Decarbonization in the European Union : internal policies and external strategies / edited by Claire Dupont and Sebastian Oberthür.
In October 2009, the European Union (EU) agreed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by between 80 and 95 per cent by 2050 in the EU as a whole, as compared to 1990 levels -- an objective that is in line with scientific calls to ensure we have a chance of limiting global temperature increase to...
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Palgrave Macmillan,
2015.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Decarbonisation in the EU: Setting the Scene; Claire Dupont and Sebastian Oberthr
- 2. The EU Internal Energy Market and Decarbonisation; Radostina Primova
- 3. The Power Sector: Pioneer and Workhorse of Decarbonisation; Stefan Lechtenbohmer and Sascha Samadi
- 4. Electricity Grids: No Decarbonisation Without Infrastructure;Thomas Sattich
- 5. Decarbonising Industry in the EU: Climate, Trade and Industrial Policies; Max Ahman and Lars J. Nilsson
- 6. Transport: Addicted to Oil; Tom van Lier and Cathy Macharis
- 7. Buildings: Good Intentions Unfulfilled;Elin Lerum Boasson and Claire Dupont
- 8. The Geopolitics of the EU's Decarbonisation Strategy: a Bird's Eye Perspective;Tom Casier
- 9. Decarbonisation and EU Relations with the Caspian Sea Region;Claire Dupont
- 10. Evolutions and Revolutions in EU-Russia Energy Relations; Tomas Maltby and Olga Khrushcheva
- 11. EU-Norway Energy Relations Towards 2050: From Fossil Fuels to Low-Carbon Opportunities?; Torbj̜rg Jevnaker, Leiv Lunde and Jon Birger Skj̆rseth
- 12. Conclusions; Claire Dupont and Sebastian Oberthr.