The Political Economy of Coal Obstacles to Clean Energy Transitions

1. Introduction: The political economy of coal
Michael Jakob and Jan C. Steckel

PART I: Countries phasing out coal

2. Late and expensive: The political economy of coal phase-out in Germany
Lukas Hermwille and Dagmar Kiyar

3. The political economy of coal in Bulgaria: The silent phase-out
Toma Pavlov

4. Positioned for consensus: Market-based approaches, civil society and the role of the state in Chile’s coal phase-out
Paelina DeStephano, Beatriz Hernandez Perez, Claudio Huepe Minoletti, Thomas Klug and Victoria Plutshack

5. Political economy of climate and energy policies in the United Kingdom
Nora Stognief, Paula Walk and Pao-Yu Oei

6. Unraveling the political economy of coal: Insights from the United States
Jiaqi Lu and Gregory Nemet

PART II: Established coal users

7. The political economy of coal: The case of China
Cecilia Springer, Dinah Shi and Aaditee Kudrimoti

8. The political economy of coal in India: Evidence from expert interviews
Lorenzo Montrone, Nils Ohlendorf and Rohit Chandra

9. Exploring the political economy of coal: Insights from Turkey
Ceren Ayas and John Wiseman

PART III: Countries phasing in coal

10. Competing energy visions in Kenya: The political economy of coal
Sinem Ayhan and Thabit Jacob

11. Conglomerates and the Department of Energy promote coal development in the Philippines
Niccolò Manych and Michael Jakob

12. Unraveling the political economy of coal: Insights from Vietnam
Ira Irina Dorband, Michael Jakob and Jan C. Steckel

PART IV: Coal exporters

13. Mining a fractured landscape: The political economy of coal in Australia
Peter Christoff

14. The political economy of coal in light of climate and mineral-energy policies: A case study from Colombia
Lina María Puerto-Chaves and Felipe Corral-Montoya

15. Coal, power and coal-powered politics in Indonesia
Jose Antonio Ordonez, Michael Jakob, Jan C. Steckel and Anna Fünfgeld

16. The political economy of energy and climate policy in South Africa
Jonathan Hanto, Akira Schroth, Lukas Krawielicki, Pao-Yu Oei and Jesse Burton

17. The politics of coal: Lessons learnt from 15 country cases
Michael Jakob and Jan C. Steckel

Biography

Michael Jakob is a senior fellow at the Ecologic Institute and a fellow at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Germany.

Jan C. Steckel is head of the Working Group “Climate and Development” at the Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change, Germany, and Chair of Climate- and Development Economics at the Brandenburg University of Technology (BTU) in Cottbus.

"The Political Economy of Coal is a cogent comparative analysis of coal policies and output trends worldwide, using a comparative statics supply-demand political economy framework. It groups countries into four distinct categories, across which forces driving moves toward or away from coal differ. It illuminates important issues and could point the way toward identifying strategies that internal or external actors could use to reduce coal use and emissions." Robert O. Keohane, Professor Emeritus, School of International and Public Affairs, Princeton University, USA