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Conclusions

Renewable Commons?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 June 2025

James Goodman ,
Gareth Bryant ,
Linda Connor ,
Devleena Ghosh ,
Jonathan Paul Marshall ,
Tom Morton ,
Katja Müller ,
Stuart Rosewarne ,
Riikka Heikkinen  and
Lisa Lumsden
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James Goodman
Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney
Gareth Bryant
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Linda Connor
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Devleena Ghosh
Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney
Jonathan Paul Marshall
Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney
Tom Morton
Affiliation:
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Katja Müller
Affiliation:
Merseburg University for Applied Sciences
Stuart Rosewarne
Affiliation:
University of Sydney
Riikka Heikkinen
Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney
Lisa Lumsden
Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney
Mareike Pampus
Affiliation:
Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
Priya Pillai
Affiliation:
University of Technology Sydney
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Summary

The Conclusions widen the lens to develop a series of substantive recommendations for policymakers, regional, national, and global, who are seeking to strengthen public legitimacy for electricity decarbonisation. It also seeks to draw out implications, in the long haul, for recasting socio-ecological relations under climate change in more democratic directions, to realise its fullest potential for societal transformation, and democratic engagement. As with energy transitions in the past, the current juncture offers manifold (still undreamt-of) possibilities: we argue for a transition regime that allows for such possibilities to be fostered and realised. There is capacity and agency for distributed renewables, for energy transformations and new forms of energy social ownership and democratisation, in other words, for a ‘re-commoning’ of socio-ecological relations.

Keywords

Climate changeEnergy commonsSocial ownership.

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Decarbonising Electricity
The Promise of Renewable Energy Regions
 , pp. 243 - 256
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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