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  • How to create a single European electricity market - and subsidise renewables
    Policy brief by David Buchan, 26 April 2012
    Low-carbon energy
  • Launch of 'Green, safe, cheap: Where next for EU energy policy’
    Event, 27 October 2011, London
    Launch of 'Green, safe, cheap' with Charles Hendry MP
  • Green, safe, cheap: Where next for EU energy policy?
    Report by Katinka Barysch, Stephen Tindale, Christof van Agt, Václav Bartuška, Katinka Barysch, Jonathan Gaventa, Connie Hedegaard, Dieter Helm, Maïté Jauréguy-Naudin, Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Nick Mabey, Günther Oettinger, Pernille Schiellerup, Stephen Tindale, Frank Umbach, Georg Zachmann, 09 September 2011
    Green, safe, cheap: Where next for EU energy policy?
  • 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).

  • Russia-China: Axis of Convenience
    Opinion piece by Bobo Lo
    Open democracy, 20 May 2008

    The China threat looms large in the Russian imagination, but is not justified by the facts suggests Bobo Lo, writing for openDemocracy's new collaboration on Russia and the world.
  • Global Perspectives 2008
    Opinion piece by Katinka Barysch
    International Affairs Forum, 01 January 2008

    Insisting that the EU must unblock accession talks with Ankara in the energy area if it is serious about diversifying its supply, the December 2007 paper by Katinka Barysch from the Centre for European Reform (CER) claims that Turkey can make a "substantial contribution" to Europe's energy security.
  • 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.
  • A new deal with Russia?
    Opinion piece by Charles Grant
    Prospect, 01 November 2007

    "The Soviet Union was easier to deal with than Russia is today," says a senior French diplomat. "Sometimes the Soviets were difficult, but you knew they were being obstructive in order to achieve an objective. Now Russia seeks to block the west systematically on every subject, apparently without a purpose."
  • 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?