A challenge to governance in the EU: Decarbonization and energy security

Buschle, Dirk; Westphal, Kirsten

doi:10.4337/eecj.2019.03-04.04

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“…Energy interdependence will need to find a new footing between friend and foe in a carbon‐constrained world where alternative technologies offer new opportunities for international relations (Buschle & Westphal, 2019; Paltsev, 2016). Putin's threat to create ‘catastrophic consequences on the global energy market’ (Sheppard & Polina, 2022) brought back energy as a weapon of war.…”

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Energy as a weapon of war: Lessons from 50 years of energy interdependence

LaBelle

2023

Global Policy

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The Organization of the Petroleum‐Exporting Countries (OPEC) used oil as a weapon against Western countries supporting Israel in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. From 2021, Russia used a similar strategy of restricting gas flows to Europe, while Europe later reduced Russia's market access. In these cases, there was economic and political damage. These examples show that energy is a weapon used to pressure sovereign states. Energy is a multidimensional resource that reflects broader ties within the political‐economic system of international relations. This comparative study identifies four components that enable energy as a weapon: interdependence, energy security, neoliberal economics and sovereignty. Four key policy lessons emerge to improve energy security: (1) determine the acceptable limits of energy dependence, (2) acknowledge institutions and markets cannot deliver energy security outside their design parameters, (3) energy security requires addressing the entire value chain, and (4) energy is a weapon that threatens state sovereignty. The collapse of the gas trade between Russia and the EU creates instability and removes the pillar of interdependency; this now ushers in a new era.

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Section: Conclusion: the Power To Changementioning

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Energy as a weapon of war: Lessons from 50 years of energy interdependence

LaBelle

2023

Global Policy

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“…20 Different studies focus on rare materials, industrial competition, and stranded assets as geopolitical aspects of the transition toward renewable energy (e.g., Freeman, 21 Konstantelos et al, 22 OECD, 23 Pierri et al 24 ). Additionally, the effect of renewables on interstate energy relations has been explored by Buschle and Westphal, 25 Goldthau et al, 26 Escribano, 27 and Proedrou. 28 The Paris Agreement invited countries to develop low-emission development strategies.…”

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What does the clean energy transition look like for Russian oil exports?

Sokhanvar

Sohag

2022

Energy Science & Engineering

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The commitment of governments to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement and the expected decrease in fossil fuel consumption indicate the importance of studying the risks facing the oil exporters and the range of options and responses. This study adopts the Trade Gravity model to examine the effect of clean energy policies on Russian oil exports during the period 1996-2019. Our results based on Cross-Sectional Autoregressive Distributed Lags modeling suggest that Russian oil exports are negatively affected by the energy transitions. This indicates that investing in cleaner energy technologies as a channel toward reducing fossil fuel demand can reduce the oil trade globally. Policies and strategies to retain and support the financial stability of the Russian government under the current scenario are suggested.

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“…Similarly, the uptake of climate change solutions such as carbon removal (CDR) technologies depends on not only their technological readiness but also on an array of socioeconomic factors facilitating or obstructing their development and deployment (Buck, 2016). In the last few months and after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, growing energy security concerns in Europe (Żuk and Żuk, 2022), combined with unequivocal commitments for decarbonization (Buschle and Westphal, 2019), have provided a unique opportunity for large scale deployment of innovative climate solutions that can play a key role in shaping the future of European energy-climate ecosystem.…”

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The prospect of direct air capture for energy security and climate stability

Shayegh

2023

Front. Chem. Eng.

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Energy policies aim at securing energy supply through domestic production or imports have significant consequences for climate change and its long-term impacts on the economy. Recent European energy crisis as a result of extensive reliance on imported Russian natural gas has highlighted the European Union (EU) energy vulnerability and has challenged its climate change commitments. While switching to alternative domestic fossil fuel sources such as coal in some member states has put the EU climate ambitions in jeopardy, it has also provided new opportunities for up-scaling renewable technologies as well as climate stability measures such as direct air capture (DAC). This paper examines the interaction between energy policy and climate stability by considering imported natural gas, domestic coal production, and possible DAC deployment in the EU under two scenarios of full cooperation and full competition among the EU member states. The results suggest that while cooperation induces higher reliance on imported energy, it also provides a strong incentive for DAC uptake. Competition on the other hand, may result in more reliance on domestic coal production and worse climate change outcomes despite the availability of DAC. Therefore, as the EU is striving for a more perfect union, it should consider better alignment of its short-term energy security policies with long-term climate stability ambitions.

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A challenge to governance in the EU: Decarbonization and energy security

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Energy as a weapon of war: Lessons from 50 years of energy interdependence

Energy as a weapon of war: Lessons from 50 years of energy interdependence

What does the clean energy transition look like for Russian oil exports?

The prospect of direct air capture for energy security and climate stability

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