Energy Poverty and Access Challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa

The role of regionalism

Victoria R. Nalule (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

XV, 217 Seiten

2018 | 1st ed. 2019
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-95401-1 (ISBN)

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Access to modern energy is central in addressing the major global challenges of the 21st century, including poverty, climate change and famine. However large parts of the world, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have poor or no access to modern energy. Victoria Nalule argues that SSA countries have many common energy challenges which could be tackled with collective efforts through regional cooperation. By means of a legal and comparative analysis and a seven-step framework, the book explores the current regional mechanisms employed in Africa to address the challenge of energy poverty and access and whether they are effective in tackling the challenge of energy access, including regional energy infrastructure and regional energy regulations.
Chapters discuss the evolution of regionalism in SSA and the role of regional cooperation in the development of renewable energy as a means of confronting both energy access and climate change. Specifically the nexus between energy access, renewable energy and climate change is covered as well as the potential of fossil fuels in addressing energy poverty. The establishment and development of regional energy infrastructure as one of the mechanisms of addressing energy access challenges in SSA and regional efforts to harmonise energy regulation are explored. Finally a concluding chapter provides recommendations for policy makers and other relevant stakeholders on how best to implement some of the suggestions made in previous chapters. International organisations, regional organisations, government officials, scholars and students with interest in the energy sector will highly benefit from this book.

Victoria Ritah Nalule is a researcher at the Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy (CEPMLP), University of Dundee, Scotland, UK. She was previously a research fellow and energy consultant at the Energy Charter Secretariat in Brussels, and an energy researcher at the East African Community (EAC) in Tanzania and in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) in Botswana.

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Energy Access in Sub-Saharan Africa.- Chapter 3: Regionalism in Addressing Energy Access Challenges.- Chapter 4: Regional Cooperation in Renewable Energy and Fossil Fuel Development.- Chapter 5: Regional Cooperation in the Establishment of Regional Energy Infrastructure.- Chapter 6: Harmonisation of Regional Energy Regulations.- Chapter 7: Conclusion.

Erscheinungsdatum	13.09.2018
Reihe/Serie	Energy, Climate and the Environment
Zusatzinfo	XV, 217 p. 2 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	148 x 210 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
Schlagworte	energy access • energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa • energy and gender equality • energy efficiency in Africa • energy nexus • Energy Policy • energy poverty • Energy Regulation • Energy Security • Environmental Geography • G20 Energy Access Action Plan • liberalisation of the energy sector • Millennium Development Goals • poverty eradication • Sustainable Developmental Goals • The East African Community (EAC) • Why tackle energy poverty
ISBN-10	3-319-95401-6 / 3319954016
ISBN-13	978-3-319-95401-1 / 9783319954011
Zustand	Neuware