives, visions, and international obligations to inform its policy design and implementations. It, however, goes beyond this goal by drawing on diverse examples outside South Africa and lessons from external forces, such as the COVID-19 pandemic and ongoing geopolitical contestations, to map out potential risks and opportunities of the energy transition. In so doing, the authors place the just energy transition in South Africa into the broader just transition and socio-economic development discourse. The result is a well-structured and looped manuscript, easy to assess in whole or parts by diverse readers, including policy makers and implementors, academics, students, and civil society.
自己的部分。尽管如此,这本书还是实现了其既定的目标:“探讨南非如何确保向低碳经济的公正过渡”(第12页)。它揭示了南非面临的挑战,但也将其定位为一个愿意调查和考虑其过去和现在的国家,并利用新兴的叙述、愿景和国际义务,为其政策设计和实施提供信息。然而,它超越了这一目标,借鉴了南非以外的各种例子以及2019冠状病毒病大流行和持续的地缘政治争端等外部力量的经验教训,描绘了能源转型的潜在风险和机遇。在这样做时,作者将南非的公正能源转型纳入更广泛的公正转型和社会经济发展话语。其结果是一份结构良好、环环相扣的手稿,便于决策者和实施者、学者、学生和公民社会等不同读者进行整体或部分评估。
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引用次数: 2
Energy Justice and Energy Law 能源正义与能源法
IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10220461.2023.2225491
Alexander Beyleveld
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引用次数: 2
South Africa’s Just Energy Transition Partnership: A novel approach transforming the international landscape on delivering NDC financial goals at scale 南非的公正能源转型伙伴关系:一种改变大规模实现国家自主贡献财政目标的国际格局的新方法
IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10220461.2023.2233006
S. Fakir
ABSTRACT The essay provides an overview of the South African Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP) and the technical and political processes involved to secure the first country platform deal of its kind in the world. The JETP was premised on delivering gigatons of carbon offsets by phasing out coal for a sizeable and attractive climate finance deal. The South African JETP model is being replicated elsewhere in the world and is transforming the landscape of how nationally determined contributions can be used as tools for energy transitions and economic transformation. The essay seeks to demonstrate where international partnerships can be useful in this living experiment in transformative transition in a developing country, and suggests where they are not. The essay provides insights into how the South African JETP process built local ownership and catalysed innovative institutional mechanisms to deliver a substantive climate ambition under the rubric of a just energy transition.
本文概述了南非能源转型伙伴关系(JETP)以及确保世界上第一个国家平台交易所涉及的技术和政治过程。JETP的前提是通过逐步淘汰煤炭来实现数十亿吨的碳抵消,从而达成一项规模可观、颇具吸引力的气候融资协议。南非的JETP模式正在世界其他地方得到复制,并正在改变如何利用国家自主贡献作为能源转型和经济转型工具的格局。这篇文章试图证明,在这个发展中国家转型的活生生的实验中,国际伙伴关系在哪些方面是有用的,并指出它们在哪些方面是无用的。本文提供了南非JETP进程如何建立地方所有权和催化创新体制机制的见解,以在公正的能源转型的标题下实现实质性的气候目标。
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引用次数: 0
Beyond the just energy transition narrative: How South Africa can support the AfCFTA to advance climate resilient development 超越公正的能源转型叙述:南非如何支持非洲自贸协定推进气候适应型发展
IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10220461.2023.2228317
F. Ismail
ABSTRACT This article argues that South Africa’s climate change policy and engagement should go beyond advancing its transition to a low carbon economy, and should include adaptation, green industrialisation, and resilience. In this context the article argues that South Africa and other African countries should go beyond the narrow limits of the just energy transition framework and adopt the more holistic concept of climate resilient development. It is proposed that South Africa should support the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the African Union (AU) to strengthen renewable energy infrastructure, green industrial value chains, adaptation and resilience – thus adopting a climate resilient developmental regionalism approach. The EU carbon border adjustment measure is critically discussed. The AfCFTA and the AU are urged to build more coherent approaches between their negotiating positions in the WTO and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
本文认为,南非的气候变化政策和参与不应局限于推进其向低碳经济的转型,而应包括适应、绿色工业化和复原力。在此背景下,本文认为南非和其他非洲国家应该超越能源转型框架的狭隘限制,采用更全面的气候适应型发展概念。建议南非支持非洲大陆自由贸易区(AfCFTA)和非洲联盟(AU)加强可再生能源基础设施、绿色产业价值链、适应和抵御能力,从而采取气候适应型发展区域主义方法。对欧盟碳边界调整措施进行了批判性的讨论。敦促非洲大陆自由贸易区和非盟在世贸组织和联合国气候变化框架公约的谈判立场之间建立更加一致的方法。
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Zambia’s economic diplomacy and the mining industry: An African case study of presidential impact and hopes of a New Dawn 赞比亚的经济外交与采矿业:对总统影响和新黎明希望的非洲案例研究
IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2023-04-03 DOI: 10.1080/10220461.2023.2231889
Christopher Vandome
ABSTRACT This article uses a broad conceptual framework of economic diplomacy to examine the efficacy of Zambia’s engagement with foreign governments, regional and international organisations, and companies, in the pursuit of investment and trade partners for its mining industry. It argues that successive presidents have had an important impact on investment in mining in two ways – through their balancing of international partnerships and economic diplomacy, and through their national economic and social policy agendas. The article provides an initial examination of the Hichilema government in Zambia and how it has balanced implicit tensions among international actors, international and local priorities, and domestic stakeholders, in the context of the growing demand for ‘green minerals’. This article concludes that further investment in Zambia’s mining sector to meet national development ambitions requires a broadening of the government’s economic diplomacy beyond a presidency-centric approach to a holistic strategy encompassing domestic institution development and regional cooperation.
摘要本文使用了一个广泛的经济外交概念框架来考察赞比亚与外国政府、地区和国际组织以及公司在为其采矿业寻求投资和贸易伙伴方面的互动效果。报告认为,历任总统通过两种方式对矿业投资产生了重要影响——一是平衡国际伙伴关系和经济外交,二是国家经济和社会政策议程。这篇文章初步考察了赞比亚的希奇莱马政府,以及在对“绿色矿产”需求不断增长的背景下,该政府如何平衡国际行为者、国际和地方优先事项以及国内利益相关者之间隐含的紧张关系。这篇文章的结论是,为了实现国家发展目标,对赞比亚采矿业的进一步投资需要将政府的经济外交范围从以总统为中心的方法扩大到包括国内机构发展和区域合作在内的整体战略。
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Geopolitics, technology wars and global supply chains: Implications for Africa 地缘政治、技术战争和全球供应链:对非洲的影响
IF 1.1 Q3 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI: 10.1080/10220461.2023.2191988
Mzukisi Qobo, M. Mzyece
ABSTRACT Ongoing US–China geopolitical rivalry could harm Africa. As in the case of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, when African countries were treated like pawns on a global chessboard, African countries risk getting caught in current US–China geopolitical tensions. These are intensifying following the COVID-19 pandemic when many Africa states are facing their worst socio-economic crisis since independence, as well as a sovereign debt crisis not seen since the 1980s. Africa is institutionally underprepared for the combined effects of these developments. Partly, this is due to persistent governance deficiencies, a constrained global trading environment, and economic under-performance continent-wide. And partly, this is accounted for by Africa’s marginal position in the global system. This article outlines Africa’s potential development pathways against this harsh backdrop, assessing the options for African agency in response to geopolitical rivalries playing out in technology, global supply chains and trade.
持续的美中地缘政治对抗可能会损害非洲。就像美国和苏联之间的冷战一样,当时非洲国家被视为全球棋盘上的棋子,非洲国家有可能被卷入当前美中地缘政治紧张局势。在2019冠状病毒病大流行之后,这些问题正在加剧,许多非洲国家正面临着自独立以来最严重的社会经济危机,以及自20世纪80年代以来从未见过的主权债务危机。非洲在体制上对这些发展的综合影响准备不足。这在一定程度上是由于持续的治理缺陷、受限的全球贸易环境以及整个大陆经济表现不佳。部分原因是非洲在全球体系中的边缘地位。本文概述了在这一严峻背景下非洲的潜在发展路径,评估了非洲机构在应对技术、全球供应链和贸易领域的地缘政治竞争时的选择。
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