Global Energy Governance: Meeting The Challenge Of The Energy Transition Feb 19, 2021 10:15:am Summary Policymakers worldwide face the Herculean task of making the energy system more sustainable and climate friendly. While the world has seen other energy transitions, this one is different. In the past the world switched from one energy source (wood, coal, oil, electricity) to another, and the fuel switch was driven by major inventions (steam engine, combustion engine, light bulb). by: Kirsten Westphal, Oxford Institute For Energy Studies (OIES) Posted in: Global Energy Governance: Meeting The Challenge Of The Energy Transition These transitions happened organically, reflecting technological life and innovation cycles and without too much concern about lock-in effects. This time, a whole range of new, climate-friendly energy sources and applications must be deployed, and this must happen rapidly.