The New Energy Crisis - Climate, Economics and Geopolitics

The New Energy Crisis comes from the recent intrusion of climate change issues into energy economics and geopolitics. Global warming reveals that the current evolution of the world energy consumption is on an unsustainable path. This book explores economic and geopolitical tensions and reinforces ways to overcome the crisis.

List of contents

Foreword; C.Mandil The New Energy Crisis; J-M.Chevalier The Carbon-Dependent Asian Dynamics; P.Geoffron & S.Rouhier Russia and Central Asia: Between East and West; N. Campaner & A.Gubaidullin Energy Poverty And Economic Development; J-M.Chevalier & N.Ouedraogo Middle East And North Africa: Oil Curse or Blessing?; M.C. Aoun The United States: Energy at a Turning Point?; S.Meritet & F.Salaun An European Vision of our Energy Future; J.Horst Keppler Energy Finance; D.Lautier & Y.Simon Winning The Battle?; J-M.Chevalier

About the author

JEAN-MARIE CHEVALIER is professor of economics at Univerisité Paris Dauphine, Director of the Centre de Géopolitique de l'Energie et des Matières Premières (CGEMP), France. He is also Senior Associate at Cambridge Energy Research Associates (HS-CERA). He has also published numerous books and articles on energy and industrial organization.

Summary

The New Energy Crisis comes from the recent intrusion of climate change issues into energy economics and geopolitics. Global warming reveals that the current evolution of the world energy consumption is on an unsustainable path. This book explores economic and geopolitical tensions and reinforces ways to overcome the crisis.

Product details

• Assisted by: Chevalier (Editor), J Chevalier (Editor), J. Chevalier (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2016
• EAN: 9781349367115
• ISBN: 978-1-349-36711-5
• No. of pages: 295
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 16 mm x 216 mm
• Weight: 394 g
• Illustrations: XV, 295 p. 19 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Umwelt, B, Environmental Policy, ENERGY, International Relations, The environment, Environmental Economics, auseinandersetzen, International Economics, Energy Policy, Economics and Management, Energy technology & engineering, Management science, Environmental policy & protocols, Environmental Politics, Human Geography, Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Energy, general