Beernink, Amber, A (2022) When The Windmills Turn, They Turn For Us – The Opportunities for a Participatory Energy Transition in Leeuwarden. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
The Dutch government aspires to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, showing their commitment to the Paris Agreement and the European Green Deal. This requires a national energy transition, for which the Dutch Government implemented a decentralised approach where Municipalities take the lead. One of these is the Municipality of Leeuwarden, who found that most of their interventions need to happen in residential areas. To ensure that this process is consensual and without resistance, citizen participation is essential. However, the Municipality of Leeuwarden remains unsure how to appropriately strategise citizen participation for their local energy transition. To address this, this study conducts an extensive literature review on citizen participation and participatory governance for local energy transitions, as well as qualitative interviews with experts. The findings show that higher levels of citizen participation are beneficial for a successful energy transition in Leeuwarden, but there is no one-size-fits all strategy. In practice, the Municipality of Leeuwarden should take more time in the preparation phase, to fully understand the context, problem and goals of their energy transition process, and design it accordingly. For future research, this study suggests conducting interviews with Leeuwarden’s citizens, and evaluating this study’s recommendations.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Hendriks, A. |
| Date Deposited: | 09 Sep 2022 13:48 |
| Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2022 13:48 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/141 |
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