President-elect Joseph Biden has pledged to re-join the Paris Agreement, raise America’s climate ambition, ‘build back better’ (and greener) and […]
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President-elect Joseph Biden has pledged to re-join the Paris Agreement, raise America’s climate ambition, ‘build back better’ (and greener) and […]
Read moreTogether with Jan Mazáč of the Charles University and Zbyněk Dubský of the University of Economics, Prague, they focused on […]
Read moreThe good governance of energy resources and its role in the economic development of oil and gas producing countries is […]
Read moreThe geopolitical and geoeconomic aspects of energy developments in the Levantine basin are of enormous importance, given the power vacuum […]
Read moreDigital transitions will reshape the sustainability paradigm, but these transitions must be sustainable in itself as well. Digital transformation is […]
Read moreRussia ranks as the top global exporter of energy, the third-biggest global producer and the fourth-biggest consumer of energy and […]
Read moreDespite the Paris Agreement, there are significant emission and adaptation gaps, and climate finance is far from being aligned with […]
Read moreThe European Union is widely considered a global leader in climate action. Yet, until the launch of the European Green […]
Read moreThe author aims to define the criteria for the EU’s external actorness in its energy policy and their application to […]
Read moreUnprofitability. According to IFRS for 9 months of 2020, losses amounted to $2.7 billion. This result was facilitated by a […]
Read moreIn mid-October, the European Commission issued a communication on energy poverty to member states that was published jointly with the Renovation Wave initiative for the […]
Read moreThe election of Joe Biden as 46th President of the United States opens a window of opportunity for renewed transatlantic […]
Read moreThe current regional layout in the eastern Mediterranean illustrates the impressive achievements made in the recent years, and the fascinating […]
Read moreThe lockdowns imposed during the COVID-19 crisis had a revealing effect on energy vulnerabilities and on the need to consider […]
Read moreThe webinar explored the interlinkages between digitalisation and climate change. It took place in two sessions in December 2020 and […]
Read moreBeyond the immediate Covid-19 health crisis and subsequent economic recovery looms the climate change crisis. The EU has committed itself […]
Read moreThis report, prepared for the Carbon Market Policy Dialogue (CMPD) deals with the implications of linking emissions trading systems (ETSs) […]
Read moreEnergy guarantees of origin (GOO) will be an essential instrument in the context of the European Commission’s forthcoming legislative proposals […]
Read moreThis Green Deal Watch presents a general analytical Foreword, followed by the in-depth monitoring of Green Deal activities, divided according […]
Read moreThis paper investigates the hypothesis that power relations in the current, fossil fuel-based capitalist system allow the natural gas industry […]
Read moreThis study is a review of current EU energy policy and its implementation, in order to determine the lessons that […]
Read moreThane Gustafson’s The Bridge – Natural Gas in a Redivided Europe provides a timely chronicle of European–Russian natural gas relations. It explicates […]
Read moreDescribes an innovative index-based environmental protection mechanism involving both tourists and local firms of a given region. The article identifies […]
Read moreNatural gas plays a key role in the European Union’s energy system, which is partially predicated on its favourable environmental […]
Read moreOne could consider the COVID crisis as an accelerated preview of the incoming climate crisis. In fact, both crises share […]
Read moreThis book examines Russia’s capacity to respond to a changing world through the lens of the country’s oil industry. Against […]
Read moreNatural gas has been understood to be the transition fuel allowing inter alia the European Union to substitute more polluting […]
Read moreThe book examines energy transition issues within the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. The European Union is aiming for […]
Read moreThis chapter examines the transition to low-carbon electricity in Poland and Hungary from a security–of–supply point of view. Despite large […]
Read moreHungarian energy governance conveys a unique disposition, filled with contradictions, lacking clarity, but reflecting centralized control at the highest echelons […]
Read morePower lines, reactors and radioactive waste repositories, generators, furnaces, and photoelectric cells: citizens may think that they have little to […]
Read moreAs the largest and wealthiest market in the world, the transatlantic economy accounts for one third of global GDP in terms of […]
Read moreThe European Parliament and Council are currently discussing the draft European Climate Law that establishes a framework for achieving ‘climate […]
Read moreA growing need for the global community to take action against limate change has prompted governments to pledge climate action […]
Read moreLess flying. More biking. More staying at home, also when you are working. A new article by nine renowned energy […]
Read moreImporting countries like EU states bear a strong responsibility to promote healthier and more ecologically sustainable fisheries. The Union has […]
Read moreWhile most hydrogen research focuses on the technical and cost hurdles to a full-scale hydrogen economy, little consideration has been […]
Read moreThe window of opportunity for mitigating climate change is narrow. Limiting global warming to 1.5 °C will require rapid and […]
Read moreThis policy perspective sums up the main input of four members of the Research Panel for IRENA’s Global Commission on […]
Read moreThe 2018 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on limiting global warming to 1.5 °C highlights the importance […]
Read moreAfter much anticipation, the European Commission introduced ‘A hydrogen strategy for a climate-neutral Europe’ to pave the way for “the missing link in the […]
Read moreThe European Union has long presented itself as the leader in combating unsustainable practices of which climate change poses the […]
Read moreEurope’s energy policy has experienced a dramatic shift as the key focus moves towards climate change and environmental concerns rather […]
Read moreFor some time now, the observable reality of climate change and environmental degradation has posed significant challenges to the international […]
Read moreClimate change is one of the preeminent global challenges of our times. Humankind is confronted with a range of immediate […]
Read moreRapidly evolving climate policies, technologies and energy security requirements call for an infrastructure policy that is integrated into wider transformational […]
Read moreThe European Commission has launched a Communication, on Energy System Integration (ESI) and Hydrogen strategies, as part of its framework for […]
Read moreThis is the first issue of the Green Deal Watch, a quarterly report produced by the Istituto Affari Internazionali (IAI) […]
Read moreTo be consistent with both its energy and foreign policies, the EU’s new Energy Diplomacy Action Plan has to develop […]
Read moreStrongly exposed to global warming effects and commodity price volatility, the Mediterranean basin needs cleaner energy supply for both environmental […]
Read moreThe rise of populism has disrupted established patterns of party competition in many Western societies. Related to this development, the […]
Read moreThis special issue of Network Industries Quarterly is dedicated to the European Green Deal and its implications for the transport […]
Read moreThis Working Paper analyses the main aspects of the European Green Deal proposed by the European Commission in December 2019. […]
Read moreClimate change is a major security challenge of the 21st century. While inaction would lead to catastrophic consequences (with implications […]
Read moreSeeking to integrate the consequences of the pandemic compels us to deepen our reflections on governance, with in the forefront […]
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has radically altered the energy outlook, both in economic and geopolitical terms. Climate governance has also been […]
Read moreThis article reviews the literature on the geopolitics of renewable energy. It finds that while the roots of this literature […]
Read moreInternational development cooperation risks being deeply affected by the global COVID-19 pandemic, with potentially disastrous consequences among fragile states. Social […]
Read moreThis book is a result of Jean Monnet Module-based course on the European Union (EU) domestic and external environmental policies, […]
Read moreCities are key to dealing with the climate emergency. According to UN Habitat, cities occupy only 2% of the planet’s […]
Read moreOver the past decade the impact of climate change on people’s everyday lives have become tangible. Its effects have contributed […]
Read moreChina is dealing with very serious pollution levels and the unsustainable use of many natural resources. Environmental issues, concerning both […]
Read moreDoes the current European geopolitical energy landscape foster or hamper renewable energies’ cooperation and exchanges? Which geopolitical or strategic role […]
Read moreCIFE Policy Paper 96 Energy poverty is a major social phenomenon in Europe, reflecting increasing inequalities. Energy transition, on the […]
Read moreCIFE Policy Paper 97 The European Green New Deal unveiled in December 2019 by the President of the European Commission, […]
Read moreLuca Bergamaschi, There Is No Green Deal without a Just Transition, IAI Commentaries, 20:1, IAI, January 2020. Since the adoption […]
Read moreThis report is a primary data source for the power system modelling in the MUSTEC project, which will bring detailed, […]
Read moreMargherita Bianchi, Lorenzo Colantoni, Energy Union Watch, No. 16 (Special Issue, January 2020), Energy Union Watch, IAI, January 2020. This […]
Read moreKemal Derviş, When Climate Activism and Nationalism Collide, January 2020 IPC Non-Resident Part-Time Senior Advisor Kemal Derviş’s analysis “When Climate […]
Read moreThe European Commission has announced to step up carbon emission reduction targets for 2030 and 2050, respectively. These targets would […]
Read moreIndra Øverland, Roman Vakulchuk, Kirsten Westphal, Morgan Bazilian and Talgat Ilimbek Uulu, The GeGaLo index: Geopolitical gains and losses after […]
Read moreRead the CIFE Policy Paper 90. Download the publication here.
Read moreJohn Szabó, Márton Fabók, “Infrastructures and state-building: Comparing the energy politics of the European Commission with the governments of Hungary […]
Read moreEnvironmental crime is growing. A 5 to 7% yearly growth in number of offenses in past years has turned it […]
Read moreNicolò Sartori, Margherita Bianchi, Fostering Positive Private Sector Engagement in the Med Energy Landscape, IAI Commentaries, 19:69, IAI, December 2019. […]
Read moreAna Bojinović Fenko & Danijel Crnčec (eds.). 2019. EU Environmental Policy: Internal and External Dimensions. Ljubljana: CIR Analyses, Založba FDV. […]
Read moreNicolò Sartori, Five Pillars for a CO2-Free Industry in Europe and Italy, IAI Commentaries, 19:60, IAI, October 2019. The President […]
Read moreMichele Ziosi, From Waste to Biomethane: Fostering Circular Economy Solutions in the Euro-Mediterranean Region, IAI Commentaries, 19:55, IAI, October 2019. […]
Read moreMustafa Ergün Olgun, Hydrocarbons Will Determine the Political Future of Cyprus, IAI Papers, 19:20, IAI, October 2019. Since the collapse […]
Read moreMarta Antonelli, Daniele Fattibene, The Water-Food Nexus in Mediterranean Cities: The Quest for More Sustainable Diets, IAI Commentaries, 19:54, IAI, […]
Read moreFollowing the Dutch discovery of the Groningen field, and British, Norwegian and Danish discoveries in the North Sea during the […]
Read moreIn the past decade, thanks to a second round of gas reserve findings such as the Zohr field in Egyptian […]
Read more“Carbon lock-in snubs EU climate goal (again)”, John Szabó Climate Central has stylized the horror of rising yearly average temperatures […]
Read morePia Alessi, Pradyumna Bhagwat, Swetha Bhagwat, Jean-Michel Glachant, Samson Hadush, Giuseppe Montesanto, Carlo Papa, Ignacio Perez-Arriaga and Niccolò Rossetto, FSR Global […]
Read more“Revisiting the management of stationary fuel supply security and gas diversification in Hungary”, Csaba Weiner This paper aims to assess the […]
Read moreNatalia Caldés, Gonzalo Escribano, Lara Lázaro, Yolanda Lechón, Christoph Kiefer, Pablo del Río, Richard Thonig & Johan Lilliestam, Policy pathways […]
Read moreLorenzo Colantoni, Europe’s Green Wave and the Future of the Energy Union, IAI Commentaries, 19:36, IAI, May 2019. The May […]
Read moreJohn Szabó: The energy security trap: liquefied natural gas in Croatia. In: Energy Transition – The Global Energiewende blog, 31 May […]
Read moreThe new article by Lukáš Tichý, Head of our Centre for Energy Policy, published in the Energy Strategy Review, Vol. […]
Read moreHarry Tzimitras, Eastern Mediterranean Hydrocarbons Prospects: In Need of a Pragmatic Geopolitical Assessment, IAI Commentaries, 19:18, IAI, March 2019. New […]
Read moreCharles Ellinas, East Med Gas: The Impact of Global Gas Markets and Prices, IAI Commentaries, 19:16, IAI, February 2019. Ever […]
Read moreLegislating for a low carbon and climate resilient transition: learning from international experiences. Alina Averchenkova. Elcano Policy Paper 3/2019 – […]
Read moreAntto Vihma, What’s next for UN climate negotiations? The UNFCCC in the era of populism and multipolar competition, 03 2019 […]
Read moreChristoph Burger and Jens Weinmann, Economic Perspectives on Recommunalization in the Energy Sector, March 2019 With the energy transformation, multi-level […]
Read moreLukáš Tichý, Energy infrastructure as a target of terrorist attacks from the IS Attacks on energy sectors and transport infrastructure […]
Read moreEva Garcia Chueca, Towards sustainable cities, a matter of faith?, February 2019 Since the Brundtland Report coined the notion of […]
Read moreMEDRESET Papers The purpose of this report is to evaluate the effectiveness of EU policies and measures in the energy […]
Read moreMEDRESET Papers This report is aimed at presenting the views of European stakeholders on EU policies relating to industry and […]
Read moreMEDRESET Papers This MEDRESET Policy Brief summarizes the findings of MEDRESET’s WP6 on industry and energy in the Mediterranean and […]
Read more“Winter surprised the builders of Nord Stream 2”, Mariusz Marszalkowski, January 2019 Mr Mariusz MARSZAŁKOWSKI, Project Assistant in the European Civilization […]
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