Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/280744 
Authors: 
Year of Publication: 
2023
Series/Report no.: 
QMS Working Paper No. 2023/08
Publisher: 
Queen's University Belfast, Queen's Business School, Belfast
Abstract: 
This study examines whether the current discourses and debates at international level are aligned with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 for i) affordable energy and ii) clean energy. Guided by the overarching vision of SDG7, this study assumes that both "affordably energy" and "clean energy" are of equal importance and examines their prevalence along two dimensions: parliamentary debates and news cycle. Results suggest that "clean energy" is used significantly more compared to "affordable energy" in both parliamentary debates and newspapers in the UK, US and Ireland. This is the first study that we are aware of that examines the possible incongruity between international discourses and SDG7. It also adds to the emerging debate on whether affordable energy and clean energy are of equal importance or whether one is superior to the other. It also points towards the need for a macroeconomic evaluation and cost consideration when it comes to creation of 'green jobs'. Finally, given that this incongruity is most severe in the US congress, this study also points to geopolitical implications for other countries.
Subjects: 
SDG7
clean energy
affordable energy
green jobs
sustainable development
JEL: 
Q40
Q42
Q43
Q48
Q58
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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