Global governance on renewable energy
Subtitle: contrasting the ideas of the German and the Brazilian governments
By: Sybille Roehrkasten ; with a foreword by Prof. Dr. Miranda Schreurs
Publisher: Springer VS
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Weisbaden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9783658104795; 9783658104801
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: International cooperation; Comparative government; Government policy; Renewable energy sources
Description: Comparing Germany’s and Brazil’s government perspectives, Sybille Roehrkasten reveals that the ideas on global renewable energy governance are highly contested. In her study, the author sheds light on the politics behind the definition of global governance issues, focusing on two pioneers in the worldwide promotion of renewables and two decisive players in this emergent area of global cooperation. She demonstrates that ideas about problems and solutions in transboundary policy-making differ widely, and that these differences are caused by the decision makers’ policy contexts and self-interests. The differences concern key aspects in global governance on renewables, such as global challenges to be addressed, favored renewables options, barriers to renewables promotion, and tasks for cooperation.  Contents Global Governance on Renewable Energy German and Brazilian Ideas on Global Renewable Energy Governance Ideational Differences in Global Renewable Energy Governance  Target Groups Researchers and students with a focus on global governance, international relations, energy policy, and the promotion of renewable energies Decision makers in the areas of international cooperation, foreign affairs, energy, economics and environment  The Author Dr. Sybille Roehrkasten is a researcher at the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in Potsdam. She works on the international dimension of the energy transition.  .
Notes: Doctoral Freie Universität Berlin 2014.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-312).