Right to energy and environmental ethics of liberation for a just, popular and sustainable energy transition
Abstract
Taking the human rights framework as a reference, the concept of the right to energy is leveraged in conjunction with a proposal of environmental ethics for liberation, based on the contributions of Dussel's philosophy. The article proposes an exercise of theoretical reflection, pursuing the objective that this legal and philosophical framework enables reflection on a just and popular energy transition, which puts in dialogue different proposals on this transitional process that have been taking place in sociology, political science and environmental movements. To this end, first the theoretical framework of the right to energy and its legal genealogy is presented, then the same is done with environmental ethics for liberation, and finally a conclusive relationship is drawn between this framework and the current debates around the energy transition in the context of climate change and contemporary international agendas.
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