Overview
- Illuminates energy transition issues faced by CEE countries
- Explores the political and economic reasons behind the varying energy policies across Central and Eastern Europe
- Provides globally applicable insight into the potential challenges of transitioning into a carbon-neutral economy
Part of the book series: Energy, Climate and the Environment (ECE)
Access this book
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Other ways to access
Table of contents (19 chapters)
-
Front Matter
-
Energy Transition Challenges
-
Front Matter
-
-
Different Paths to Energy Transition
-
Front Matter
-
-
Legal and Political Aspects of Energy Transition
-
Front Matter
-
Keywords
About this book
This book examines energy transition issues within the Central and Eastern European (CEE) region. The European Union is aiming for an almost complete decarbonization of its energy sector by 2050. However, the path towards a carbon-free economy is full of challenges that must be solved by individual EU members. Across 18 chapters, leading researchers explore challenges related to energy transition and analyse individual EU members from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the region as a whole. To further explore this complex issue, the volume also includes several countries from South East Europe in its analysis. As perspective members, these countries will be important contributors to the EU’s mid- and long-term climate and energy goals. The focus on a variety of issues connected to energy transition and systematic analyses of the different CEE countries make it an ideal reference for anyone with a general interest in the region or European energy transition. It will alsobe a useful resource for students looking for an accessible overview of the field.
Reviews
—Kacper Szulecki, University of Oslo, Norway
The book is unique in several ways. Above all, it offers the most comprehensive and in-depth look at issues of energy transition in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe currently available in academic literature. Prominent experts mostly from the region analyse the specifics of their countriesʼ energy policies. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to better understand the approaches of the CEE countries to the ambitious goals of the EUʼs climate and energy policy, including why they are a little different than those of the ‘oldʼ member states.
—Alexander Duleba, Slovak Foreign Policy Association, SlovakiaThis timely book demystifies the widely held assumption of a uniform approach towards energy transition in Central and Eastern Europe. The topic is carefully unpacked through an in-depth and historically sensitive analysis of virtually all countries of the region and from a rare combination of disciplinary perspectives. This volume is therefore a must-read for anyone interested in the politics of energy transition in this part of the world and beyond.
—Anna Herranz-Surrallés, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Matúš Mišík is Assistant Professor at the Department of Political Science at Comenius University in Bratislava. His main research interests include energy security in the EU and the role of perception within EU decision-making mechanisms. He is the author of External Energy Security in the European Union (2019) and has published articles in major energy policy journals.
Veronika Oravcová is Research Assistant at the Department of Political Science at Comenius University in Bratislava and Research Fellow at the Slovak Foreign Policy Association. Her research interests are centered on energy transition and energy security in Central and Eastern Europe.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: From Economic to Energy Transition
Book Subtitle: Three Decades of Transitions in Central and Eastern Europe
Editors: Matúš Mišík, Veronika Oravcová
Series Title: Energy, Climate and the Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55085-1
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55084-4Published: 29 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-55087-5Published: 30 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-55085-1Published: 28 September 2020
Series ISSN: 2947-8561
Series E-ISSN: 2947-857X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXV, 607
Number of Illustrations: 24 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Policy, Sociology, general, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Human Geography