The prospects for decarbonisation in the context of reported resources and energy policy goals: The case of Poland

The article deals with the evolution, development conditions and characteristics of implementation of the EEU/EU key energy policy goals in the 1960‒2010s. The authors apply historical analysis to consider the goals of the EEU in the energy sector in the 1960‒1980s and proceed to the EU energy policy goals in the 1990‒2010s. They explore the challenges that had brought these goals to the top of the EU energy policy list and the traditional hierarchy of the EU energy policy goals. Seen through the prism of historic development, security was the first and most acute goal, integrated energy market – the second, and ecology – the third. The authors raise a question if one should expect changes in the priorities of the energy policy goals under the conditions of the ongoing ecological and climate turn in the long-term development strategies of the EU. Until 2019 security had dominated the list of the EU major energy policy goals. However, after 2020 ecology may replace security as an «umbrella goal». It has already become one of the key drivers of energy sector reform and makes the EU members give up their sovereignty in favour of the EU institutions.

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Turkey’s Energy Policy in the Middle East and South Caucasus

10.1093/oso/9780190673604.003.0004 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Gareth M. Winrow

Keyword(s):

Foreign Policy ◽

Middle East ◽

Energy Policy ◽

Regional Policy ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

South Caucasus ◽

Policy Goals ◽

Policy Objectives ◽

Complicating Factors

While much has been written on Turkey’s energy policy and attempts to become a significant regional power, less attention has been focused on how Ankara has sought to combine foreign policy goals and energy policy objectives. This chapter addresses how energy could be exploited to boost Turkey’s credentials as a major regional actor. It discusses the linkages between energy policy and foreign policy with regards to Turkey, and its position as a major energy consumer, especially dependent on crude oil and gas imports, is examined. Turkey’s ambitions are to become an energy transit state and hub with a particular focus on gas. Turkey’s energy policy in the Middle East and South Caucasus is examined and complicating factors are considered, including the role of Russia. Although the importance of energy in Turkey’s regional policy should not be overstated, it is evident that energy has been used to further foreign policy objectives.

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Sustainable Development and Energy Policy: Actual CO2 Emissions in the European Union in the Years 1997–2017, Considering Trade with China and the USA

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12083363 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (8) ◽

pp. 3363 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Bartosz Fortuński

Keyword(s):

European Union ◽

Sustainable Development ◽

Energy Policy ◽

Co2 Emissions ◽

The European Union ◽

Policy Goals ◽

The Usa ◽

Eu Energy Policy ◽

The Impact ◽

The Eu

One of the ways of implementing the concept of sustainable development by the European Union is their energy policy. Among the three main objectives in its energy policy is a reduction in greenhouse gases (mainly CO2) emissions to at least 20% below 1990 levels by 2020. This study aims to assess the impact of international trade on actual CO2 emission in the EU, China and the USA for the period 1997–2017. For this aim, the Actual-Open CO2 emissions were calculated, taking into account the transfer of CO2 in exported products and services from China and the USA to the EU and vice versa. It is concluded that the actual CO2 emissions in China, the USA, and the EU differed from the traditionally calculated emissions. This has serious consequences for policy, as the factual level of implementation of the EU energy policy goals may be different from what is assumed. Without including the goals of energy policy into trade policy, the effectiveness of measures may be limited. This also has implications for the effectiveness of environmental management systems. When improvements rely on increasing trade with large CO2 emitting countries, the final effect may be opposed to the assumed effect.

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Are Hugs, Carrots and Sticks Essential for Energy Policy: A Study of Latvia’s National Energy and Climate Plan

Environmental and Climate Technologies ◽

10.2478/rtuect-2020-0075 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 24 (2) ◽

pp. 309-324

Author(s):

Reinis Aboltins ◽

Dzintars Jaunzems ◽

Jelena Pubule ◽

Dagnija Blumberga

Keyword(s):

Energy Policy ◽

Essential Role ◽

Energy Resources ◽

Literature Analysis ◽

Policy Goals ◽

Policy Measures ◽

Specific Activities ◽

Activity Groups

AbstractThe purpose of the study was to analyse Latvia’s NECP2030 impact on energy user by identifying the activities/policy measures by their type and their impact on the choices and actions of energy users. The goal of the Latvian National Climate and Energy Plan for 2030 (NECP2030) is to achieve changes in the use of energy with a possibly better impact on climate and environment. Energy user, its choices and action play an essential role in achieving this goal. Latvia’s NECP2030 has 12 activity groups each encompassing one or more activity clusters with several specific activities and policy measures that are intended to influence the use of energy resources and energy. The method of hugs, carrots and sticks was used to categorise activities and through applying literature analysis on policy goals and most appropriate policies identify whether the chosen activities are adequate to achieve NECP2030 goals. The study concludes that in case of four activity groups the identified activities might not be sufficient as literature suggests that more stringent measures are recommended to effectively achieve certain policy goals.

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