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Just Transitions in Extractive Territories


Abstract The energy transition will have profound impacts on extractive territories—those that currently produce fossil-based fuel minerals and those that will be transformed by production of the critical minerals and materials necessary for clean energy production. To fossil-fuel extraction regions, the energy transition may result in collapse of existing social and fiscal systems. Energy justice demands recognition of these harms, restoration of past environmental damage and underinvestment, and fair procedures to allow full participation and autonomy within a transformed and decarbonized energy and economic system. This must commence with restorative justice efforts that a mutualized with local priorities and are not conditioned on acceptance of new risks. Assuring fulfillment of the existing social contract in areas of fossil-based fuel and energy production is tantamount to a just transition and to building social license in emerging areas of resource production.
Authors Tara Righetti University of Wyoming
Journal Info Not listed | The Power of Energy Justice & the Social Contract , pages: 227 - 233
Publication Date 12/2/2023
ISSN Not listed
TypeKeyword Image book-chapter
Open Access bronze Bronze Access
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-46282-5_30
KeywordsKeyword Image Energy Transitions (Score: 0.598785)