Christina E Hoicka
Biographic Data
| ID | 4046003 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christina E Hoicka |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christina E |
| FAMILY NAME | Hoicka |
| SIGNATURE | HOICKA C E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Victoria |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2622-442X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Toward inclusive energy futures
This reflection outlines the development of a Terms of Reference (ToR) for equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in a 6-year energy transitions research project spanning 11 institutions and involving 100 researchers across science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), social science, and humanities disciplines. This multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional project involves partnerships with industry and civil society organizations, …
Place-based approaches to develop the foundations and diversities of energy geographies
Although geographers are well-positioned to increase the impact and salience of critical, spatially centred and place-based scholarship about energy, highlight that energy geographies do not occupy a central position in climate scholarship, or within human geography, and suggest three pathways to bring energy geographies to the centre of the discipline. Taking a biophysically informed, experientially grounded, place-based perspective to expand on…
Decarbonising cities
From Capture to Conversion
Recent efforts to mitigate atmospheric carbon levels have spurred advancements in carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, conversion, and utilization (CCCU) technologies, which some consider critical infrastructure for the global energy transition and others view as delaying more ambitious climate policy. This article reviews research on CCS and CCCU—described by some as carbon management technologies (CMT)—asking how scholars and de…
Indigenous legal forms and governance structures in renewable energy
In the literature on community energy, there has been little exploration of how legal forms affect the governance structures employed and resulting impacts to communities. In a settler colonial context like Canada, renewable energy transitions and projects will take place on or near Indigenous traditional territories. In the emerging body of knowledge around Indigenous community involvement in renewable energy the role of the Indigenous economic …
How do we practice equity, diversity and inclusion in sustainable energy research? Advice for modern researchers
Climate change is one of society's biggest and most existential challenges in scale and scope. The energy sector is the largest contributor to climate disruption, and low-carbon energy solutions are needed for mitigation. However, the energy sector, and sustainable energy research, are not representative of society at large. Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) activities focus on the removal of barriers, representation and valuing the contribu…
Misalignment or exclusion? Investigating climate and energy philanthropy funding of diversity
Environmental philanthropy is expanding while inequities and disparities among those impacted by environmental degradation are also growing. Little is known about the distribution of funds from environmental philanthropy, that is, who is benefitting and who is excluded? This study analyzes how environmental philanthropy is being distributed among non-profit organizations working on a low-carbon energy transition in Canada. The funding sources of …
COPs and ‘robbers?’ Better understanding community energy and toward a Communities of Place then Interest approach
Reconciliation through renewable energy? A survey of Indigenous communities, involvement, and peoples in Canada
Reconciliation is about the genuine restructuring and transformation of the relationships between Indigenous and settler people. Although renewable energy has not been inherently positive for Indigenous peoples, Indigenous communities in Canada have been participating in renewable energy production, which presents a potential pathway to reconciliation, climate change mitigation and a just energy transition. This study explores whether and to what…
Ambitious deep energy retrofits of buildings to accelerate the 1.5°C energy transition in Canada
Scientists advise limiting global warming to 1.5°C with substantial actions by 2030. Our viewpoint argues that climate response strategies in Canada have underemphasized and underestimated the potential contribution deep energy retrofits can make to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions, leading to inadequate responses in the building sector, and that Canada can (and should) be ambitious with building retrofits over the next decade. GHG savin…
Renewable energy communities under the 2019 European Clean Energy Package – Governance model for the energy clusters of the future?
The recast of the European Union Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) entered into force in December 2018, followed by the Internal Electricity Market Directive (IEMD) and Regulation (IEMR) as part of the Clean Energy for all Europeans Package. The RED II, that the 28 Member States have until June 2021 to transpose into national law, defines “Renewable Energy Communities” (RECs), introduces a governance model for them and the possibility of energy…
Canada's Green New Deal
A global movement is underway to harness the power of coordinated state policy to address the significant and interrelated challenges of environmental degradation, climate change, poverty, and energy insecurity. In May 2019 a grassroots coalition comprising a range of civil society groups—scientists, labour unions, Indigenous peoples, and youth—launched the Pact for a Green New Deal (PGND) in Canada, with more than 150 town hall meetings across t…
Innovation intermediaries accelerating environmental sustainability transitions
Institutions in the United States are undergoing modifications that present direct challenges for the environment and society and may result in institutional uncertainty and instability. This article explores whether innovation intermediaries can be employed as a key component of a strategy to create a window of opportunity for green job creation, infrastructure changes, and technological innovation in response to these types of institutional mod…
Canada's Green New Deal
A global movement is underway to harness the power of coordinated state policy to address the significant and interrelated challenges of environmental degradation, climate change, poverty, and energy insecurity. In May 2019 a grassroots coalition comprising a range of civil society groups—scientists, labour unions, Indigenous peoples, and youth—launched the Pact for a Green New Deal (PGND) in Canada, with more than 150 town hall meetings across t…
COPs and ‘robbers?’ Better understanding community energy and toward a Communities of Place then Interest approach
Reconciliation through renewable energy? A survey of Indigenous communities, involvement, and peoples in Canada
Reconciliation is about the genuine restructuring and transformation of the relationships between Indigenous and settler people. Although renewable energy has not been inherently positive for Indigenous peoples, Indigenous communities in Canada have been participating in renewable energy production, which presents a potential pathway to reconciliation, climate change mitigation and a just energy transition. This study explores whether and to what…
Ambitious deep energy retrofits of buildings to accelerate the 1.5°C energy transition in Canada
Scientists advise limiting global warming to 1.5°C with substantial actions by 2030. Our viewpoint argues that climate response strategies in Canada have underemphasized and underestimated the potential contribution deep energy retrofits can make to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions, leading to inadequate responses in the building sector, and that Canada can (and should) be ambitious with building retrofits over the next decade. GHG savin…
Place-based approaches to develop the foundations and diversities of energy geographies
Although geographers are well-positioned to increase the impact and salience of critical, spatially centred and place-based scholarship about energy, highlight that energy geographies do not occupy a central position in climate scholarship, or within human geography, and suggest three pathways to bring energy geographies to the centre of the discipline. Taking a biophysically informed, experientially grounded, place-based perspective to expand on…
Indigenous legal forms and governance structures in renewable energy
In the literature on community energy, there has been little exploration of how legal forms affect the governance structures employed and resulting impacts to communities. In a settler colonial context like Canada, renewable energy transitions and projects will take place on or near Indigenous traditional territories. In the emerging body of knowledge around Indigenous community involvement in renewable energy the role of the Indigenous economic …
How do we practice equity, diversity and inclusion in sustainable energy research? Advice for modern researchers
Climate change is one of society's biggest and most existential challenges in scale and scope. The energy sector is the largest contributor to climate disruption, and low-carbon energy solutions are needed for mitigation. However, the energy sector, and sustainable energy research, are not representative of society at large. Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) activities focus on the removal of barriers, representation and valuing the contribu…
Misalignment or exclusion? Investigating climate and energy philanthropy funding of diversity
Environmental philanthropy is expanding while inequities and disparities among those impacted by environmental degradation are also growing. Little is known about the distribution of funds from environmental philanthropy, that is, who is benefitting and who is excluded? This study analyzes how environmental philanthropy is being distributed among non-profit organizations working on a low-carbon energy transition in Canada. The funding sources of …
Innovation intermediaries accelerating environmental sustainability transitions
Institutions in the United States are undergoing modifications that present direct challenges for the environment and society and may result in institutional uncertainty and instability. This article explores whether innovation intermediaries can be employed as a key component of a strategy to create a window of opportunity for green job creation, infrastructure changes, and technological innovation in response to these types of institutional mod…
Renewable energy communities under the 2019 European Clean Energy Package – Governance model for the energy clusters of the future?
The recast of the European Union Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) entered into force in December 2018, followed by the Internal Electricity Market Directive (IEMD) and Regulation (IEMR) as part of the Clean Energy for all Europeans Package. The RED II, that the 28 Member States have until June 2021 to transpose into national law, defines “Renewable Energy Communities” (RECs), introduces a governance model for them and the possibility of energy…
Canada's Green New Deal
A global movement is underway to harness the power of coordinated state policy to address the significant and interrelated challenges of environmental degradation, climate change, poverty, and energy insecurity. In May 2019 a grassroots coalition comprising a range of civil society groups—scientists, labour unions, Indigenous peoples, and youth—launched the Pact for a Green New Deal (PGND) in Canada, with more than 150 town hall meetings across t…
Reconciliation through renewable energy? A survey of Indigenous communities, involvement, and peoples in Canada
Reconciliation is about the genuine restructuring and transformation of the relationships between Indigenous and settler people. Although renewable energy has not been inherently positive for Indigenous peoples, Indigenous communities in Canada have been participating in renewable energy production, which presents a potential pathway to reconciliation, climate change mitigation and a just energy transition. This study explores whether and to what…
Ambitious deep energy retrofits of buildings to accelerate the 1.5°C energy transition in Canada
Scientists advise limiting global warming to 1.5°C with substantial actions by 2030. Our viewpoint argues that climate response strategies in Canada have underemphasized and underestimated the potential contribution deep energy retrofits can make to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions, leading to inadequate responses in the building sector, and that Canada can (and should) be ambitious with building retrofits over the next decade. GHG savin…
COPs and ‘robbers?’ Better understanding community energy and toward a Communities of Place then Interest approach
Indigenous legal forms and governance structures in renewable energy
In the literature on community energy, there has been little exploration of how legal forms affect the governance structures employed and resulting impacts to communities. In a settler colonial context like Canada, renewable energy transitions and projects will take place on or near Indigenous traditional territories. In the emerging body of knowledge around Indigenous community involvement in renewable energy the role of the Indigenous economic …
How do we practice equity, diversity and inclusion in sustainable energy research? Advice for modern researchers
Climate change is one of society's biggest and most existential challenges in scale and scope. The energy sector is the largest contributor to climate disruption, and low-carbon energy solutions are needed for mitigation. However, the energy sector, and sustainable energy research, are not representative of society at large. Equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) activities focus on the removal of barriers, representation and valuing the contribu…
Misalignment or exclusion? Investigating climate and energy philanthropy funding of diversity
Environmental philanthropy is expanding while inequities and disparities among those impacted by environmental degradation are also growing. Little is known about the distribution of funds from environmental philanthropy, that is, who is benefitting and who is excluded? This study analyzes how environmental philanthropy is being distributed among non-profit organizations working on a low-carbon energy transition in Canada. The funding sources of …
Place-based approaches to develop the foundations and diversities of energy geographies
Although geographers are well-positioned to increase the impact and salience of critical, spatially centred and place-based scholarship about energy, highlight that energy geographies do not occupy a central position in climate scholarship, or within human geography, and suggest three pathways to bring energy geographies to the centre of the discipline. Taking a biophysically informed, experientially grounded, place-based perspective to expand on…
Decarbonising cities
From Capture to Conversion
Recent efforts to mitigate atmospheric carbon levels have spurred advancements in carbon capture and storage (CCS) and carbon capture, conversion, and utilization (CCCU) technologies, which some consider critical infrastructure for the global energy transition and others view as delaying more ambitious climate policy. This article reviews research on CCS and CCCU—described by some as carbon management technologies (CMT)—asking how scholars and de…
Toward inclusive energy futures
This reflection outlines the development of a Terms of Reference (ToR) for equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in a 6-year energy transitions research project spanning 11 institutions and involving 100 researchers across science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), social science, and humanities disciplines. This multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional project involves partnerships with industry and civil society organizations, …
Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (11 works) · Economics (8 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (8 works) · Business (7 works) · Energy and Environment Impacts (7 works) · Political science (7 works) · Geography (5 works) · Environmental resource management (4 works) · Renewable energy (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works)