title: Energy Security, Climate Change, and Routines as Maladaptive Politics
abstract: Abstract Energy transitions suffer from a central political challenge. Future costs of the energy transition are directly linked to investments in mitigation and adaptation measures today, yet governments continue to underinvest in decarbonization policies and are far from meeting legally binding targets. While interdisciplinary explanations trace multiple motives behind inaction, I argue that climate inaction must be embedded in political mechanisms that sustain it. Routines are one such mechan
journal: Global Studies Quarterly