Green Revolutions? The political economy of the energy transition in the UAE, Jordan and

绿色革命？

• 批准号: 2576981
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Sussex
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2576981
• 关键词: Green; Revolutions; political; economy; energy

Although the economies of the League of Arab States use the least renewable energy in theworld, a limited number are beginning to adopt solar and wind energy. In light of suchdevelopments, this PhD proposal seeks to understand the conditions under whichdecarbonisation takes place in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. By examiningthree case studies - Morocco, Lebanon and the United Arab Emirates - the thesis willinvestigate the features of the political economy that underpin the regional (non-)adoptionof renewable energy. Drawing on discursive institutionalist scholarship, it will be argued thatdecarbonisation happens when national policy elites accept the idea that decarbonisation is'good' for their economies. The hypothesis is that when Arab state policymakers participatein international climate change policy fora, they are influenced by 'discourse coalitions' -groups that believe in the same ideas, but do not necessarily share the same interests -which in turn cause the transmission, adoption and reproduction of decarbonisation policiesin national contexts. These ideas become woven into national narratives and frame the waysin which national strategic priorities are understood. To test my hypothesis, I will interviewkey interest groups involved in regional (de)carbonisation, including representatives ofenergy ministries, policy fora, electric utilities, oil and gas companies and activist groups. Iwill then use process-tracing methods to identify and evaluate the causal mechanismsinvolved in the diffusion of ideas into national policymaking structures. Given ongoingscholarly fixation with interest- and institutional-based political economy approaches to theMENA region, this interdisciplinary project will fill important empirical and methodologicalgaps in energy transition, MENA region and political economy studies.

虽然阿拉伯国家联盟的经济体使用的可再生能源是世界上最少的，但有少数经济体开始采用太阳能和风能。鉴于这些发展，本博士论文旨在了解中东和北非（MENA）地区脱碳的条件。通过对摩洛哥、黎巴嫩和阿拉伯联合酋长国三个案例的研究，本文将探讨支持区域（非）采用可再生能源的政治经济特征。借鉴散漫的制度主义学术，它将认为，脱碳发生时，国家政策精英接受的想法，脱碳是“好”的经济。假设是，当阿拉伯国家决策者参与国际气候变化政策论坛时，他们受到“话语联盟”的影响-这些团体相信相同的想法，但不一定有相同的利益-这反过来又导致了国家背景下脱碳政策的传播，采用和复制。这些想法被编织成国家叙事，并构成了理解国家战略优先事项的方式。为了验证我的假设，我将采访参与区域（去）碳化的主要利益集团，包括能源部、政策论坛、电力公司、石油和天然气公司以及活动家团体的代表。然后，我将使用过程跟踪的方法来识别和评估因果机制参与传播的想法进入国家决策结构。鉴于对中东和北非地区的兴趣和基于制度的政治经济学方法的持续学术固定，这个跨学科项目将填补能源转型，中东和北非地区和政治经济学研究的重要经验和方法空白。