Chapter 22: The EU’s external energy governance in the age of the energy transition

The EU aspires to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. For a large importer of fossil fuels, such an evolution promises to bring about change in geopolitical terms. This chapter outlines implications of the energy transition in Europe on the EU’s external governance, looking at declining and emerging en...

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Main Authors: Giuli, Marco, Oberthür, Sebastian
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Udgivet: Edward Elgar Publishing 2024
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description The EU aspires to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. For a large importer of fossil fuels, such an evolution promises to bring about change in geopolitical terms. This chapter outlines implications of the energy transition in Europe on the EU’s external governance, looking at declining and emerging energy interdependencies and gathering preliminary evidence on the extent to which the EU’s external energy governance is adapting to and shaping such a new environment. The EU generally finds itself in a more advantageous geopolitical position in a context dominated by non-fossil energy. Yet, some areas require attention - notably an increasing interdependence with China at a time of resurgent great power rivalry, and a renewed centrality of industrial policy, where the EU has limited instruments at its disposal. We argue that so far, the EU is adopting a hybrid approach to the external dimension of the energy transition, trying to keep together an outward-looking approach with some mercantilist practices aiming at protecting its domestic clean energy industry, without much geopolitical framing of external action.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1428142024-08-12T11:27:19Z Chapter 22: The EU’s external energy governance in the age of the energy transition Giuli, Marco Oberthür, Sebastian European Green Deal; Climate neutrality; Contested interdependence; External governance; Energy security. RNFY The EU aspires to reach carbon neutrality by 2050. For a large importer of fossil fuels, such an evolution promises to bring about change in geopolitical terms. This chapter outlines implications of the energy transition in Europe on the EU’s external governance, looking at declining and emerging energy interdependencies and gathering preliminary evidence on the extent to which the EU’s external energy governance is adapting to and shaping such a new environment. The EU generally finds itself in a more advantageous geopolitical position in a context dominated by non-fossil energy. Yet, some areas require attention - notably an increasing interdependence with China at a time of resurgent great power rivalry, and a renewed centrality of industrial policy, where the EU has limited instruments at its disposal. We argue that so far, the EU is adopting a hybrid approach to the external dimension of the energy transition, trying to keep together an outward-looking approach with some mercantilist practices aiming at protecting its domestic clean energy industry, without much geopolitical framing of external action. Published 2024-08-12T11:27:15Z 2024-08-12T11:27:15Z 2023-11-10 chapter 9781800370432 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/142814 eng image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/handbook-on-the-geopolitics-of-the-energy-transition-9781800370425.html https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap-oa/book/9781800370432/book-part-9781800370432-30.xml Edward Elgar Publishing Edward Elgar Publishing 10.4337/9781800370432.00030 10.4337/9781800370432.00030 01ceac28-75b4-492a-8eec-f9b98bc6b28c https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ 9781800370432 Edward Elgar Publishing Cheltenham, UK open access
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Chapter 22: The EU’s external energy governance in the age of the energy transition
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