Decarbonization in the European Union Internal Policies and External Strategies

The authors examine how far internal policies in the European Union move towards the objective of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by 80-95 per cent by 2050, and how or whether the EU's 2050 objective to 'decarbonise' could affect the EU's relations with a number of external energy partners.

1. Decarbonisation in the EU: Setting the Scene; Claire Dupont and Sebastian Oberthür 2. The EU Internal Energy Market and Decarbonisation; Radostina Primova 3. The Power Sector: Pioneer and Workhorse of Decarbonisation; Stefan Lechtenböhmer and Sascha Samadi 4. Electricity Grids: No Decarbonisation Without Infrastructure; Thomas Sattich 5. Decarbonising Industry in the EU: Climate, Trade and Industrial Policies; Max Åhman and Lars J. Nilsson 6. Transport: Addicted to Oil; Tom van Lier and Cathy Macharis 7. Buildings: Good Intentions Unfulfilled; Elin Lerum Boasson and Claire Dupont 8. The Geopolitics of the EU's Decarbonisation Strategy: a Bird's Eye Perspective; Tom Casier 9. Decarbonisation and EU Relations with the Caspian Sea Region; Claire Dupont 10. Evolutions and Revolutions in EU-Russia Energy Relations; Tomas Maltby and Olga Khrushcheva 11 . EU-Norway Energy Relations Towards 2050: From Fossil Fuels to Low- Carbon Opportunities?; Torbjørg Jevnaker, Leiv Lunde and Jon Birger Skjærseth 12 . Conclusions; Claire Dupont and Sebastian Oberthür

Max Åhman, Lund University, Sweden Elin Lerum Boasson, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO), Norway Tom Casie, University of Kent, Brussels, Belgium Torbjørg Jevnaker, Nansen Institute, Norway Olga Khrushcheva, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Stefan Lechtenböhmer, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany Leiv Lunde, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway Cathy Macharis, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Tomas Maltby, King's College London, UK Lars J. Nilsson, Lund University, Sweden Radostina Primova, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Sascha Samadi, Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy, Germany Thomas Sattich, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Jon Birger Skjærseth, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway Tom van Lier, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium