G8+5 collaboration on energy efficiency and IPEEC: Shortcut to a sustainable future?
In recent years, the G8+5 system has proven to be a major focal point of international cooperation in the field of energy efficiency. The G8 has set up multiple dialogues and collaborative frameworks with five emerging economies (China, India, Brazil, Mexico and South Africa) on energy and energy efficiency. The most prominent initiative so far is the creation of the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation (IPEEC) in 2009. This article critically evaluates these joint efforts between the G8 and the 'Plus Five' on energy efficiency. More specifically, the purpose of this article is (1) to frame and explain the emergence of this kind of great-power cooperation; (2) to map G8+5 collaboration on energy efficiency; and (3) to provide a critical assessment of the relevance, impact and results of G8+5 initiated energy efficiency initiatives. The main conclusion is that the G8+5 system has performed better on the external dimension (steering global governance) than on the internal dimension (coordination of domestic policies) of global energy efficiency governance.
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2010
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Authors: | Lesage, Dries ; Van de Graaf, Thijs ; Westphal, Kirsten |
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Energy Policy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0301-4215. - Vol. 38.2010, 11, p. 6419-6427
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | G8+5 Energy efficiency International partnership for energy efficiency cooperation (IPEEC) |
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