Global Energy Governance
The world’s energy sector is moving toward a period of global upheaval for two powerful reasons. Scientific findings and such observed effects as the melting polar ice-caps and rising sea levels have pushed climate change high up the global political agenda. Climate change solutions will require a transformation of the energy sector, which contributes roughly two thirds of annual global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet growing demands for energy services are pushing governments to rapidly develop whatever energy resources they can find without regard to the climate implications. Each problem separately would demand better global governance – the two in combination create extraordinary challenges.
Within the framework of its broader focus on global governance (S.T. Lee Project on Global Governance), CAG aims to develop a new, empirically informed, and theoretically rich field of study in global energy governance that:
- explores and explains the current fractured and complex landscape;
- examines what roles Asia can and should play; and
- effectively engages policymakers and other actors, leading to real and constructive advances in the development of a coherent global energy governance regime.
