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July 18, 2026Annual Review of Environment and ResourcesOpen Access

Unsettling Energy Transitions: Toward a Critical, Anticapitalist, and Plural Perspective

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CTCarlos TornelADA.D. DunlapJAJoanna Allan

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Review examines socioecological impacts of low-carbon technologies in the Global South, suggesting a critical approach to energy justice.

Key Points

  • The article analyzes the socioecological implications of the shift to low-carbon energy and critiques its capitalist foundations.
  • Comprehensive literature review on low-carbon technologies and their impacts
  • Analysis of geopolitical reconfigurations related to energy transitions
  • Engagement with debates on coloniality and injustices in energy infrastructures.
  • Low-carbon technologies are linked to existing fossil fuel systems, exacerbating ecological crises.
  • Supply chains of low-carbon technologies disproportionately harm the Global South, highlighting social injustice.
  • The article identifies significant gaps in current discourses surrounding energy transitions and underscores the need for a pluralistic approach to justice.

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Tornel et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a5b18b318557b26c203a60fhttps://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-environ-121124-064238
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