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  • Can shale gas transform Europe's energy landscape?
    Policy brief by David Buchan, 10 July 2013
    Can shale gas transform Europe's energy landscape?
  • Commission should move to structural reform of the ETS
    Insight by Stephen Tindale, 09 May 2013
    Commission should move to structural reform of the ETS
  • How to expand renewable energy after 2020
    Policy brief by Stephen Tindale, 07 December 2012
    How to expand renewable energy after 2020
  • Pipelines, politics and power: The future of EU-Russia energy relations
    Report by Pavel Baev, Vaclav Bartuska, Christian Cleutinx, Clifford Gaddy, Roland Götz, Daniel Gros, Barry Ickes, Andrey Konoplyanik, Konstantin Kosachev, Tatiana Mitrova, Andris Piebalgs, Jeffery Piper, Pawel Swieboda, Dmitri Trenin, Sergey Yastrzhembsky , 01 October 2008

    Does the Kremlin use energy as a political weapon? Why is Russia’s oil and gas output stagnating? Can and should the EU try to reduce its dependence on Russian hydrocarbons? Are the EU and Russia engaged in a pipeline war? What does energy solidarity mean? What rules should govern EU-Russia energy relations?

  • Europe can afford to curb greenhouse gases
    Bulletin article by Simon Tilford, 02 June 2008

    In March 2007 the EU pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 per cent by 2020, from 1990 levels. But as EU governments and the Commission work on the policies needed to achieve this goal, opposition is mounting, particularly towards the Commission’s proposals for reforming the EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS).

  • How to make EU emissions trading a success
    Report by Simon Tilford, 01 May 2008

    The European Union has set ambitious targets to limit greenhouse gases. But it will not be able to meet these targets without an effective market for trading carbon emissions.

  • Don't be fooled: Bali was no breakthrough
    Insight by Simon Tilford, 18 December 2007

    The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali produced as much as it was ever likely to do. There was no breakthrough, contrary to the claims of some that attended the conference.
  • Turkey's role in European energy security
    Essay by Katinka Barysch, 12 December 2007

    Turkey – located between big energy producers and the EU market – is crucial for Europe’s energy security. However, plans for the Nabucco pipeline as an alternative to Russian gas supplies are in trouble.

  • Liberalizar para protegerse mejor
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    Cinco Dias, 07 November 2007

    El respaldo a los planes para liberalizar el mercado del gas es la mejormanera de aliviar el temor al creciente papel de Gazprom en Europa, según la autora, que se sumaal Debate Abiertosobre los límites de laUE a la inversión extranjera. Ensu opinión, separar las redes evitaría el abuso de compañías integradas verticalmente.
  • Europe's carbon market needs a policeman
    Opinion piece by Simon Tilford
    Financial Times, 28 September 2007

    Leaders from across the world met this week at the United Nations in New York to discuss how to combat climate change. Europeans rightly queued up to criticise the US for refusing to cap emissions of greenhouse gases.
  • Reciprocity will not secure Europe’s energy
    Bulletin article by Katinka Barysch, 01 August 2007

    As Moscow growls angrily at the West, Europeans are becoming more worried about their energy supplies. Will Russia be willing to sell us the gas we need to heat our houses and power our industries? Will it be able to?