Back to Square One. Green Sacrifice Zones in Sápmi and Swedish Policy Responses to Energy Emergencies
In the wake of the enthusiasm for green energy, previously contested energy and mining projects can be framed as part of a green transition. When state authorities decide to forego the standard procedural protections and the processes and forums for deliberation and local influence, it contributes t...
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ftjarlp:oai:nordicopenaccess.no:article/5082 2024-01-07T09:40:18+01:00 Back to Square One. Green Sacrifice Zones in Sápmi and Swedish Policy Responses to Energy Emergencies Össbo, Åsa 2023-03-17 application/pdf text/html application/epub+zip text/xml https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/5082 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v14.5082 eng eng University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway, Faculty of Law https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/5082/8435 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/5082/8436 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/5082/8437 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/5082/8438 https://arcticreview.no/index.php/arctic/article/view/5082 doi:10.23865/arctic.v14.5082 Copyright (c) 2023 Åsa Össbo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Arctic Review on Law and Politics; Vol. 14 (2023); 112–134 2387-4562 green sacrifice zones Indigenous peoples green transition climate change mitigation coloniality wind energy hydropower info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2023 ftjarlp https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v14.5082 2023-12-13T23:52:56Z In the wake of the enthusiasm for green energy, previously contested energy and mining projects can be framed as part of a green transition. When state authorities decide to forego the standard procedural protections and the processes and forums for deliberation and local influence, it contributes to constructing green sacrifice zones. This paper compares two Swedish energy policy processes. The first is occurred during World War II and the hydropower expansion of the 1940s and 1950s. The second takes place today when wind power is expanding to increase renewable energy production. In Sweden, policymaking seems to be back to square one in the green transition, leaving out both important knowledge of the past and contemporary voices of the ongoing and probable consequences. In certain issues, such as how the recognition of the Indigenous status of the Sámi actually affects the legislative process and how to address the Indigenous rights of the Sámi, policymaking is particularly slow to adapt. The green transition industry is already affecting the Sámi, as the construction of the Nordic welfare society has done during the last century, and still does. It deepens an ongoing colonial wave that started in the 1300s. By showing how the Swedish legislative process, historically as well as currently, has neglected to involve Sámi representatives, this study points to the importance and obligation of Swedish policymaking to engage Sámi representatives in an early phase to avoid further sacrifice zones in Sápmi. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic review on law and politics Arctic Review on Law and Politics Arctic Review on Law and Politics 14 |
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In the wake of the enthusiasm for green energy, previously contested energy and mining projects can be framed as part of a green transition. When state authorities decide to forego the standard procedural protections and the processes and forums for deliberation and local influence, it contributes to constructing green sacrifice zones. This paper compares two Swedish energy policy processes. The first is occurred during World War II and the hydropower expansion of the 1940s and 1950s. The second takes place today when wind power is expanding to increase renewable energy production. In Sweden, policymaking seems to be back to square one in the green transition, leaving out both important knowledge of the past and contemporary voices of the ongoing and probable consequences. In certain issues, such as how the recognition of the Indigenous status of the Sámi actually affects the legislative process and how to address the Indigenous rights of the Sámi, policymaking is particularly slow to adapt. The green transition industry is already affecting the Sámi, as the construction of the Nordic welfare society has done during the last century, and still does. It deepens an ongoing colonial wave that started in the 1300s. By showing how the Swedish legislative process, historically as well as currently, has neglected to involve Sámi representatives, this study points to the importance and obligation of Swedish policymaking to engage Sámi representatives in an early phase to avoid further sacrifice zones in Sápmi. |
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