Enerji Geçişinin Politik Ekolojisi: Antroposen’de Enerji Adaleti

Yıl 2026, Cilt: 12 Sayı: 2, 386 - 409, 19.01.2026

Buket Teneke Oduncu

https://izlik.org/JA89TT32JB

Öz

Bu çalışma, iklim değişikliği ve enerji sektörü arasındaki yapısal ilişkiyi politik ekoloji perspektifinden ele almakta ve Antroposen kavramsallaştırması içinde enerji adaleti tartışmalarına alan açmaktadır. Antroposen söyleminin, iklim krizinin sorumluluğunu homojen bir “insanlık” öznesine yükleyerek tarihsel ve coğrafi eşitsizlikleri görünmez kıldığı eleştirisinden yola çıkarak, küresel enerji geçişi politikalarının adalet ilkeleri doğrultusunda nasıl şekillendirilmesi gerektiği sorgulanmaktadır. Çalışmada enerji adaleti tartışmalarına bir giriş yapılarak dağıtımsal, prosedürel, tanıma, onarıcı ve kozmopolitan adalet ilkeleri açıklanmaktadır. Tarihsel eşitsizliklerle örülü olan fosil odaklı enerji sektörünün iklim krizine yanıt olarak acil bir şekilde dönüştürülmesi gerektiği vurgulanmaktadır. Bu çalışma, enerji geçişinin enerji adaletinin sunduğu eleştirel ve sosyal bilimsel ufuk olmaksızın, var olan eşitsizlikleri derinleştirme ve hatta yeni eşitsizlikler üretme riski taşıdığını ortaya koymayı amaçlamaktadır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Enerji geçişi , enerji adaleti , politik ekoloji , enerji siyaseti , iklim değişikliği

The Political Ecology of Energy Transition: Energy Justice in The Anthropocene

https://izlik.org/JA89TT32JB

Öz

This study examines the structural relationship between climate change and the energy sector from a political ecology perspective. It opens a space for discussions on energy justice within the conceptual framework of the Anthropocene. It questions how global energy transition policies should be shaped in line with principles of justice, drawing on critiques that the Anthropocene narrative obscures historical and geographical inequalities by attributing responsibility for the climate crisis to a homogenous "humanity." The study introduces the conceptual framework of energy justice by elaborating on its key dimensions: distributive, procedural, recognition, restorative, and cosmopolitan justice. Emphasizing the urgent need to transform the fossil-based energy system—rooted in historical inequalities—as a response to the climate crisis, the article argues that without the critical and social science-oriented insights provided by the energy justice framework, the process of energy transition runs the risk of deepening existing inequalities and generating new forms of injustice.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Energy transition , energy justice , political ecology , energy politics , climate change

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