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Pathways for low-carbon energy transition in the southern and eastern Mediterranean region: an institutional mechanism map

Adel Ben Youssef et al.

Environment and Development Economics2026https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x26100448article
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Abstract

In the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean (SEMed) region, the transition to low-carbon power must be achieved while ensuring security of supply, affordability and development. Using the Just and Sustainable Energy Transition framework and a neo-institutional lens, we analysed 470 study–country–family observations (2000–2025) across 11 jurisdictions and 7 instrument families to create an institutional mechanism map. Three regularities stand out. Systems performance signals dominate in nine countries, primarily through time-differentiated pricing, settlement discipline and codified connection, queuing and curtailment rules. Financing and integration risks are often addressed together where auctions, revenue-support schemes, published access terms and standardised long-term contracts coexist with system rules. Equity-related signals arise where prosumer compensation and reconciliation rules influence participation and cost sharing at the retail margin. These patterns provide an interpretive basis for sequencing constraint-led reforms in SEMed power systems that target binding risks while respecting fiscal and distributional constraints.

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@article{adel2026,
  title        = {{Pathways for low-carbon energy transition in the southern and eastern Mediterranean region: an institutional mechanism map}},
  author       = {Adel Ben Youssef et al.},
  journal      = {Environment and Development Economics},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x26100448},
}

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