Open AccessShould Countries Fire Sell their Oil & Gas Assets? Addressing the Mis-conceptions Surrounding the Continued Role of Fossil Fuels in the Energy Transition Era
Author(s) -
Victoria R. Nalule,
Xiaoyi Mu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal for sustainable development law and policy/journal of sustainable law and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2467-8392
pISSN - 2467-8406
DOI - 10.4314/jsdlp.v11i2.7
Subject(s) - fossil fuel , renewable energy , energy transition , electricity , poverty , natural resource economics , peak oil , energy security , energy poverty , economic growth , economics , business , climate change , engineering , waste management , ecology , medicine , alternative medicine , electrical engineering , pathology , panacea (medicine) , biology
Access to modern energy such as electricity is key in the economic development of any country, and yet over 600 million people remain with no access to electricity in developing countries. It is true that both renewable energy and fossil fuels are key in the achievement of the United Nations Sustainable Development (UN SDG) Goal 7 and Goal 1 on energy access and poverty eradication respectively. However, the current global efforts to transition to a low carbon economy, and tackle climate change as stipulated in the SDG 13 and the 2015 Paris Agreement, have created a lot of tension on fossil fuel developments in recent years.This commentary article is presented as a question and answer session aimed at addressing the misconceptions surrounding the achievement of SDG 7 and SDG 13 in this energy transition era. The paper is of interest to oil producing countries. The article follows the various questions raised by policymakers during an online seminar delivered by both the authors entitled, ‘Fossil Fuels in the Energy Transition Era’.