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Affordable and Clean Energy pp 1–16Cite as

Energy Governance and Institutions (International)

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Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals ((ENUNSDG))

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Clean energy transition or low-carbon transition; Global energy architecture; Global energy governance; International energy law and regulation; International energy organizations; Multilateral governance.

Definitions

Global governance may be referred to as “the sum of the many ways individuals and institutions, public and private, manage their common affairs. It is a continuing process through which conflicting or diverse interests may be accommodated and co-operative action may be taken. It includes formal institutions and regimes empowered to enforce compliance, as well as informal arrangements that people and institutions either have agreed to or perceive to be in their interest” (Commission on Global Governance 1995).

Applying this definition to the topic of energy, Global Energy Governance (GEG) can be understood as constituting “those efforts which seek to manage energy as a common affair in the international community” (Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen 2010) or the “international...

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    Stuart Bruce

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  1. European School of Sustainability, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Walter Leal Filho

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    Anabela Marisa Azul

  3. Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo University Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Passo Fundo, Brazil

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    Elisa Conticelli

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Bruce, S. (2020). Energy Governance and Institutions (International). In: Leal Filho, W., Azul, A., Brandli, L., Özuyar, P., Wall, T. (eds) Affordable and Clean Energy. Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71057-0_71-1

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