CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2023
| Author | Vowles, Catherine |
|---|---|
| Title | Exploring the Opportunities and Challenges for Restorative Justice in the South African Just Energy Transition - How to Improve Energy Transition Policies and the Policy-Making Process for the Just Energy Transition |
| Summary | South Africa faces a substantial challenge: it is a country heavily dependent on fossil fuels for energy but must undertake an energy transition to renewables to meet its climate targets, to keep pace with a changing international market, and to ensure that development within South Africa is sustainable. According to the Just Transition Framework, created to oversee the transition to a climate-resilient and low-emissions economy, transitions in South Africa need to be guided by three tenets of justice: procedural, distributive, and restorative justice. While procedural and distributive justice have made regular appearances in energy transitions and energy justice literature, restorative justice has been largely underexplored. Furthermore, the existing energy transitions literature argues for the importance of further exploration of restorative justice as a proactive policy approach, which could result in truly transformative transitions if used to guide decision making throughout every step of the transition. This study is therefore an exploration of the opportunities and challenges for restorative justice in the South African just energy transition to inform how energy transition policies and the policy-making process might be improved to achieve the opportunities, overcome the challenges, and ultimately facilitate a restorative energy transition. The findings suggest the same set of solutions could apply for both achieving the opportunities and overcoming the challenges for restorative justice. The study ultimately proposes a list of 16 interconnected recommendations that can be used to guide decision-makers and policy-makers in the South African just energy transition, to encourage restorative outcomes. |
| Supervisor | LaBelle, Michael |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2023/vowles_catherine.pdf |
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