Energy independence: Energy policy and climate change
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Klimat : Russia in the age of climate change by Harvard University Press, 2021, 320 pages.
Thane Gustafson predicts that, over the next thirty years, climate change will leave a dramatic imprint on Russia. The decline of fossil fuel use is already underway, and restrictions on hydrocarbons will only tighten, cutting fuel prices and slashing Russia's export revenues. Yet Russia has no substitutes for oil and gas revenues. The country is unprepared for the worldwide transition to renewable energy, as Russian leaders continue to invest the national wealth in oil and gas while dismissing the promise of post-carbon technologies.
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Energy Transitions and Future of Gas in the EU: Subsidise or decarbonise by Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, xxiii, 301 pages.
This book assesses the impact of energy transitions on the future of natural gas in the EU energy mix. As we approach 2050, the requirement to sharply decrease CO₂ and other GHG emissions means that the role of gas infrastructure in the EU and beyond will change drastically. But what does such change mean? To address this question the author critically analyses the EU's evolving natural gas market policy and law.
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Global energy supply and emissions : an interdisciplinary view on effects, restrictions, requirements and options by Springer, 2020, XXVI, 322 pages.
This book offers an authoritative analysis of the state-of-the art in energy and climate research and policy. The book reviews the problem of energy policy from a global perspective, providing readers with the technical, political, economic and ethical background needed to understand the current situation and work at better solutions for a sustainable, just and prospering world.
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The Transformation of the European Union : the impact of climate change in European policies by World Scientific Publishing Company, 2020, 252 pages.
The EU has undergone a deep transformation in the last 25 years. The goals adopted by the EU at the international level in climate negotiations have led to the internal adoption of goals by the EU member States. The book examines the changes experienced by the European Union that have gone on in parallel to its leadership in climate negotiations since 1992 and analyses whether combating climate change has contributed to the transformation of European policies.
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- European Energy Studies Volume XIV: the European Energy Transition : An Agenda for the Twenties
(editor) Susanne Nies (European Network of Transmission System Operators). 2nd edition, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2020-12-31.
The book reflects on the latest policy developments, as such as the Clean Energy for All Europeans Package, the Green Deal and the Climate Law. The energy transition is Europe's flagship projects. It needs to provide sound answers to the climate and sustainability-, security of supply- and competitiveness imperatives. The energy transition corresponds to a large scale economic and cultural change. It encompasses sector coupling- linking up sectors that have ignored each other previously, like mobility and power.
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Learning in Governance : climate policy integration in the European Union by The MIT Press, 2021, x, 218 pages.
This book examines the role of learning - understood as additional knowledge or experience that is taken into account by policymakers - in earth system governance and policy change. The author does this by examining learning in European Union climate policy integration, looking in detail at the examples of the Renewable Energy Directive, its controversial biofuels component, and the greening measures in the Common Agricultural Policy.
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- Renewable energy consumption in economic sectors in the EU-27. The impact on economics, environment and conventional energy sources. A 20-year perspective
By Magdalena Tutak, Jarosław Brodny (Silesian University of Technology, PL). In: Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 345, 15 April 2022, 131076.
The renewable energy consumption of the economic sector for the EU-27, EU-14 and EU-13 were investigated. Renewable energy consumption was found to have increased by 200% between 2000 and 2019. The results indicate that RE consumption growth is greater in the “old” EU countries. The most increase in renewable energy consumption occurred in the transport sector. The RE consumption has a positive impact on economic growth, reductions of GHG emissions and conventional energy consumption.
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- How renewable energy matter for environmental sustainability: Evidence from top-10 wind energy consumer countries of European Union
By Lei Chang (Univ. of Sci. and Tech. of China), Hayot Berk Saydaliev (Suleyman Demirel Univ. KZ), Muhammad Saeed Meo (Superior University, Lahore, PK), Muhammad Mohsin ( Jiangsu Univ., CN). In: Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Volume 31, September 2022, 100716.
This study investigates the effect of wind-based renewable energy consumption for environmental sustainability in top-10 wind energy consumer countries of European Union for the years 1991 to 2018.
EU paper
- Energy, Climate change, Environment - Commission overview page
EU policy protects the environment and seeks to minimise risks to climate, human health and biodiversity. The European Green Deal aims to make Europe the world’s first climate-neutral continent, in part by developing cleaner sources of energy and green technologies. Headers: A European Green Deal -- Overall targets and reporting -- Implementation in EU countries -- International cooperation -- Standards, tools and labels -- Practical advice -- Events -- News -- Topics.
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- The road to energy efficiencyBy Marwa Mahmoud and others for the European Parliament, 2021, 164 pages.
This study provides an analysis of the gaps in EU policies aimed at increasing industrial energy efficiency, an assessment of the ability of the electricity grid to absorb large increases in renewables, and an evaluation of the energy efficiency potential of the Renovation Wave. Links to the proposed Fit for 55 package are also made for all three topics.
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- Climate Change and International Security
Briefing from the EP administration, June 2022, 8 pages.
In the field of security and defence, the changing environmental conditions are creating a necessity for international actors, including the EU, to expand their conflict prevention tools, including defence-related instruments, and reassess existing policies in the light of new realities.