2014 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
The Blue Economy and the Renewable Energy Transition in Small Island Developing States
verfasst von : Dr. Nicholas S .J. Watts
Erschienen in: Im Hürdenlauf zur Energiewende
Verlag: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
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The emergent paradigm of the
Blue Economy
is the result of applying
Green Economy
thinking to the oceans and the ‘Big Ocean States,’ as the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) sometimes call themselves. If it takes hold, the paradigm may offer a new dawn for the development of renewable energy (RE) in SIDS. Some of these countries are among those worst-hit by climate change and sea-level rise and are also dependent on the 'diesel economy.’ They have been slow to bounce back from the recent economic downturn.