International Energy and Poverty: The emerging contours

355 Pages·2015·1.937 MB·English

by  Lakshman Guruswamy

International Energy and Poverty
Around 2.8 billion people globally, also known as the “Other Third” or “Energy
Poor,” have little or no access to beneficial energy that meets their needs for
cooking, heating, water, sanitation, illumination, transportation, or basic
mechanical power. This book uniquely integrates the hitherto segmented and
fragmented approaches to the challenge of access to energy. It provides
theoretical, philosophical, and practical analysis of energy for the low energy
(non-hydrocarbon based) Other Third of the world, and how the unmet needs of
the Energy Poor might be satisfied. It comprehensively addresses the range of
issues relating to energy justice and energy access for all, including appropriate
sustainable energy technologies (ASETs).
The book breaks new ground by crafting a unified and cohesive framework for
analysis and action that explains the factual and socio-political phenomenon of
the Energy Poor, and demonstrates why clean energy is a primary determinant of
their human progress.
This is a must-read for all scholars, students, professionals, and policymakers
working on energy policy, poverty, and sustainable energy technologies.
Lakshman Guruswamy is Nicholas Doman Professor of International
Environmental Law at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA.
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International Energy and
Poverty
The emerging contours
Edited by Lakshman Guruswamy
with Elizabeth Neville
First published 2016
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International energy and poverty : the emerging contours / [edited by]
Lakshman Guruswamy, with Elizabeth Neville.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Power resources--Economic aspects--Developing countries. 2. Energy
development--Developing countries. 3. Poverty--Developing countries.
4. Economic development--Developing countries. I. Guruswamy,
Lakshman D., 1939-
HD9502.D442I585 2016
333.7909172’4--dc23
2015010686
ISBN: 978-1-138-79231-9 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-76220-3 (ebk)
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
List of figures and tables xi
Dedication xiii
Contributors xv
Foreword by Kandeh K. Yumkella xxiii
Introduction 1
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PART 1
The phenomenon of the Energy Poor 9
1 The role of energy in economic growth 11
DAVID I. STERN
2 The predicament of women 24
JOY S. CLANCY, SOMA DUTTA, NTHABISENG MOHLAKOANA,
ANA VICTORIA ROJAS, AND MARGARET NJIRAMBO MATINGA
3 Indigenous peoples: from energy poverty to energy empowerment 39
KRISTEN A. CARPENTER AND JACQUELYN AMOUR JAMPOLSKY
PART 2
Conceptual foundations 53
4 Global energy justice 55
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5 Reflections on the moral foundations of a right to energy 68
E. CHRISTIAN BRUGGER
vi Contents
6 Sustainable development 84
VED P. NANDA
7 Energy security, poverty, and sovereignty: complex interlinkages
and compelling implications 97
MURODBEK LALDJEBAEV, BENJAMIN K. SOVACOOL, AND
KARIM-ALY S. KASSAM
8 Energy poverty and the environment 113
CARMEN G. GONZALES
PART 3
Assessing the various challenges 131
9 Assessing challenges to development 133
MARK SAFTY
10 Behavioral challenges and the adoption of appropriate sustainable
energy technologies 146
MARGARET NJIRAMBO MATINGA, JOY S. CLANCY, VINCENT DOYLE,
AND HAROLD ANNEGARN
11 Measuring access for different needs 160
SIMON TRACE
PART 4
The way forward 179
12 Decentralized power in countries of ECOWAS region:
a case study 181
PRADEEP MONGA, ALOIS P. MHLANGA, AND MARTIN LUGMAYR
13 Green Climate Fund, Sustainable Development Goals, and energy
access: a new opportunity for climate change and development 192
MARTIN HILLER, ANDREAS ZAHNER, KATRIN HARVEY, AND
AMY MEYER
14 The role of appropriate sustainable energy technologies (ASETs)
as a means for promoting access to energy for all 204
JASON B. AAMODT AND BLAKE M. FEAMSTER
Contents vii
15 Globalization of markets for ASETs 218
STEPHEN KATSAROS AND ELIZABETH NEVILLE
16 Energy for rural women: beyond energy access 231
ANOJA WICKRAMASINGHE
17 Lessons learned from six years of selling solar in Africa 245
DOUG VILSACK
18 Energy use and draft power in South Asian foodgrain production 258
ARJUN MAKHIJANI AND MELISSA F. MOORE-PACHUCKI
19 Sustainable energy for ICT 273
SARAH REVI STERLING AND MATT HULSE
20 Model laws on cooking 287
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Conclusions: the emerging contours 315
LAKSHMAN GURUSWAMY
Index 325
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Acknowledgments
We are beholden to Sean Owens for his diligence, perspicacity, and dedication.
This book could not have been completed without him. We are also indebted to,
and greatly appreciative of Diana Avelis for her invaluable word processing and
indexing skills.
A major part of this book was written and edited in the idyllic and inspiring
environs of the William S. Richardson School of Law in Honolulu. We are
grateful to Dean Avi Soifer, Associate Dean Denise Antolini, and David Forman,
Director of the Environmental Program, for favoring Lakshman with a
Distinguished Visitorship. The warmth and collegiality of the faculty, and staff,
made the visit even more memorable.
Jane Thompson, Research Librarian, is one of the most valuable assets of the
University of Colorado, School of Law. We are very grateful for her invaluable
help.
Finally, Lakshman is indebted to the University of Colorado, School of Law,
for granting him sabbatical leave during the Fall of 2014. A major part of this
book was completed during this sabbatical leave.
Lakshman Guruswamy
Elizabeth Neville