Global Governing Gaps and Accountability Traps for Solar Energy and Storage

气候危机刺激了全球对可再生能源的竞争，大大增加了太阳能和锂离子蓄电池的使用。该项目调查这些技术的全球治理对环境和社会的影响。这一点很重要，因为监管滞后于技术：保护存在治理“缺口” 社区、生态系统和发展中国家，以及将治理过程置于结果之上的问责“陷阱”。该项目研究了如何管理太阳能和储能的生产、使用和处置，以及治理措施是否可以解释危害。预期的结果是确定全球治理是否可以监管可再生能源，并有利于改善全球保护规则。

The climate crisis has spurred the global race for renewables, dramatically increasing solar energy and lithium-ion storage battery use. This project investigates the global governance of these technologies environmental and social impacts. This is significant because regulation lags technology: there are governance 'gaps' for protecting communities, ecosystems, and developing states, and accountability 'traps' that prioritise governance processes over outcomes. The project examines how solar and storage production, use, and disposal is governed and whether governance initiatives can account for harm. The expected outcomes are to determine whether global governance can regulate renewables, with benefit for improving global protection rules.