Energy Governance as a Multi-Level Issue: Challenges for the 21st Century

11/06/2009 - 12:30

 

11 June 2009
12.30 - 14.00 hrs

Energy Programme Asia Lecture by Prof. Joyeeta Gupta, Institute for Environmental Studies - Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

 

Energy Programme Asia Lecture Series 2009: Domestic and Geopolitical Challenges to Energy Security for China and the European Union

This lecture will focus on the key challenges for energy governance in the context of the 21st century. It deals with the multiple problems facing energy governance - i.e. the need to meet the needs of people in an environmentally sound and sustainable manner. Attention will also be paid to the nature of global energy governance, regional energy governance, supranational energy governance (e.g. at the level of the European Union), and national energy governance). It argues that sustainable development calls for a comprehensive system of energy governance at global level taking into account the features of different types of energy and their environmental impacts; but the tendency of states to see energy as a national security issue tends to limit discussions of energy to national or sectoral forums. These two conflicting tendencies will be analysed and scenarios for the future of energy governance will be presented.

Speaker

Prof. Joyeeta Gupta, Institute for Environmental Studies - Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Chair 

Dr. Mehdi Amineh

Discussant

Dr. Mehdi Amineh

Date

11 June, 12:30 hrs - 14:00 hrs

Venue

ISHSS, Prins Hendrikkade 189-B, Room C

 

This lecture series is organized in the context of a joint research programme between Energy Programme Asia - IIAS, and the Institute of West Asian and African Studies of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, China.

Information
Dr Mehdi P. Amineh
EPA Programme Director
International Institute for Asian Studies
T +31 20 525 4567
m.p.amineh@uva.nl