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dc.contributor.authorBallo, Bjørn Moen
dc.contributor.authorKristoffersen, Berit
dc.contributor.authorSidortsov, Roman
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-22T13:56:08Z
dc.date.available2024-02-22T13:56:08Z
dc.date.issued2024-02-08
dc.description.abstractIn this article, we analyse how energy security are woven into political discourses among Norwegian policymakers after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the consequences of this for intergenerational justice and environmental concerns more broadly. Preceding justifications centred on state revenue and domestic economic growth, the current discourse focuses on the European need for security of supply, and energy commodities in particular. The recent development has established a discourse we call “Drilling for European Energy Security”. Through a securitized narrative building on Russian aggression, European needs are constructed as arguments for increasing the tempo of Norwegian oil and gas production, as well as intensifying exploration. By employing the intergenerational justice lens, the article exposes this approach as disconnected from the needs of domestic and European consumers, i.e., energy services. Furthermore, we analyse narratives regarding the recently approved electrification of the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea, and how policymakers have co-opted what was initially regional counterarguments against the electrification. We argue that this exposes the policymakers dedication to continue the long-standing narrative based on ‘clean oil and gas’, perceived as contributing to secure both civil legitimacy and competitiveness in the international oil and gas market.en_US
dc.identifier.citationBallo B, Kristoffersen B, Sidortsov R. Running out of excuses? Norwegian political and policy discourses justifying oil and gas development in the Arctic. Spanish Yearbook of International Law. 2024;27:221-232en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 2247119
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.36151/SYBIL.2024.010
dc.identifier.issn0928-0634
dc.identifier.issn2211-6125
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/33023
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherAEPDIRIen_US
dc.relation.journalSpanish Yearbook of International Law
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dc.rights.holderCopyright 2024 The Author(s)en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)en_US
dc.titleRunning out of excuses? Norwegian political and policy discourses justifying oil and gas development in the Arcticen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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