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Ending Big Oil: Nationalising the Fossil Fuel Industry for a Just Transition in Norway

Dignan, Keira Melanie LU (2024) HEKM51 20241
Department of Human Geography
Human Ecology
Abstract
Ecosocialist theorists increasingly call for nationalisation programmes to nationalise fossil fuel industry giants in order to orchestrate a just transition on a timetable compatible with pulling the emergency brake on climate collapse. Yet few such programmes exist. Synthesising utopian- and eco-socialist theoretical frameworks, this thesis uses class conflict informed participatory backcasting to broadly sketch the background conditions and ensuing potential policy pathways forward to achieve such a transition in Norway. Two initial pathways are located; a comprehensive but slow act of parliament pathway, and a shallow but rapid corporate restructuring pathway. A third pathway combining the fast-acting extraction bans of the second... (More)
Ecosocialist theorists increasingly call for nationalisation programmes to nationalise fossil fuel industry giants in order to orchestrate a just transition on a timetable compatible with pulling the emergency brake on climate collapse. Yet few such programmes exist. Synthesising utopian- and eco-socialist theoretical frameworks, this thesis uses class conflict informed participatory backcasting to broadly sketch the background conditions and ensuing potential policy pathways forward to achieve such a transition in Norway. Two initial pathways are located; a comprehensive but slow act of parliament pathway, and a shallow but rapid corporate restructuring pathway. A third pathway combining the fast-acting extraction bans of the second pathway with the comprehensive nationalisation and just transition procedures of the first is proposed. Placing such a pathway into the context of current forecasts for Norway’s fossil future, it appears that whilst the backcasted nationalisation pathway is built on a semi-utopian framework, its realisation requires less magical thinking than reaching the expressed goals of the current Norwegian fossil fuel industry governance through current profit-driven ownership and governance structures. (Less)
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author
Dignan, Keira Melanie LU
supervisor
organization
course
HEKM51 20241
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
Norway, fossil fuels, oil, gas, climate collapse, ecosocialism, utopian socialism, nationalisation, socialisation, climate justice, just transition, labour union, climate movement, participatory backcasting
language
English
id
9151959
date added to LUP
2024-07-24 08:49:25
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2024-07-24 08:49:25
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  abstract     = {{Ecosocialist theorists increasingly call for nationalisation programmes to nationalise fossil fuel industry giants in order to orchestrate a just transition on a timetable compatible with pulling the emergency brake on climate collapse. Yet few such programmes exist. Synthesising utopian- and eco-socialist theoretical frameworks, this thesis uses class conflict informed participatory backcasting to broadly sketch the background conditions and ensuing potential policy pathways forward to achieve such a transition in Norway. Two initial pathways are located; a comprehensive but slow act of parliament pathway, and a shallow but rapid corporate restructuring pathway. A third pathway combining the fast-acting extraction bans of the second pathway with the comprehensive nationalisation and just transition procedures of the first is proposed. Placing such a pathway into the context of current forecasts for Norway’s fossil future, it appears that whilst the backcasted nationalisation pathway is built on a semi-utopian framework, its realisation requires less magical thinking than reaching the expressed goals of the current Norwegian fossil fuel industry governance through current profit-driven ownership and governance structures.}},
  author       = {{Dignan, Keira Melanie}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Ending Big Oil: Nationalising the Fossil Fuel Industry for a Just Transition in Norway}},
  year         = {{2024}},
}