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Regional Energy Transitions in Australia

From Impossible to Possible

Herausgeber: Edwards, Gareth A. S.; Cahill, Amanda; Wiseman, John

Beschreibung

This book provides an accessible and critical appraisal of Australia's regional energy transition initiatives.

Autor

Gareth A. S. Edwards is Visiting Associate Professor in the School of Global Development at the University of East Anglia, UK and Visiting Fellow at the Sydney Environment Institute, University of Sydney. He was the recent holder of a Leverhulme International Fellowship for research on justifications for ongoing coal extraction in Australia and India. He also led a British Academy-funded project 'A just transition away from coal in Australia' which sought to understand what 'just transition' means in Australia, the challenges Australia will have to overcome to achieve a just transition away from coal, and the opportunities for reframing just transition ideas in ways which stimulate productive discussions between different stakeholders and communities. John Wiseman is Senior Research Fellow at Melbourne Climate Futures and Adjunct Professor at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne and Chair of the Board of The Next Economy. He is the author of numerous articles, book chapters and reports on climate change policy and energy transitions. His most recent book is Hope and Courage in the Climate Crisis (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). Amanda Cahill is CEO and Founder of The Next Economy, a non-profit organisation that supports regional communities across Australia to build more resilient, climate safe and socially just economies. Amanda has supported all levels of government, industry, workers and community groups to manage the energy transition across Queensland, the Hunter Valley, the Latrobe Valley and the Northern Territory. Amanda sits on the Australian Energy Market Operator's Social Licence Advisory Council and the National Hydrogen Strategy Advisory Council, and is a Senior Research Fellow at Melbourne Climate Futures at the University of Melbourne, an Industry Fellow at the Sydney Policy Lab and a 2023 Churchill Fellow.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 190
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 377g
• ISBN-13: 9781032854861
• ISBN-10: 1032854863
• Artikelnr.: 71576250