EU Leadership in Energy and Environmental Governance [electronic resource] : Global and Local Challenges and Responses /
Godzimirski, Jakub M.editor.
This edited collection focuses on the impact of the changing global distribution of power on the EU's energy policy and ability to project its approach to energy-related issues abroad. It maps the EU's changing position on global energy, the impact of various factors on its energy policy, and its relations with Russia, China, the USA and Brazil.
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Cover; EU Leadership in Energy and Environmental Governance; Contents; List of Tables and Figure; Tables; Figure; Acknowledgements; Note on Editor; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; Structure of this book; Notes; References; Part I: EU Energy Policy at Work; 1: Defining and Projecting EU Energy Policy; Introduction; EU energy policy: economic liberalization and peace; EU energy policy and the liberalization agenda; The emerging climate change agenda; EU energy policy: ideas, crises and complex interactions; The integration of climate and energy policy
The return of geopoliticsCan the EU successfully project its energy policy?; European energy policy: show or tell?; EU-Russia energy relations: harsh climes; Reliable or fair-weather? Norway and Algeria; USA and Canada: friendly relations or relative friends?; The European neighbourhood: mind the electric fence; EU-China energy relations: scrutiny and inscrutability; Africa-EU Energy Partnership: help me help you; Conclusions; Notes; References; 2: The EU Regulatory State, Commission Leadership and External Energy Governance; Introduction; The EU as an external energy actor
The Commission's capacity in external energy governanceMidstream and upstream: extending the SEM rules beyond the EU; Downstream: the external dimension of the SEM; Conclusions: the Commission's leadership, the EU as an international energy actor; References; 3: The Foreign Dimension of EU Energy Policy: The Case of the Southern Gas Corridor; The EU energy mix and the dependence on imports; Impact of import dependence on the foreign projection of EU energy policy; The SGC as a testing ground for the EU's external energy policy
EU energy needs in the next 20 years, and international challengesNotes; References; Part II: Troublemakers and Competitors; 4: Russia-EU Energy Relations: From Complementarity to Distrust?; Introduction; Materiality, ideas, institutions and perceptions; Materiality; Goals and means; Institutional setting; Perceptions and measures, or what role for member states?; Watershed and consequences; Conclusions: Russia re-emerging instead of merging; Note; References; 5: Energy Security in EU-China Relations: Framing Further Efforts of Collaboration; Introduction
EU and Chinese energy security conceptsEU energy security concept; China's energy security concept; China's structural energy challenges; EU-China dialogues on energy; Rationale for establishing EU-China energy security dialogue; Recommendations for framing an EU-China energy security dialogue; Conclusions; Notes; References; 6: Energy and the Regional Players:The Odd Rivalry between the EU and China in Africa; Introduction; Africa's potential and challenges: oil, gas and renewable energies; China's action: myths and realities; EU reactions; In the aftermath of the world economic crisis
Competition, imitation and cooperation
Includes bibliographical references and index.
This edited collection focuses on the impact of the changing global distribution of power on the EU's energy policy and ability to project its approach to energy-related issues abroad. It maps the EU's changing position on global energy, the impact of various factors on its energy policy, and its relations with Russia, China, the USA and Brazil.
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