Planning Transitions: SEAs, Climate Change, and Energy Transitions in the Ocean.

ABSTRACT: Oceans have been gaining attention as a solution to climate change, including as sites of renewable energy development. Thus, oceans are becoming increasingly important sites of the energy transitions necessary for countries to meet climate change commitments. However, oil remains deeply entrenched in many places, often making it difficult to envision and enact different energy futures. This paper addresses the potential of strategic environmetal assessments (SEAs) to play a role in ocean-based energy transitions, specifically exploring whether they provide the information needed to support decisions related to energy transitions. By drawing on 69 offshore energy-related SEAs done in 11 countries between 2000 and 2021, this paper takes a broad view of ocean energy SEAs across time and spac

SUBMITTER: Fusco LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12457573 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature