D. Rajmil, L. Morales, J. Masllorens, B. O'Callaghan
Since 1988, the Four Motors Initiative has offered a joint cooperative framework to the territories of Catalonia, Baden-Württemberg (BW), Lombardy and Rhône-Alpes (currently Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, AURA). In this, the paradiplomacy means of non-state actors and regions have been evolving to a more diverse political participation of regional territories in what was once a traditional matter. The network has expanded from purely economic aspects to a a diverse portfolio of activities. The complexity of the regions and the cooperative elements that have emerged from the working framework will be examined in a comparative framework offered to explore the regions; energy needs during times when the transition towards sustainable energy models are generating significant pressures due to the growing speed of environmental deterioration and its implications for climate change as a result of global warming. This paper proposes a research framework examining how the different regions are developing energy resource management and related policies, their interlinked dynamics, and their implications for water management as a critical resource for economic development and progress.
Initially, there was a clear distinction between regionalization as the outcome of the natural location phenomenon which led to closer economic ties and regionalism, which intended to create preferential trading arrangements (Lorenz, 1992). This remained true for most of the advanced industrialized regions in Europe, Asia and America. Nonetheless, the development of globalization paradigms pushed regional actors and local actors to be integrated within international geopolitical dynamics and decisions hand in hand with financial and economic development. Since the 1970s, financial markets have evolved towards a gradual state of globalization, stirring further structural change and transformation including developments in information processing technologies and governments ‘deregulation policies (Allen 2023:1).
There is currently a gap in the academic literature, where conclusive results – only indications – are lacking on the climate impact on existing energy resources policies and derived consequences, such as the deficit use of alternative sources or the so named green transition. This project seeks to carry out an academic contribution, based on economic and policy indicators, which will help to define the environmental hazards and climate change in the scarcity contexts in order to contribute to the better definition of public policies.
Published on 08/06/24Submitted on 07/06/24
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