Di Luca, Cristina (A.A. 2024/2025) The role of natural gas in a just energy transition: the Nigerian case. Tesi di Laurea in Energy and climate change policy, Luiss Guido Carli, relatore Angelo Taraborrelli, pp. 86. [Master's Degree Thesis]

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A just energy transition: evolution and diverging approaches. The necessity of an energy transition. From the energy transition to a just transition. The global institutionalization of the just transition. The European approach to the just transition. African perspectives and the energy progression. The global energy transition as a governance challenge. Sub-Saharan Africa energy landscape. Historical development of hydrocarbon economy in SSA. The energy paradox. Lack of energy access and poverty traps. A region plagued by the resource curse. Limits and critiques of the resource curse theory. Nigeria. The paradigmatic case of Nigeria. Nigeria’s stated energy policy trajectory. The political economy of implementation: institutional, legal, and financial pathologies in Nigeria’s energy sector. The role of natural gas. The case for natural gas as a transition fuel. Sectoral applications of natural gas: energy production and transport. The failure of policymaking in promoting gas as a transition fuel. The perception of gas as a politicized commodity. The African gas renaissance. Nigeria: an econometric analysis.

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Bibliografia: pp. 78-84.

Thesis Type:	Master's Degree Thesis
Institution:	Luiss Guido Carli
Degree Program:	Master's Degree Programs > Master's Degree Program in International Relations (LM-52)
Chair:	Energy and climate change policy
Thesis Supervisor:	Taraborrelli, Angelo
Thesis Co-Supervisor:	Tenti, Duccio Maria
Academic Year:	2024/2025
Session:	Extraordinary
Deposited by:	Alessandro Perfetti
Date Deposited:	14 Jul 2026 08:14
Last Modified:	14 Jul 2026 08:14
URI:	https://tesi.luiss.it/id/eprint/46366

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