The New Energy Crisis: Climate, Economics and Geopolitics / Edition 2

by J. Chevalier, P. Geoffron

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230301825
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	03/01/2013
Edition description:	2nd ed. 2013
Pages:	319
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 5.70(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

JEAN-MARIE CHEVALIER is currently Professor of Economics at Paris-Dauphine University, France, at the Centre de Géopolitique de l'Energie et des Matières Premières (CGEMP). He is also a Senior Associate at Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS/CERA, Paris office). He has published numerous books and articles on energy economics and industrial organization. Recent publications include Les 100 mots de l'énergie (2010), Report on Oil Price Volatility (Report for Mrs Christine Lagarde, French Minister of Economy, Industry and Employment 2010), and Les marchés européens du gaz et de l'électricité: un défi pour l'Europe et pour la France (2008). Jean-Marie Chevalier graduated from the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris and holds a PhD in economics from the University Pantheon-Sorbonne.

PATRICE GEOFFRON is Professor of Economics at Paris-Dauphine University, France. Formerly international Vice-President of Paris-Dauphine, he is now Director of the CGEMP (Research Center in Energy and Raw Materials Economics) and President of the advisory council of the Climate Economics Chair. He regularly assists European energy corporations on strategic and regulatory issues and is economic expert for the International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (World Bank). He has been awarded a PhD in industrial organisation, and has recently publishedvolumes on climate friendly energy systems and competition in network industries. Patrice Geoffron has been invited professor at the University of TodaI, Tokyo, and the University of Fudan, Shanghai. He is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Management and Network Economics.

Table of Contents

Foreword; C.Mandil Introduction; J-M.Chevalier & P.Geoffron The New Energy Crisis; J-M.Chevalier The Questioned Sustainability of the Carbon-Dependent Asian Dynamics; P.Geoffron & S.Rouhier Russia and the Caspian Region: Between East and West; N.Campaner & A.Gubaidullin Energy, Poverty and Economic Development; J-M.Chevalier & N.Ouédraogo Oil and Gas Resources of the Middle East and North Africa: a Curse or a Blessing?; M-C.Aoun The United States: Energy at a Turning Point?; S.Meritet & F.Salaun Climate Change, Security of Supply and Competitiveness: Does Europe Have the Means to Implement its Ambitious Energy Vision?; J.Keppler Energy Finance: the Case for Derivatives Markets; D.Lautier Renewable Energy in the 21st Century; M.Cruciani Nuclear Energy after Fukushima; P.C.Zaleski Winning the Battle?; J-M.Chevalier