dc.contributor.author | Mahaffey, Lucy | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-06-05T19:59:45Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-04-14T14:32:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-06-05T19:59:45Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-04-14T14:32:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244.46/74 | |
dc.description | © 2016, The Journal of Global Affairs is the official student research publication of the Department of International and Area Studies in the College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma. Correspondence may be sent to: Journal of Global Affairs, C/O CIS/DIAS, 729 Elm Avenue, Hester Hall 150, Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States of America. Email: jga@ou.edu. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Only 18 percent of Ugandans have access to energy. Compare this to
100 percent access in the similarly sized United Kingdom or 23 percent
for their neighbors in Kenya. Uganda does not have energy security, or
“the uninterrupted availability of energy sources at an affordable
price.” Climate concerns, such as droughts, floods, intense rainfall, or
heat-waves, stress Uganda’s developing electric grid and obstruct
growth. Uganda’s new energy infrastructure, recent oil discoveries, and
unique climate initiatives make it an excellent case study to observe the
balance between energy, climate, and national security concerns. Five
questions may help reconcile tensions between security and climate:
What are Uganda’s energy security concerns? How have they dealt
with these? Have these attempts succeeded? How do attempts look
through a climate “lens?” Ultimately, this research offers a case study
of Uganda’s “policy package” for energy access, highlighting bright
spots of local climate change innovation as well as shortfalls of
government corruption and international meddling, concluding with
three recommendations on how Uganda could best move their goal of
energy access forward. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | The Journal of Global Affairs is published in conjunction with the College of International Studies at the University of Oklahoma. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | The Journal of Global Affairs;Volume V | |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
dc.subject | Energy Infrastructure | en_US |
dc.subject | Energy Security | en_US |
dc.title | Uganda's Path to Energy Access - Is it Climate Friendly? | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.description.undergraduate | undergraduate | |