Global governance and energy

• Main Author: FLORINI, Ann
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Energy; governance; global governance; international security; environmental sustainability; development; human rights; international organizations; Energy Policy; Political Science
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/2318; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/3575/viewcontent/GlobalGovernance_CAGWorkingPaper001.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Energy has risen to the top of policy agendas around the world. There is now widespread recognition that energy policy has become key to international security, economic development, and the environmental sustainability of modern civilization. Yet this importance is not reflected in the world’s institutional infrastructure for managing global problems. A handful of international organizations work in uncoordinated fashion on various pieces of the energy puzzle. No organizational infrastructure exists to support the global conversation that is now badly needed about how to move the world onto a sustainable path that provides appropriate, reliable, and affordable energy services.