TY - JOUR
T1 - Cross-Border Governance and Sustainable Energy Transition
T2 - The Case of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
AU - Liu, Jingping
AU - Lo, Kevin
AU - Mah, Daphne
AU - Guo, Meiyu
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by the General Research Fund (12600718) of the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong.
Funding Information:
First proposed in 2015, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) is a national strategy aiming to enhance regional cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong, and Macao. On July 1, 2017, the “Framework Agreement on Deepening Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Cooperation in the Development of the Bay Area” was signed by the National Development and Reform Commission, the People’s Government of Guangdong Province, the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and the Government of the Macao Special Administrative Region. The agreement aims to overcome the institutional inertia and barriers erected due to the region’s complex colonial history and the “one country, two system” framework that prevents effective cooperation among different local state and non-state actors in the area. The GBA thus represents a top-down, authoritarian approach to cross-border governance (CBG). In this paper, we first review the CBG theory to better understand the logic and challenges of GBA. Then, we review the historical development of energy cooperation in the region, focusing on Hong Kong and Guangdong. We conclude the review by offering some recommendations for future development in terms of energy cooperation in the GBA.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Purpose of Review: This study provides a conceptual framework of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) as a top-down project of cross-border governance (CBG). It examines the CBG theory and articulates the practices and challenges. It also reviews the energy collaboration between Hong Kong and Guangdong with the aim of situating the GBA project within a historical frame. Recent Findings: This review highlights the importance of the building of institutions for achieving effective cross-border governance. It also shows that, for the regional energy cooperation of the GBA, while there is a shift towards environmental governance, attention on renewable and low-carbon energy remains weak. Summary: We present three key recommendations for the cross-border energy collaboration in the GBA in the context of China’s ambitious goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2060: (1) the development of a common electricity market, (2) the development of cross-border cooperation in technological innovation, and (3) the development of a unified carbon trading market.
AB - Purpose of Review: This study provides a conceptual framework of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) as a top-down project of cross-border governance (CBG). It examines the CBG theory and articulates the practices and challenges. It also reviews the energy collaboration between Hong Kong and Guangdong with the aim of situating the GBA project within a historical frame. Recent Findings: This review highlights the importance of the building of institutions for achieving effective cross-border governance. It also shows that, for the regional energy cooperation of the GBA, while there is a shift towards environmental governance, attention on renewable and low-carbon energy remains weak. Summary: We present three key recommendations for the cross-border energy collaboration in the GBA in the context of China’s ambitious goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2060: (1) the development of a common electricity market, (2) the development of cross-border cooperation in technological innovation, and (3) the development of a unified carbon trading market.
KW - Cross-border governance
KW - Cross-border region
KW - Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area
KW - Sustainable energy transition
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U2 - 10.1007/s40518-021-00178-4
DO - 10.1007/s40518-021-00178-4
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85107876645
SN - 2196-3010
VL - 8
SP - 101
EP - 106
JO - Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports
JF - Current Sustainable/Renewable Energy Reports
IS - 2
ER -