Thinking Globally: An Accelerated Just Transition to a Low-Carbon Economy
| Date | 01 February 2020 |
| DOI | 10.3366/gels.2020.0003 |
| Published date | 01 February 2020 |
| Pages | ix-xiii |
After many years where the societal transition to a low-carbon economy has been slow and held to be so by leading academics,
It is within this context of a changing society that this journal on Global Energy Law & Sustainability has started. The aim of this journal (supported through a co-operation between Edinburgh University Press, the Centre of Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy, and Professor Heffron) is to present as it develops literature on the key issues and problems in the energy sector and more broadly within society from a sustainability perspective. Articles that appeal to lawyers, policymakers and interdisciplinary researchers interested in policy-making are welcomed. The aim is to ensure there is a focus on impact and disciplinary development. An article should have a combination of how it can improve policy-making and how it advances literature, and thus there can be potential for both an impact on policy and research – though time will tell which will be more successful!
Articles will be accepted that (providing of requisite quality) offer a global or at least a comparative perspective. If there is only a single country analysis it should be robust in its literature review, methodology and/or conceptual frameworks. Further, different types of articles will be accepted varying from policy and country reviews, interdisciplinary perspectives and articles, and to more standard articles in length. Each issue will aim to have a selection of articles by authors or on topics that reflect what is happening across the world. And this mirrors the development of the Centre of Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy which has been welcoming students from interdisciplinary backgrounds in energy for 43 years (since 1977) and from near 140 different countries.
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