Vorwort
Examines Central and Eastern European energy transitions and climate and energy policy as the EU aims for decarbonisation by 2050.

Autorentext
Tomas Maltby is a Reader in International Politics in the Department of Political Economy at King's College London. His research focuses primarily on the development of climate and energy policy. This includes work related to agenda-setting, policy making, the drivers of and obstacles to energy transitions, climate obstructionism and the politics of air pollution. Matú Miík is an Associate Professor at the Department of Political Science at Comenius University Bratislava. His research focuses on energy security in the EU. He is the author of External Energy Security in the European Union (2019) and has published articles in journals including Nature Energy, Energy and Energy Policy.

Klappentext
"This first comprehensive analysis of Central and Eastern European energy transitions and climate and energy policy examines their domestic and foreign policy positions, energy security concerns and climate policy preferences as the EU aims for decarbonisation by 2050"--

Zusammenfassung
This book examines the mutual interplay of climate and energy policies in eleven Central and Eastern European countries in the context of the EU's energy transition. Energy security has long been prioritised in the region and has shaped not only national climate and energy policy, but also EU-level policy-making and implementation. Whilst the region shares economic, institutional and historical energy supplier commonalities it is not homogenous, and the book considers the significant differences between the preferences and policies of these member states. Chapters also explore the effect of the EU on member states that have joined since 2004 and their influence on the EU's energy and climate policies and their role in highlighting the importance of the concepts of security and solidarity. The book highlights the challenges to, and drivers of, energy transitions in the region and compares these with those in global energy transitions.

Inhalt

Preface; Acknowledgements; Dedication; List of abbreviations; List of figures and tables; Introduction; 1. The development of energy and climate policy in the EU and CEE; 2. A conceptual framework for understanding energy transitions; 3. Energy governance; 4. The effect of foreign policy on climate and energy policy; 5. State-society relations; 6. The influence of CEE countries on EU climate and energy policy; 7. The global context - decarbonisation, pandemic, and invasion; Conclusion; Bibliography.