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Ethics in Danish Energy Policy book cover

1st Edition

Ethics in Danish Energy Policy

Edited By Finn Arler, Mogens Rüdiger, Karl Sperling, Kristian Høyer Toft, Bo Poulsen Copyright 2020
288 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 41 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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This book deepens our understanding of ethical drivers in energy policy and contributes to future decision-making on transitions towards a sustainable energy system. During the latest fifty years Western energy politics have been faced with a series of ethical challenges including rapid growth, oil crises, security of supply, nuclear power and climate change. Combining philosophical, historical... Read more

Foreword

  1. Introduction: Studying Energy and Ethics

    2. Finn Arler

  2. Impartiality and Ethics in Practice

    3. Finn Arler

  3. 1950s Syndrome and Danish Energy Consumption and Production

    4. Bo Poulsen and Mogens Rüdiger

  4. Energy Crises, Supply Security, and Energy Planning

    5. Mogens Rüdiger

  5. Energy Policy at a Crossroad

    6. Finn Arler

  6. Renewables

    7. Finn Arler

  7. Alternative Energy Plans

    8. Finn Arler

  8. Climate Change and Energy Planning after Brundtland

    9. Finn Arler

  9. The Global Community and Distributions of Rights and Responsibilities

    10. Finn Arler

  10. Liberalization of the Danish Energy Sector: An Era of Turnabouts

    11. Karl Sperling and Mogens Rüdiger

  11. COP 15 and the New Climate Agenda: The Ethics of Bottom-Up Governance

    12. Kristian Høyer Toft

  12. Half a Century of Energy Policy, Planning and Debate: Summary and Outlook

Finn Arler and Karl Sperling

Biography

Finn Arler works as Professor of Ethics and Planning at the Department of Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark. His main research is about planning in relation to ethics and politics. His main fields of interests are sustainability, climate change, landscape democracy, economics, biodiversity, and concepts of nature.

Mogens Rüdiger is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Society at Aalborg University. He has published extensively on various aspects of energy history.

Karl Sperling, Ph.D., works as an associate professor in Energy Planning at the Department of Planning at Aalborg University. His main research is within renewable energy systems with an interdisciplinary interest in planning, policy and economy with a special focus on urban and local energy transitions; grassroots initiatives in the energy sector; and coordination and ownership of smart energy systems.

Kristian Høyer Toft obtained a Ph.D. in political science from Aarhus University. He has held positions as postdoc in bioethics at the University of Copenhagen and an associate professorship at Aalborg University, Denmark, in applied philosophy. His research is focused on corporate responsibility, in particular with regard to climate change.

Bo Poulsen is a Professor of Modern History at Aalborg University, Denmark, with a special interest in fisheries and marine science. Poulsen is currently the PI of the Danish Research Council-funded project, Living on the Edge.

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