Navigating Uncertainties towards Just Energy Transitions
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全文截稿: 2024-12-31
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Overview
This special issue aims to serve as a platform for scholars around the globe to exchange ideas from a variety of perspectives. Supporting by the International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS), it seeks to unite cutting-edge research, deepening our understanding of the ongoing global energy transitions and the future challenges they present, particularly through the lens of uncertainties and just transition.
Guest editors:
Dr. Xunpeng Shi (Energy and Climate Economics, Sustainable Development). EE Associate Editor, ISETS President, ISETS 2024 Co-Chair. University of Technology Sydney, Australia.
Dr. Xunpeng (Roc) Shi is a Professor of Energy and Environmental Economics and Sustainability and Research Principal at the Australia-China Relations Institute, UTS; President of the International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS); and a Council Member (President, 2016-2018) of the Chinese Economics Society Australia (CESA). He serves as a co-Editor of Journal of the Asia Pacific Economy, an associate editor of China and World Economy, Energy Economics, Journal of Environmental Economics (in Chinese), and other editorial roles for more than 10 journals. His research interests cover the full spectrum of energy, climate change and other environmental issues in economics, policy, and sustainable development, with regional focuses on Australia, China, ASEAN, and Northeast Asia. He has published more than 150 SCI/SSCI indexed articles in peer-reviewed journals. He was listed in 2020 as Australia's leading researcher in the field of Environmental Law and Policy, the top 2% of the world’s top scientists in the energy field, and the top 2% of authors in the world’s largest database of economists (RePEc). He has advised international organisations, including ADB, and the International Group of LNG Importers (GIIGNL). Currently, he is an advisor to Global Gas Center (GGC), APEC Sustainable Energy Center (APSEC), and UN ESCAP, a member of the UN Working Group on Transforming the Extractive Industries for Sustainable Development and frequently participates in the United Nations and other international policy debates.
Dr. Qiang Ji (Energy Finance). EE Associate Editor, ISETS Vice President. Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China.
Dr. Qiang JI is executive director of the support center for discipline research in Institutes of Science and Development, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ISDCAS). He presides the program supported by Excellent Young Scientists Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China and is granted the Excellent Member by Youth Innovation Promotion Association of CAS. He has been engaged in research work in the fields of energy strategic management, energy and climate finance, energy forecasting and risk management for a long time. He is the co-founder of China Energy Finance Network, vice president of International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS) and Society for the Studies of Climate Finance. He is a founding editor of Journal of Climate Finance and serves as senior editors and associate editors for over ten energy and financial journals, such as Energy Economics, Finance Research Letters and International Review of Financial Analysis. He has published more than 150 SCI/SSCI indexed articles in peer-reviewed journals and been named in the global “Highly Cited Researchers” lists in year 2021-2023 released by Clarivate Analytics, and “World’s Top 2% Scientists” lists released by Stanford University in year 2020-2023.
Prof. Qunwei Wang (Management Science). EE Associate Editor, ISETS 2024 Co-Chair. Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China.
Prof. Qunwei Wang is a Professor and the Dean of the College of Economics and Management, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China. His research interests include energy and environmental economics and management, low-carbon operations management, energy finance and emissions trading. He has been selected as "Highly Cited Researcher" by Clarivate Analytics and "Highly Cited Chinese Researchers" by Elsevier. He has presided over 10 research projects including the Excellent Young Scientists Fund of China, and the Major Project of National Social Science Fund of China. He serves as the associate editor of Energy Economics, and editorial board member of several international academic journals.
Dr. Han Phoumin (Energy Economics). ISETS Councilor. Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia, Indonesia.
Dr. Han Phoumin has more than 20 years of professional experience working at various international and inter-governmental organizations and multi-disciplinary research consortiums related to energy market and technologies, environment, integrated water resource management, governance, and economic development in the region of ASEAN and EAST ASIA. Currently, he serves as a senior energy economist at the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia. Much of his career in the past twelve years has revolved around the power sector, especially in the areas of electricity market integration, waste to energy, sustainable hydropower development, renewable energy policy research, energy efficiency and conservation, clean coal technology, energy security, carbon capture utilisation and storage, financing energy transitions technologies, gas master plan, and energy demand and supply forecasting. My works and research feed into the high-level policy forum through East Asia Energy Minister Meeting and the regular East Asia Energy Forum organised by ERIA. Dr. Han earned his PhD in economic development and policies from Kobe University, where he also specialized in applied econometrics. He also serves as guest editor for various international journal. Those included, the energy frontier, the Energy Policy journal and energy Sustainability journal and International Journal of Hydrogen Energy.
Special issue information:
A new era of energy transition is on the horizon (Stern and Valero, 2021). The Paris Agreement, signed at the end of 2015, set the goal of limiting the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. This underscores the global commitment to low-carbon development, marking a significant shift in the development of the global energy industry as the energy sector was responsible for over 75% of global CO2 emissions (IEA, 2023).
This transition not only encompasses the shift from fossil-based to renewable energy sources but also emphasizes the need for equity, inclusiveness, and fairness in the energy transformation process. A just energy transition ensures that the benefits of the energy transition are shared widely and that the burdens are not disproportionately borne by the most vulnerable populations. It involves creating pathways for the workforce to move into new roles within the renewable sector, ensuring access to affordable and clean energy for all, and supporting communities that are historically dependent on fossil fuel industries. In light of the Paris Agreement goals and the urgent need for climate action, integrating justice into energy policies, strategies, and actions becomes not only a moral imperative but a practical necessity for sustainable development(Zhang and Shi, 2022).
However, the pathways to the just energy transition are not always clear. The complexity and challenges of this transition will inevitably lead to disruptive changes within the energy industry. This transition is fraught with uncertainties due to a myriad of factors including political systems, climate policies, global economic trends, technological innovations, international cooperation, and public sentiment. The intricate interplay among these factors and variables will influence, alter, or even reverse the direction of the energy transition (Ma et al., 2023; Paredes-Vergara et al., 2024; Xing et al., 2024).
These uncertainties highlight three critical scientific issues that need urgent attention to facilitate the just energy transition. First, identifying the driving forces and main factors of uncertainty in the global energy transition is crucial for a smooth transition worldwide. Second, assessing how countries, communities, enterprises, and markets will be impacted by, and respond to the uncertainties in the energy transition is also vital. Lastly, developing optimization strategies from various macro and micro perspectives to navigate these uncertainties will be key to advancing the just transition.
To address these uncertainties, it is essential to reconsider innovative research utilizing new frameworks and approaches (Markard, 2018). This special issue aims to serve as a platform for scholars around the globe to exchange ideas from a variety of perspectives. Supporting by the International Society for Energy Transition Studies (ISETS), it seeks to unite cutting-edge research, deepening our understanding of the ongoing global energy transitions and the future challenges they present, particularly through the lens of uncertainties and just transition.
Topics covered in this special issue include (but are not limited to):
Various measures of uncertainty and their applications, such as climate policy uncertainty, economic policy uncertainty, and geopolitical risk uncertainty.
Policy simulation related to energy transition and its impact on macroeconomics.
Climate risks and their impacts on international energy markets.
Behavior and performance of enterprises during energy transition.
Hedging against transition risks in the international energy sector.
The implications of uncertainties and asset stranding.
Development paths for alternative energy sources.
Energy security in the context of energy transition pathways.
Frameworks and models for understanding and assessing just energy transitions, incorporating social, economic, and environmental dimensions.
Socio-economic impacts of energy transitions , including employment impacts, skill gaps, and workforce development strategies.
Assessing the equity and fairness of energy transition policies, including their impacts on vulnerable and marginalized communities.
Equity considerations in the deployment of clean energy technologies.
Financial mechanisms, legal frameworks and governance structures to support just energy transitions ensuring protection and support for those most affected by the transition.