Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Boxes; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; 1 The New Energy Crisis; 2 The Questioned Sustainability of the Carbon- Dependent Asian Dynamics; 3 Russia and the Caspian Region: Between East and West; 4 Energy Poverty and Economic Development; 5 Oil and Gas Resources of the Middle East and North Africa: A Curse or a Blessing?; 6 The United States Energy Policy: At a Turning Point?
7 Climate Change, Security of Supply and Competitiveness: Does Europe Have the Means to Implement its Ambitious Energy Vision?8 Energy Finance: The Case for Derivatives Markets; 9 Renewable Energy in the Twenty- first Century; 10 Nuclear Energy after Fukushima; 11 Winning the Battle?; Index
Summary
Global warming reveals that world energy consumption is on an unsustainable path. This updated second edition of The New Energy Crisis examines the impact of climate change on energy economics and geopolitics, exploring key issues such as energy poverty, renewable and nuclear energy, and focusing on the implications of the Fukushima crisis
