Is ‘eliminating’ remote diesel-generation just? Inuit energy, power, and resistance in off-grid communities of NunatuKavut

IF 6.9 2区 经济学 Q1 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Nicholas Mercer , Debbie Martin , Bryn Wood , Amy Hudson , Aimee Battcock , Tristan Atkins , Krista Oxford
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Nation states globally have signaled a rapid pursuit of net-zero emissions and transition to a low carbon economy. The country Canada is a part of this discourse and already has a largely decarbonized electricity grid, which is expected to grow substantially in the coming decades. Despite these ‘on-grid’ successes, remote, northern, and off-grid communities in Canada, most of which identify as Indigenous, remain almost wholly dependent on diesel fuel for space-heating and power generation. The agenda to transition remote communities off diesel-power is often driven by non-Indigenous outsiders, and seldom centers Indigenous knowledge, rights, or ways of being, potentially resulting in adverse socio-economic and ecological impacts and novel forms of ‘green’ colonialism. The current study is a participatory research partnership, between several university-based researchers, as well as representatives of the NunatuKavut Community Council – the rights-based governing body who represent Inuit across nine diesel-dependent communities in southern Labrador. The case-study research uses key informant interviews (n = 14) and a community member survey (n = 34) to assess how existing clean energy initiatives (policies, plans, programs, projects, etc.) in NunatuKavut have respected principles of energy justice. We discover and build upon several categories of distributional, procedural, and recognition injustice. Recognizing the potential harm of injustice discourses, we call on energy researchers to more meaningfully integrate strength-based approaches which focus on Indigenous resistance and response to energy domination. Finally, based on our results, we develop two novel schematics to help further understand distributive and procedural justice in the context of Indigenous energy governance.

消除 "偏远地区的柴油发电公正吗?努纳图卡武特离网社区的因纽特人能源、电力和反抗
全球各国都在迅速追求净零排放,向低碳经济转型。加拿大也参与了这一讨论,其电网在很大程度上已经去碳化,预计在未来几十年内还将大幅增长。尽管取得了这些 "并网 "成功,但加拿大的偏远、北部和离网社区(其中大部分社区都被认定为土著社区)仍然几乎完全依赖柴油燃料进行空间取暖和发电。让偏远社区摆脱柴油发电的议程往往是由非土著外来者推动的,很少以土著知识、权利或生存方式为中心,可能会造成不利的社会经济和生态影响,以及新形式的 "绿色 "殖民主义。目前的研究是一项参与性研究合作项目,由几位大学研究人员和 NunatuKavut 社区委员会的代表共同完成,NunatuKavut 社区委员会是一个以权利为基础的管理机构,代表着拉布拉多南部九个依赖柴油机的社区的因纽特人。案例研究使用关键信息提供者访谈(14 人)和社区成员调查(34 人)来评估努纳图卡武特区现有的清洁能源措施(政策、计划、方案、项目等)是如何尊重能源公正原则的。我们发现了分配不公、程序不公和认可不公等几种类型,并在此基础上进一步完善。认识到不公正论述的潜在危害,我们呼吁能源研究人员更有意义地整合以力量为基础的方法,重点关注土著人对能源支配的抵抗和回应。最后,基于我们的研究结果,我们提出了两个新的方案,以帮助进一步理解土著能源治理背景下的分配和程序正义。
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Energy Research & Social Science
Energy Research & Social Science ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES-
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14.00
自引率
16.40%
发文量
441
审稿时长
55 days
期刊介绍: Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) is a peer-reviewed international journal that publishes original research and review articles examining the relationship between energy systems and society. ERSS covers a range of topics revolving around the intersection of energy technologies, fuels, and resources on one side and social processes and influences - including communities of energy users, people affected by energy production, social institutions, customs, traditions, behaviors, and policies - on the other. Put another way, ERSS investigates the social system surrounding energy technology and hardware. ERSS is relevant for energy practitioners, researchers interested in the social aspects of energy production or use, and policymakers. Energy Research & Social Science (ERSS) provides an interdisciplinary forum to discuss how social and technical issues related to energy production and consumption interact. Energy production, distribution, and consumption all have both technical and human components, and the latter involves the human causes and consequences of energy-related activities and processes as well as social structures that shape how people interact with energy systems. Energy analysis, therefore, needs to look beyond the dimensions of technology and economics to include these social and human elements.
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