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The Biden-Harris Administration and climate change: good news, caveats and warnings
Lara Lázaro-Touza. ARI 9/2021 - 22/1/2021.
President-elect Joseph Biden has pledged to re-join the Paris Agreement, raise America’s climate ambition, ‘build back better’ (and greener) and reverse recent climate legislative rollbacks. The question remains as to whether the Biden-Harris Administration will be able to deliver and what this means for the global climate regime.
The EU-China climate agreement: building success at the crucial Glasgow summit
Antxon Olabe Egaña. WP 20/2020 - 28/10/2020.
The response to the climate crisis has not been of the same scale in terms of its seriousness and the mobilisation of resources. This working paper highlights the importance of an ambitious climate agreement between Europe and China as key to building a renewed response from the international community.
Libya, energy, and the Mediterranean’s new ‘Great Game’
Michaël Tanchum. ARI 110/2020 - 23/9/2020.
Turkey’s growing military presence in Libya may prompt policymakers in Rome to shift away from Ankara and towards a deeper partnership with France in order to protect Italy’s extensive energy and economic interests in Libya itself and the rest of the southern and eastern Mediterranean basin.
The design of an independent expert advisory mechanism under the European Climate Law: what are the options?
Alina Averchenkova & Lara Lázaro-Touza. 8/9/2020.
The European Parliament and Council are currently discussing the draft European Climate Law. The aim of this report is to inform the debate on the need for, and the design of, an independent expert advisory mechanism under the European Climate Law, based on experiences with the implementation of national climate change legislation.
Global trends in the energy sector and their implication on energy security in NATO’s southern neighbourhood
Rim Berahab. ARI 103/2020 - 8/9/2020.
The global energy landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. Failing to recognise its megatrends would be detrimental to the upstream development of energy strategies and to the overall energy security of NATO’s southern neighbours, particularly in the MENA region.
Balancing geopolitics with Green Deal recovery: in search of a comprehensive Euro-Mediterranean energy script
Gonzalo Escribano & Lara Lázaro. ARI 95/2020 - 15/7/2020.
The EU’s new Energy Diplomacy Action Plan requires a comprehensive and appealing approach to rapidly shifting Euro-Mediterranean energy geopolitics.
Oil markets, energy transition, climate governance and COVID-19: the short, the medium and the long term
Gonzalo Escribano & Lara Lázaro-Touza. WP 6/2020 - 22/4/2020.
While the priority of governments and citizens is undoubtedly the fight against coronavirus, the radical change in the short-term context should not distract energy and climate policy from the challenges it faces over the medium and long terms.
Legislating for a low carbon transition in Europe: experiences in the UK, France and Spain
Alina Averchenkova & Lara Lázaro-Touza. WP 5/2020 - 11/3/2020.
This working paper aims to provide an updated analysis of the key features enshrined in climate laws that can be considered in the adoption of Spain’s upcoming Climate Change and Energy Transition Law.
Energy in 2018: geopolitical tensions OPEC+ and Trump Year II
Gonzalo Escribano. ARI 51/2018 (English version) - 17/4/2018.
The year 2018 points to oil prices above the 2017 average, to a tightening of geopolitical dynamics in the Middle East and to a growing rivalry between OPEC+ and unconventional producers in the US.
Year one of Trump’s energy policy
Gonzalo Escribano. Expert Comment 8/2018 (English version) - 30/1/2018.
At a certain point, the Trump Administration will need to decide whether to honour campaign promises or to follow the dynamics of business and the market, as well as those of the domestic (and multilateral) institutions which shape the realities facing US energy policy.