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Tag Archives: Energy
Poll: European Union releases the 2050 Energy Roadmap
The EU has released the 2050 Energy Roadmap. This suggests five decarbonisation scenarios. Please tell us which of these you would like to see happening. You may select two answers.
Energy, Climate, Development… What does the EU matter?
If you care about climate change, sustainable energy, poverty, inequality… why care about the EU? Watch my final video blog to find out! For more in depth discussion of how these different issues and policy areas are interconnected, take a … Continue reading
New Briefing Paper: Poverty, Inequality and Climate Change – Challenges on the road to sustainable energy security, in Europe and beyond
QCEA’s conception of Sustainable Energy Security involves social, economic and ecological sustainability. It also recognizes that promoting the EU’s short term energy security, at any cost, will undermine its long time security in all senses: by further marginalizing the global … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainable Energy Security
Tagged Climate change, Conflict, developed countries, economic growth, EcoQuakers Ireland, Energy, Global South, inequality, International Alert, international development, Living Witness Project (LWP), Migration, Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Northern Friends Peace Board, Oxford Research Group, Peacebuilding, poverty, Quaker Pea, Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO), Quakernomics, sustainable development, sustainable security
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Slower than certainly possible: developments in Energy Roadmap and Energy Efficiency Directive
A low carbon society is achievable. This was the message given many times over at coinciding workshops of the European Environmental and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils (EEAC), and the Coalition of Energy Savings on 4 October 2011. Not only can … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainable Energy Security
Tagged Climate change, De-carbonisation, Energy, Energy 2020, Energy Demand, Energy Efficiency, Energy Savings, European Commission, European Union (EU), low-carbon housing, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Resource efficiency, security of energy supply, Sustainability
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Policy Coherence for Development? The Effects of Climate Change on Poverty
One of the problems with how we address climate change is the way in which we categorise it as a distinct problem, add it to a list of existing concerns and then assign it to some specially created policy team. … Continue reading
Nuclear Power: A Resurgence of Doubts
In the wake of the devastating events in Japan over the last few days, and the ongoing crisis at the Fukushima nuclear plant, there has been a resurgence of doubts and debate about the safety and sense of the nuclear … Continue reading
QCEA responds to EU on External Dimension of Energy Security
The EU does a lot of consulting these days. As at this moment, 27 are open and a further 26 have already closed this year (this is the middle of February!). On one level, you could say, this is just … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainable Energy Security
Tagged Energy, External Action, Foreign Policy, Security
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