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The Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition

  • Studies the economic and geopolitical implications of the global energy transition
  • Offers case studies on the world's main energy producing and consuming regions
  • Highlights governance issues related to the changing global energy order

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Energy (LNEN, volume 73)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxv
  2. The Global Energy Transition: A Review of the Existing Literature

    • Manfred Hafner, Simone Tagliapietra
    Pages 1-24Open Access
  3. Regional Insights

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
    2. The European Union and the Energy Transition

      • Marc-Antoine Eyl-Mazzega, Carole Mathieu
      Pages 27-46Open Access
    3. China: Climate Leader and Villain

      • Michal Meidan
      Pages 75-91Open Access
    4. Implications of the Global Energy Transition on Russia

      • James Henderson, Tatiana Mitrova
      Pages 93-114Open Access
    5. Addressing Africa’s Energy Dilemma

      • Lapo Pistelli
      Pages 151-174Open Access
  4. In-Depth Focus on Selected Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 175-175
    2. Technologies for the Global Energy Transition

      • Manfred Hafner, Michel Noussan
      Pages 177-202Open Access
    3. Policy and Regulation of Energy Transition

      • Karolina Daszkiewicz
      Pages 203-226Open Access
    4. Financing the Sustainable Energy Transition

      • Alexander Van de Putte, Akshu Campbell-Holt, George Littlejohn
      Pages 257-277Open Access
    5. The Global Energy Transition and the Global South

      • Andreas Goldthau, Laima Eicke, Silvia Weko
      Pages 319-339Open Access
    6. Governing the Global Energy Transformation

      • Maria Pastukhova, Kirsten Westphal
      Pages 341-364Open Access

About this book

The world is currently undergoing an historic energy transition, driven by increasingly stringent decarbonisation policies and rapid advances in low-carbon technologies. The large-scale shift to low-carbon energy is disrupting the global energy system, impacting whole economies, and changing the political dynamics within and between countries.

This open access book, written by leading energy scholars, examines the economic and geopolitical implications of the global energy transition, from both regional and thematic perspectives. The first part of the book addresses the geopolitical implications in the world’s main energy-producing and energy-consuming regions, while the second presents in-depth case studies on selected issues, ranging from the geopolitics of renewable energy, to the mineral foundations of the global energy transformation, to governance issues in connection with the changing global energy order. Given its scope, the book will appeal to researchers in energy, climate change and international relations, as well as to professionals working in the energy industry.



Editors and Affiliations

  • Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan, Italy

    Manfred Hafner, Simone Tagliapietra

About the editors

Manfred Hafner is an Adjunct Professor of International Energy Economics and Geopolitics at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS Europe), Bologna BO, Italy, and at the SciencesPo Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA), France. He is also the Coordinator of the Future Energy Programme of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan, Italy. In the course of his 30-year career, he has extensively consulted for governments, international organizations and the energy industry all over the world.

Simone Tagliapietra is an Adjunct Professor of Global Energy Fundamentals at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS Europe), Bologna BO, Italy. He also is a Senior Researcher at the Future Energy Programme of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan, Italy, and a Research Fellow at Bruegel, the European economic think-tank. He has published extensively on the international energy market and policy issues.


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Softcover Book USD 59.99
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Hardcover Book USD 59.99
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  • Durable hardcover edition
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