Ethics in Danish Energy Policy

Finn Arler works as Professor of Ethics and Planning at the Department of Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark. His main research is about planning in relation to ethics and politics. His main fields of interests are sustainability, climate change, landscape democracy, economics, biodiversity, and concepts of nature. Mogens Rüdiger is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics and Society at Aalborg University. He has published extensively on various aspects of energy history. Karl Sperling, Ph.D., works as an associate professor in Energy Planning at the Department of Planning at Aalborg University. His main research is within renewable energy systems with an interdisciplinary interest in planning, policy and economy with a special focus on urban and local energy transitions; grassroots initiatives in the energy sector; and coordination and ownership of smart energy systems.Kristian Høyer Toft obtained a Ph.D. in political science from Aarhus University. He has held positions as postdoc in bioethics at the University of Copenhagen and an associate professorship at Aalborg University, Denmark, in applied philosophy. His research is focused on corporate responsibility, in particular with regard to climate change.Bo Poulsen is a Professor of Modern History at Aalborg University, Denmark, with a special interest in fisheries and marine science. Poulsen is currently the PI of the Danish Research Council-funded project, Living on the Edge.

• Introduction 2. Impartiality and Ethics in Practice 3. 1950s Syndrome and Danish Energy Consumption and Production 4. Energy Crises, Supply Security, and Energy Planning 5. Energy Policy at a Crossroad 6. Renewables 7. Alternative Energy Plans 8. Climate Change and Energy Planning after Brundtland 9. The Global Community and Distributions of Rights and Responsibilities 10. Liberalization of the Danish Energy Sector 11. COP 15 and the New Climate Agenda 12. Half a Century of Energy Policy, Planning and Debate